today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 09, 2025

• Hackaday ☛ Linux Fu: The SSD Super Cache

  NVMe solid state disk drives have become inexpensive unless you want the very largest sizes. But how do you get the most out of one? There are two basic strategies: you can use the drive as a fast drive for things you use a lot, or you can use it to cache a slower drive.

• It's FOSS ☛ Easily Install Binaries in GNU/Linux Terminal With This Tool [Ed: But GitHub itself is a problem - lots of malware and state-connected malware vendors]

  Easy way to get binaries from Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub repositories and install the applications. Learn more about eget.

  Let's be honest. Installing packages from their GitHub repositories can be a pain, especially if you use different Linux distros, BSD and macOS.

  You have to go to the release pages of the tool's GitHub repo, look for the appropriate binary file for your distribution, your system architecture (x86/ARM), get it, extract it and run it to install it.

• Linux Capable ☛ How to Install Open VM Tools on Debian Linux

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  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Navidrome on GNU/Linux Mint 22

    Navidrome transforms your Linux Mint 22 system into a powerful, self-hosted music streaming server. This open-source solution lets you access your personal music collection from anywhere, eliminating the need for expensive subscription services while maintaining complete control over your audio library.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install phpPgAdmin on Debian 13

    Managing PostgreSQL databases doesn’t have to be complicated. phpPgAdmin is a powerful web-based administration tool that simplifies database management through an intuitive browser interface. Whether you’re a system administrator, developer, or database manager, phpPgAdmin provides a user-friendly alternative to command-line PostgreSQL administration.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install LocalSend on Debian 13

    Transferring files between devices on the same network shouldn’t require cloud services, email attachments, or USB drives. LocalSend offers a free, open-source solution that enables secure file sharing across devices without internet connectivity. This comprehensive guide demonstrates multiple methods to install LocalSend on Debian 13, helping you establish efficient local network file transfers within minutes.

• University of Toronto ☛ Some notes on using systemd-run or systemd-cat for logging program output

  In response to yesterday's entry on using systemd (service) units for easy capturing of log output, a commentator drew my attention to systemd-run and systemd-cat. I spent a bit of time poking at both of them and so I've wound up with some things to remember and some opinions.

• Ruud van Asseldonk ☛ Adding unpack syntax to RCL

  I am building a new configuration language and json query tool: RCL. It extends json into a simple functional language that enables abstraction and reuse. Rather than string templating serialized data, RCL enables you to template data structures directly. A common operation here is to build lists and dicts out of other lists and dicts. While RCL had several ways to do this, I wasn’t satisfied with them. I wanted unpack. In v0.11.0 I finally implemented this feature, and you can now use .. and ... to unpack lists and dicts: [...]

• Manuel Matuzović ☛ Discover Dialog

  Either way, things are getting simpler and more declarative all the time - and when we're so busy working, we don't always realise how much has changed! Maybe this will help you shave off some lines of code or remove some dependencies from your codebase.

  To those of you new to building on the web, this is for you too, as you lucky things get to skip the old ways :)

• Project Nayuki ☛ Practical guide to XHTML

  XHTML is a modified version of HTML that obeys XML syntax strictly. It retains all the good features of HTML, requires the rejection of documents with syntax errors, and eliminates unnecessarily complicated behaviors. I believe that XHTML is a useful tool in the real world as an alternative to the absolutely ubiquitous HTML. Practicing what I preach, this website (Project Nayuki) is served as XHTML continuously since the year 2011, and is supported perfectly by all the major web browsers.

  This page describes what XHTML is, why you should use it, and how to use it.

• peppe8o ☛ Traefik on Raspberry PI: Application Proxy for Docker to Manage Exposed Services

  In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Traefik on Raspberry PI to securely expose your Docker services and manage them with a reverse proxy.