Make sure network-online.target gets triggered correctly: https://systemd.io/NETWORK_ONLINE/

• /etc/systemd/system/nas-ping.service
• /etc/systemd/system/mnt-restic.mount

Run the following:

[!NOTE] This is a satirical depiction of an experience I had in an IT organization. The point is to share the same message with a broader audience. Obviously, convincing people to make big changes requires patience, perseverance, and long-term support.

Today, I had a conversation at work which reminded me of the 2000 animated adventure comedy, Chicken Run. Here’s how that conversation would look like if

Onyx tablets reportedly phone home and send "data" to some servers in China. The manufacturer apparently refuses to publish the source-code modifications to the OS and the open-source apps they are using and they even go as far as violating GPL.

Of course I learned all that after buying this tablet. To ease my mind, I spent some time debloating it and then blocked the outgoing traffic to

Over the weekend, I decided to try running a Postgres database in my Homelab. In my current setup, the most convenient option for storage is NFS. However, NFS is especially tricky for databases. A misconfigured setup can lead to performance or data corruption issues.

After watching

Helm CLI comes with a template sub-command that outputs the YAML it generates without installing the Chart. This is very useful for debugging templates and writing Post Renderer scripts.

Here is a basic example to illustrate its usage:

helm template --generate-name /path/to/your/chart/directory --post-renderer /path/to/your/post-render.sh

DOCKER_REGISTRY="registry.example.com"
PROJECT_NAME="hello-world"

# List the templates
faas-cli template store list --official --recommended --verbose=true

TEMPLATE="node18"

• Node.js 18+
• tree-sitter
• tree-sitter-cpp

Steps required to install Homebrew on MX Linux (and other Debian-based distros)

1. Update apt cache and optionally do a full upgrade

    apt update
   

apt full-upgrade # optional, reboot if needed

⚠️ Note: Since the merge of the commit Homebrew/homebrew-core#149670, starting Colima is as easy as running brew services start colima. You can skip the following work-around.

1. Create an executable script to run in foreground and manage colima:

cat <<-EOF | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/colima-start-fg
#!/bin/bash

Instructions for enabling dark theme (almost) everywhere on ElementaryOS

1. Replace the contents of /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml with this file.
2. Replace the line <annotation name="org.freedesktop.Accounts.DefaultValue" value="0"/> with <annotation name="org.freedesktop.Accounts.DefaultValue" value="1"/> under PreferColorScheme section.

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