As follower of the Free Software Foundation Europe FSFE I am receiving their newsletter. The latest news about the FSFE conference in late 2020 caught my attention as the interview with Raphael Laguna de la Vera is absolutely eyeopening / mindblowing. It explains how we europeans can set standards for data protection and use it […]
Building a CRYPTO FLOSS DIY babycam
In order to monitor your babies (or whatever you wish) and there is some old hardware available you can easily build your own CRYPTO DIY FLOSS babycam. All you need is: a raspberry pi (3b in my case) and corresponding gear (sd-card, powersupply) the raspbian operating system (with LXDE, not the lite version) a usb […]
graphical disk usage with duf
“Duf” this is a nice looking alternative to df on your linux-shell. It is written in go and available on for many different distributions. Check it out on: https://github.com/muesli/duf/releases
Monitoring Turris Omnia with Zabbix
The Turris Omnia Router runs OpenWRT so there are Zabbix Packages available to monitor it. Simply type following command in the turris shell: and edit your config file /etc/zabbix_agentd.conf save, and restart with
Install Oracle Virtual Box Extensions
In order to access full resolution inside your VM and to access USB Devices with full USB3 Speed you need to install Virtual Box Extensions: Go to https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox and select the appropriate version. Then download the extension pack, e.g. Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.12.vbox-extpack Then open VirtualBox >> Preference >> Extensions >> browse for extension pack by clicking on […]
Install gimmicks on Fedora easily with Fedy
Fedy lets you install multimedia codecs and additional software that Fedora doesn’t want to ship, like H264 support, Adobe Flash, Oracle Java etc., and much more with just a few clicks. Installation Installation instructions can be found on https://github.com/rpmfusion-infra/fedy.
Gnome Network Manager extend
In case your connection manager doesn’t let you manage all settings (e.g. delete mobile connections you can use the Gnome network manager. Start it by typing:
Reconnect your openvpn tunnel if packets get lost
Check if your openvpn tunnel is still active and if it’s not reconnect it with this bash script: Thanks to: https://forum.turris.cz/t/guide-openvpn-reconnect-script-daily-restart-with-location-change-server-roulette-client-to-stay-allways-on-luci-vpn-nano-ssh-linux/10949
Import GPG-Keys and Fedora
Fix the permissions of the enclosing directory ~/.gnupg because an attacker with enough rights on the folder could manipulate folder contents. Make sure, the folder+contents belong to you: Correct access rights for .gnupg and subfolders: finally import your keys with your user (not sudo/root)
Autostart OpenVPN
Requirements for OpenVPN autostart on systemd Linux Before you begin setting up OpenVPN to autostart on systemd Linux, you’ll need a few prerequisites: OpenVPN A VPN provider A Linux distribution (distro) with systemd Configure OpenVPN for systemd Linux Now, let’s configure OpenVPN to autostart for systemd Linux. First open a terminal. We need to change […]