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Piya Gehi ☛ Starting a Homelab
Instead of running things on a single operating system or, what I needed was a hypervisor. I used to setup Linux/Windows virtual machines on my daily driver, but often had to delete them as they would take up a lot of space. Having a dedicated machine turned into a hypervisor solves this problem. The machine I’m using—a 15-inch MacBook Pro from 2017—has 2TB of storage, which is more than enough to create and delete as many VMs as I want. I chose Proxmox as the hypervisor, which is built on top of the Debian Linux distribution.
Using a laptop instead of an actual server meant that I had some constraints: [...]
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Lee Yingtong Li ☛ Inspecting Android app TLS traffic using objection and Frida
In previous posts, I have discussed bypassing certificate pinning on Android using Xposed and apk-mitm. Another way of achieving this which is particularly flexible is using the objection runtime mobile exploration toolkit, which is powered by the Frida dynamic instrumentation toolkit.
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ID Root ☛ How To Install Firefox on Fedora 43
Firefox stands as one of the most trusted open-source web browsers, offering users robust privacy features, exceptional performance, and extensive customization options. If you’ve recently upgraded to Fedora 43 or are setting up a fresh installation, understanding how to properly install and configure Firefox ensures you get the best browsing experience possible.
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ID Root ☛ How To Install DigiKam on Debian 13
Digital photo management has become increasingly complex in our image-rich world. DigiKam emerges as the ultimate solution for organizing, editing, and managing digital photo collections on GNU/Linux systems. This comprehensive guide provides detailed instructions for installing DigiKam on Debian 13 (Trixie), covering multiple installation methods, configuration steps, and troubleshooting techniques.
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Barry Kauler ☛ Change app run as root or non-root fixed
Forum members vtpup and Caramel have reported this problem:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=159638#p159638
If doing it in a terminal, if the app is currently running as root, you can flip like this, for the example of firefox: [...]