today's howtos
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Setting up FreshRSS on the Raspberry Pi - Pi My Life Up
FreshRSS is a free and open-source RSS aggregator and reader that you can run locally on your Raspberry Pi.
This software allows you to easily follow any website that provides an RSS feed and place it all into one easy-to-read feed. Even our website offers an RSS feed that you can use to see our latest tutorials.
With the shutdown of many of the more prominent RSS aggregators having your own self-hosted service is a must. You won’t ever have to worry about hopping from service to service.
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What's lost when running the Prometheus host agent as a non-root user on Linux
This is not quite true, although how much it is and isn't true has varied over time, kernel versions, and also on what host agent information collectors you have enabled. Today, for my own reasons, I decided to get current information on what metrics you lose when you run the current version of the host agent as a non-root user, primarily on an Ubuntu 22.04 server.
(As I write this, the current version of the host agent is 1.3.1, released December 1st 2021. The host agent doesn't see much change.)
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Running Changedetection.io on the Raspberry Pi - Pi My Life Up
Changedetction.io is a service designed to detect whether changes have been made on a specific website. This is like a more advanced version of our Python website monitor project.
This service works by grabbing a page’s output periodically. Then, anytime a change is noticed, the service can send you a notification, presenting you with an easy way of seeing what exactly changed since the last update.
The Raspberry Pi makes an excellent choice for Changedetection.io as it is a relatively low-powered device that can be affordably left running 24/7.
Please note for the best experience, you will need to use the 64-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS. However, Changedetection.io still works fine on 32-bit. You just won’t be able to detect changes on websites that require JavaScript to display.
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Adjust Color Temperature of Screen Using Terminal in Ubuntu
In this quick guide, I will show how you can adjust the color temperature of your screen in Ubuntu using the terminal.
No additional GUI installation is required, and you can enjoy the night light even if your desktop environment doesn’t provide a native one.
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Redirect URLs in NGINX
NGINX is a slightly elevated, fully accessible, free IMAP/POP3 VPN, HTTP web service, and reverse VPN connection. NGINX attributes are good speed, reliability, functionality customization, easy setup, and low resource consumption. It has many features, and many more might be added as plugins during installation. The topics discussed in this article are changing insecure (port 80) URLs to encrypted versions, changing an IP request to a DNS server, and changing any other domains to the main domain.
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How To Install VeraCrypt on Debian 11 - idroot
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VeraCrypt on Debian 11. For those of you who didn’t know, VeraCrypt is a free open-source disk encryption software. It can encrypt whole partitions or storage devices and is also capable of creating Encrypted Virtual hard drives. It is a perfect solution for anyone who wants to keep their data safe and secure. VeraCrypt is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the VeraCrypt on a Debian 11 (Bullseye).