Instructions to help you setup libreboot grub.cfg (grubtest.cfg) when you don’t use full disk encryption.

I wanted to avoid adding MongoDB and a bunch of Java to existing VMs, so installing Ubiquiti UniFi Controller in an Debian LXC Container was the perfect option!        

Installing Debian to escape the PRISM Prison!

A stealth laptop is required for anonymous use and should be employed on public open wifi networks.

I’ve decided to replace Courier Imap with Dovecot Imap, due to some package issues in my distribution.

We’ve decided to cut costs. One big cost is Cable and the phone service that is bundled with it. With some research I realized we could use Debian, Asterisk and Google Voice For Free Home Telephone Service.

I just wasted my entire day fighting an issue I thought was a courier-imap or courier-imap-ssl 4.10 authentication issue in Debian. It turns out it was a Gamin package error. If I killed the Gamin process I could temporarily log back in. My fix? Uninstall Gamin and then ‘apt-get autoremove’. This will likely remove all your imap packages too (good). ...

 One day not to long ago I realized that my sweltering office was heating the entire house. It was so bad that our basement, that used to be very cool and temperate had become a sauna. My family room is in the basement so everyone was suffering. I decided to assess what I had running and what I could combine ...

After being a RedHat user until about 2002, which is about the time of Redhat 7 or 8, I decided I didn’t want to play the RPM game any more. You know the game, “Dependencies, dependencies, Oh Gosh no, DEPENDENCIES!” Why must I download a bunch of stuff just to install an RPM, and heaven forbid you installed a package ...