Author: johan
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More Linux Mint convenience
This is part 6 of my series of posts about making Linux Mint my daily driver. Last time we looked at A better way to use dnsmasq on Linux Mint, which turned out to have some annoyances related to it. This time we look at two more little conveniences I’ve recently implemented. Some Windows stuff…
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A Wireguard based VPN with user authentication
This post doesn’t describe specific implementation details, because the Intellectual Property for the system described here belongs to my employer. Instead it describes the basic idea behind the Wireguard based VPN I built. Names and IP addresses referred to here are not the ones used in my implementation. Wireguard is a good encrypted tunnelling protocol,…
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A better way to use dnsmasq on Linux Mint
This is part 5 of my series of posts about making Linux Mint my daily driver. Last time we looked at Gaming on Linux Mint, this time we look at a slightly better way of using dnsmasq instead of systemd-resolved for DNS. Update on 2024-08-23: So there was another systemd update and it stomped all…
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Gaming on Linux Mint
This is part 4 of my series of posts about making Linux Mint my daily driver. Last time we looked at some customisations I did for work, this time we’ll have a look at some of the stuff I do to play the games I enjoy. Minecraft When it comes to gaming, my absolute favourite…
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Some Linux Mint customisations for work
This is part 3 of my series of posts about making Linux Mint my daily driver. Last time we looked at the start of my Mint move. In that post I mentioned that my move was pretty quick and the stuff I did for the move won’t be fresh in my memory for long. This…
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[Opinion] Unhelpful reactions to the Crowdstrike mess
A disclaimer to start off with. I use Linux as my daily driver, and my day job is not a Crowdstrike client. This means this whole mess is having much less of an effect on me than on some IT people around the world. While this whole Crowdstrike issue has caused a lot of disruption,…
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The start of my Mint move
This is post 2 of my planned series about making Linux Mint my daily driver. The first post is Changing my daily driver to Mint. Firstly, a little note about my hardware setup. The machine I’m using is an ASUS TUF F17 gaming laptop. While it’s a gaming laptop, I primarily use it for work…
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Changing my daily driver to Mint
In my last post, about using dnsmasq for funky DNS stuff, I mentioned in passing that I’m busy turning Linux Mint into my daily driver (for those who are not familiar with the term, “daily driver” is a term for the operating system you run on your primary computer, for most people that would be…
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Using dnsmasq on Ubuntu or Mint
For most usual uses, the DNS setup in Ubuntu or Mint works just fine and no special configuration is needed. Some of us use Ubuntu or Mint to do work stuff, where you may need to access some internal resources by name instead of trying to remember a whole bunch of IP addresses, this article…
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Thoughts about SFTP key security
OK, so guys, let’s have a serious talk… TL;DR – Just read the thing, it could keep you out of trouble, and in some jurisdictions out of jail. The Internet is a scary place, especially when you work with potentially sensitive information. There are bad guys out there who would love to steal your sensitive…