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From 04 May: A cautionary tale about locking Linux & FreeBSD user accounts - Like every other solo developer and sysadmin, I do stuff using ssh. Some stuff is automated using s... https://www.cyberciti.biz/networking/a-cautionary-tale-about-locking-linux-freebsd-user-accounts/ #freebsd #linux #networking #openssh #sysadmin #unix

From 15 May: New life for an old laptop as a Linux home server ☯ Daniel Wayne Armstrong - https://www.dwarmstrong.org/laptop-home-server/ #linux #laptop #server

From 12 May: HOWTO Secure and Share Your Internet on “Free” Wireless WiFi - Restrictive “free“ WiFi can leave you *less* secure and your devices not working. Here’s how to fix both problems simultaneously. https://ideatrash.net/2022/05/howto-secure-and-share-your-internet-on-free-wireless-wifi.html #computers #internet #linux #security #technology #router #wifi

From 08 May: networking - How to detect if a network is blocking outgoing ports? - Super User - /questions/1336054/how-to-detect-if-a-network-is-blocking-outgoing-ports/1336056#1336056 #internet #cli #linux

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From 21 Apr: Stop Backgrounding Scripts and Daemonize Them With the Daemon Utility - If you’re just sending your scripts to the background, there’s a better way. https://ideatrash.net/2022/04/stop-backgrounding-scripts-and-daemonize-them-with-the-daemon-utility.html #linux #technology #bash #coding #scripting

From 19 Apr: Two Ways to get CMYK Separation Using GIMP Instead of Photoshop in 2022 - There’s now not one but TWO ways to get CMYK separation using FOSS software. https://ideatrash.net/2022/04/two-ways-to-get-cmyk-separation-using-gimp-instead-of-photoshop-in-2022.html #digital-publishing #e-books #software #cmyk #crossplatform #gimp #graphics #linux #osx #photoshop #windows

From 23 Mar: GTFOBins - https://gtfobins.github.io/ #linux

From 03 Mar: How To Mount a Remote Directory With SSHFS on a Linux - nixCraft - https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-mount-remote-directory-filesystems-with-sshfs-on-linux/ #linux, #ssh, #cli

From 03 Mar: How to backup your Shopify store for free (with a bit of virtual elbow grease) - Using some command line tools (which you can also use on Windows with WSL), you can save yourself a LOT of time and energy backing up your Shopify store. https://ideatrash.net/2022/03/how-to-backup-your-shopify-store-for-free-with-a-bit-of-virtual-elbow-grease.html #business #computers #internet #linux #programming #technology #backup #shopify #wsl

From 01 Mar: bhrigu123/classifier: Organize files in your directory instantly, by classifying them into different folders - https://github.com/bhrigu123/classifier #linux, #commandline

From 28 Feb: Mount ISOs with Bash (and a GUI) in Linux - A quick GUI for temporarily mounting ISO files using Zenity https://ideatrash.net/2022/02/mount-isos-with-bash-and-a-gui-in-linux.html #bash #computers #linux #programming #coding

From 22 Feb: Manipulating Audio And Video Streams For Streaming on Linux - You can use these instructions and scripts to get fake backgrounds, redirected audio streams, or even fake your whole video stream from the terminal, easily. https://ideatrash.net/2022/02/manipulating-audio-and-video-streams-for-streaming-on-linux.html #linux #technology #audio #streaming #video

From 14 Feb: Free Software Activity – updating nfs_automount to work with NFSv4 - I use NFS to share data across the computers inside my LAN’s firewall. If you do as well, read on https://ideatrash.net/2022/02/free-software-activity-updating-nfs_automount-to-work-with-nfsv4.html #computers #linux #programming #bash #coding #nfs

From 12 Feb: Create Fake Webcam Streams On Linux - LinuxForDevices - https://www.linuxfordevices.com/tutorials/linux/fake-webcam-streams #video #linux

From 22 Dec: 75% of Steam’s Top 1000 games work on Linux now - https://www.ghacks.net/2021/12/21/75-of-steams-top-1000-games-work-on-linux-now/ #linux

From 21 Dec: 75% of Steam’s Top 1000 games work on Linux now - Valve Software, the company behind the popular Steam gaming platform and smash hits such as Dota 2, ... https://www.ghacks.net/2021/12/21/75-of-steams-top-1000-games-work-on-linux-now/ #linux

From 18 Nov: jq Cheat Sheet - https://lzone.de/cheat-sheet/jq #json #linux #commandline #cli

From 16 Nov: X11, Kodi, CRON, The Terminal and You - I figured out how to (safely) start an X11 program - Kodi in this case - from the commandline. Written up here for someone else trying to figure out the same thing. https://ideatrash.net/2021/11/x11-kodi-cron-the-terminal-and-you.html #bash #linux #programming #coding #howto #kodi #x11

From 15 Nov: How To Record Skype Calls On Linux Using OpenBroadcaster - https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/record-skype-calls-on-linux-openbroadcaster/ #audio #linux #skype