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Files

NFS

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:

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The Fence Is in Your Mind

[!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

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Taming an Onyx Tablet

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

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Considerations for Running Postgres on NFS

Background

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

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Debugging and Authoring Helm Charts and Post Rendering Hooks with Viddy

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

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Steps

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

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

TEMPLATE="node18"

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Example

Requirements

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

index.mjs

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How to Install Homebrew on Debian-based Distros

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

Steps

1. Update apt cache and optionally do a full upgrade

    apt update
   

apt full-upgrade # optional, reboot if needed

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⚠️ 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.

Steps

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

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

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How to Enable Dark Theme on ElementaryOS

Instructions for enabling dark theme (almost) everywhere on ElementaryOS

Pantheon Apps

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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