Tag Archives: Linux

Enable Timestamp in History Command in Linux

Posted on 15 January 2023 by matthannan

This is something that I have often thought would be very handy to have, but was never arsed to go looking to see if it was possible. Well, I was arsed today.

You can easily see which commands you ran in the past.

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Neofetch: For Super-Cool Login Banners

Posted on 17 July 2022 by matthannan

While I am writing blog posts, this is one that I find myself searching for quite often. Be another one to bake into the Ansible template. If you want a wicked awesome login banner, like this one:

sudo apt install neofetch
sudo bash -c $'echo "neofetch" >> /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh
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Fun with Proxmox, PRTG, SNMP, and a boatload of Mea Cupla

Posted on 17 July 2022 by matthannan

The Elitedesk 800 G4 Mini PC is just about 100% built, hardware-wise. I am waiting for the VGA Flex IO port to arrive. Looks like I put it in the cart, but did not press “Buy” for a few days, so, mea culpa.… Read the rest

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OneDrive on Linux, Revisited

Posted on 6 January 2021 by matthannan

You may recall that I managed to get OneDrive running on my main Pi with the goal of uninstalling the OneDrive client from the Windows machines and just running everything via a mapped drive to a SAMBA share.

This has been…mostly working.… Read the rest

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Revisiting Plex and NFS

Posted on 22 October 2020 by matthannan

The Raspberry Pi 3B is just a bit too weak to provide quick transcoding of HD files. But it has been working great for photos, podcasts, and music. I have long wanted to get the Atomic Pi back in the mix.… 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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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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Add uptime to ssh login banner

Posted on 22 July 2018 by matthannan

Stupid Linux tricks.
http://mewbies.com/how_to_customize_your_console_login_message_tutorial.htm… Read the rest

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OpenWRT, follow-up

Posted on 22 December 2016 by matthannan

It has been a really, really good day on the router front.
I am very happy with OpenWRT and you should be, too.
Everything is cranking right along with plenty of room to spare.
With the help of these links, I was able to get my DNS server settings pointing to OpenDNS, even in IPv6.… Read the rest

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