Thoughts, opinions, wild speculation, and haphazard technical advice from Dom. I’m a hearing disabled irrigation contractor, B-movie aficionado, self-hoster, and hopeless Linux desktop romantic. Former co-host of Go With The Heat Miami Vice podcast. This site uses no tracking pixels, does not set cookies, and works without javascript. You may also want to checkout my blogroll and a running list of bookmarks I save while browsing. Last, if this is your first time here, check out my favorite posts.
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TIL about Linux multi-seat
A couple days ago I stumbled on this older video about allowing two people to use the same computer, independently and at the same time, without virtualization. This is done through Linux multi-seat, which allows two users to share a PC and then assign peripherals and even a GPU to each seat. This concept hooked me immediately.
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Building a portable homelab - Wrong answers only
Instead of trying to build a lab that I will never be able to afford, I'm going to start my brainstorming with wrong answers only. What are the worst portable homelabs I could build? What builds could I do that would be the most awkward? What is the weirdest portable homelab I could build with what I have?
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I wanted a fun laptop so I switch my EDC to a Dell Latitude E5440
Yesterday I was complaining on Mastodon that the laptop I was using was boring. I switched from it back to an ancient Dell Latitude E5440 and I've been having fun with it.
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You misunderstand what it means to be poor
The more I speak about being poor, the more I realize how fundamentally other folks misunderstand what it means to be poor versus being broke.
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Our Xmas movie watch list
These are the movies my wife and I are going to watch during the Xmas season. This is essentially the list we watch every year and is now a permanent tradition. It is not the holidays unless we watch these movies.
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Planning a primarily TUI laptop with an old Microsoft Surface
I've had on my list the last couple days to start planning for my TUI-primary setup on an old Microsoft Surface to essentially turn it into a portable terminal. This is the list of tools I will be using.
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Encrypting an existing home directory with gocryptfs
I few weeks ago I got my hands on a Panasonic CF-SZ5 laptop from Japan and I love this little thing. Following a guide from bacardi55 I encrypted my existing home dir using gocryptfs to add a layer of protection while I turn it into my EDC laptop.
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Jellyfin comes to homeprod
Early last week the root drive on my NAS died. This caused me to add a USB drive, with the most important media files, to my server so the most important files will always be served. While doing this it got me thinking about my server layout and proper failover protection.
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Upgrade to terminal notes system
Last year I wrote about using yazi and helix for viewing and writing notes in the terminal. I have continued to evolve my setup, now with using a tmux split to dual pane helix with glow so I can preview the note as I write it.
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I effing love Dex Mode
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the failure of replacing my S10e with a Moto Stylus 5G 2024. Now that I'm back on the S10e I remembered just how much I love this phone. The key feature is Dex Mode and I use it every day.
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