today's howtos
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Debian USB Firmware Loader Script
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make
This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.
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Of course the network can be a filesystem
Spoiler alert! This references details for my GopherCon EU talk Reaching the Unix Philosophy's Logical Conclusion with WebAssembly. This may ruin some of the cosmic horror feeling that I tried to inspire in the audience by gradually revealing the moving parts and then crashing them all together into one "oh, oh god, why, no" feeling when the live demo happened. My talk page and the video will go up in August.
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Antoine Beaupré: Using signal-cli to cancel your Signal account
For obscure reasons, I have found myself with a phone number registered with Signal but without any device associated with it.
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How to Use GPG with GNU Kleopatra in Linux
The GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) is one of the most important programs available today, as it allows you to create your own digital identity and establish encrypted communications online.
This article will show how you can get started with GPG in Linux using Kleopatra and send your first encrypted message over the internet.
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C.J. Collier: Converting a windows install to a libvirt VM [Ed: Microsoft's longtime booster C.J. Collier now pushing Windows cruft into Planet Debian]
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Fabio Alessandro Locati: Why do Kubernetes Control Planes have an odd number of members?
The single most frequent question I get asked about Kubernetes is regarding the number of Control Plane nodes. Sometimes it is out of curiosity for the “unusual number”; other times, it is plainly confrontational since the person would prefer a different number, which usually is 2. The first thing to understand is that there are a couple of reasons to choose a certain number of Kubernetes Control Plane nodes over another, and those are: [...]