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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Running Ubuntu or Debian server in Docker
Using a container instead of a full virtual machine is another tool available depending on your project and goals.
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Downloading a site from Archive.org and then serving locally using Kiwix
Since I am on semi-hibernation, I find myself working on all kinds of weird projects. Today I worked on a completely ridiculous project to save a site that has been archived on the Wayback Machine and then put that site into my self-hosted Kiwix instance.
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Adding a local network to my portable homelab/desktop
A key component for this portable homelab/desktop is to be able to run a LAN so I can serve files between multiple devices and use as a hub at an event, hotel, AirBnB, etc. This is a key feature to a portable homelab. I need to be able to deploy the various "lab" aspects of this build.
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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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