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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Use Cloudflare as Dynamic DNS with Raspberry Pi

Posted on 19 October 2019 by matthannan

This guy is like my spirit animal.

Make Raspberry Pi automatically update a domain after your IP changes. Gain access to your home server from anywhere with Cloudflare as Dynamic DNS.

Source: Use Cloudflare as Dynamic DNS with Raspberry Pi – Let’s WP

I set this up in just a few minutes.… Read the rest

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Pi-Hole Stuff

Posted on 29 September 2019 by matthannan

I noticed that there were plenty of ads showing on my phone this morning, so I immediately started thinking that either the Pi-Hole Pi had an issue, or Pi-Hole itself was acting up.

While reading the news, I saw that Pi-Hole is moving away from ad-block style filtering to straight up domain blocking.… Read the rest

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