Checking Hard Disk Sanity With Smartmontools (Debian & Ubuntu)

Posted on 23 March 2020 by matthannan

Now that I have loads of files hanging off my Pi with zero redundancy, monitoring hard drive health is a pretty good idea.

Source: Checking Hard Disk Sanity With Smartmontools (Debian & Ubuntu)… Read the rest

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Weather Station

Posted on 22 March 2020 by matthannan

So, out of the blue, my father emails me asking if Calin might enjoy a weather station. I figured he had an unused one that he found while cleaning out the house. I am fairly certain I have seen an unused weather station in that house before.… Read the rest

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OneDrive on Linux: Take 3

Posted on 22 March 2020 by matthannan

I wrote about rclone yesterday, which claims to sync your OneDrive files to your Linux host. This is something that Microsoft has failed to provide to the Linux community. I was hoping to gather all of my files, and then Jenny’s files, to one main source in the house, and have that sync with OneDrive in order to get the whole cloud thing sorted finally.… Read the rest

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Top Linux Distros at This Time

Posted on 22 March 2020 by matthannan
Top Ten on 3/22/2020
  • I tried MX Linux, but it wants to run from a USB thumb drive, so…no.
  • I’ve already detailed my not enjoyable experience with Manjaro.
  • Elementary apparently wants money, so no. Yes, I am one of those Linux users.
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RIP, Mike

Posted on 22 March 2020 by matthannan

Very early on the morning of Feb 27, 2020, I had a call from my sister. Our brother was dead.

Michael Joseph Hannan, 57, of Quaker Hill, died unexpectedly at home on Feb. 27, 2020. He was born in Flushing, NY, on June 30, 1962, and grew up in Gales Ferry.

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Manjaro Linux

Posted on 22 March 2020 by matthannan

I was feeling a little restless a few weekends back, and Fedora on my laptop was not exactly doing it for me, so I decided to try a new distro. Looking at what the cool kids are using, I grabbed Manjaro, which is Arch-based.… Read the rest

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rclone: Cloud Storage Glue for Linux

Posted on 21 March 2020 by matthannan

Man! My last post was in November!?!?! I have been on quite the ride since then. Someday, I will get you caught up.

What I want to document today is a new toy that I just discovered, called rclone. Basically, it runs on Linux boxes and allows syncing with Cloud storage services that do not normally sync with Linux.… Read the rest

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Let’s Encrypt, again, Part 3

Posted on 20 November 2019 by matthannan

Another 3 months has past and I needed to renew my certs. The previous method for taking care of NycNyne is still a relatively simple one liner, but matthannan.net continues to be a nightmare. Well, a hassle, anyway.

I went with the links in the Part 2 of this series and was mightily struggling with the first one.… Read the rest

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Nov 15, 2019

Posted on 17 November 2019 by matthannan

On Nov. 15, 2019, Mary Lee Flynn Hannan of Gales Ferry passed away after a long illness. Lee was born July 6, 1942 in Troy, NY, but grew up in New York City. She was the oldest child of the late Marie Bernadette (Atkinson) and Orville Joseph Flynn.… Read the rest

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Install Unifi Controller on Raspberry Pi in 5 Min [Step-By-Step]

Posted on 12 November 2019 by matthannan

Quick and easy guide to install the Unifi Controller on a Raspberry Pi. Get it up and running in 5 minutes. – Updated April 2019 –

Source: Install Unifi Controller on Raspberry Pi in 5 Min [Step-By-Step]

UniPi?
Ramping things up for the great migration from Verizon FiOS.… Read the rest

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