KadinListen, bub: I *paid* for 8 processors and 32 gigs of RAM, and I'm going to *use* them.
#hardware #linux
#hardware #linux
Terry
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Just a casual Linux user
Nicholas A. Ferrellhttps://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/windows-10-to-11-and-linux-10-22-25/
From an October 14, 2025 report in Brussels Signal:
- “A group of protesters gathered outside Microsoft’s EU office to complain about the company’s decision to end security updates for its older devices running the Windows 10 operating system.”
- “[This] includes millions of older devices that cannot run its newer operating system, Windows 11.”
- “Right to Repair Europe, which organised the protest, said Microsoft had now made users choose between a system that will become steadily more insecure, or buying a new laptop.”
I have been running Linux exclusively since August 2020. I switched to Linux when I built a new desktop computer to replace the previous desktop I had built back in 2011, so it was not a forced obsalescence case. However, I did once have a Windows XP netbook that I could not upgrade. It was my only laptop. Instead of purchasing a new laptop, I installed Ubuntu on it. All I really knew about Linux was that it was a free operating system that some tech people used. I am sure I chose Ubuntu because that was the only Linux thing I had heard of. It went fine. While I am not going to say that everyone can switch from Windows to Linux like I did, I would encourage even those people who need to “upgrade” to a Windows 11 laptop re-purpose their old laptops with a shiny new Linux distribution and give it a go. Some without specific work-related concerns may find that Linux works as well or better for them than Windows.
edafe.deConfigure nullmailer with a relay host
If you wish to receive status updates from your Debian or Ubuntu system, you need to install and configure a mail transfer agent (MTA). nullmailer is a relay-only forwarding MTA that can be used as an alternative to more complex MTAs, such as Exim, Sendmail or Postfix.
A relay host, also referred to as a smarthost, can be defined as an email server for outgoing mail that is being afforded a good reputation by its peers. In this example, we use Fastmail because email deliverability depends on a number of different factors.
Configuration of nullmailer with Email Service Providers (ESPs) other than Fastmail should be similar, given that all ESPs implement the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
Step 1
Generate an app password
Log into your Fastmail account and set up a new app password for SMTP authentication.
Create an alias
Set up a dedicated Fastmail alias to receive incoming messages.
Step 2
Use copy and paste to enter the following commands. Be careful not to miss any punctuation.
Create the new directory /etc/nullmailer and the file /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr.
The Fastmail alias you created in Step 1 should be the only entry in /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr.
Step 3
Install the required packages.
$ sudo apt-get install --yes nullmailer mailutilsStep 4
Enter the system mailname. If you are setting up on a home network, you should use home.arpa as the domain name.
Mailname of your system:
tux.home.arpa
Ok
Configuring the smarthost
Configure nullmailer to use the Fastmail SMTP server as a smarthost. Use your Fastmail username and the app password from Step 1.
Step 5
Test your configuration with the following command.
$ echo "Test mail from nullmailer on tux.home.arpa to the local root user and forwarded on to Fastmail" | mail -s "Test nullmailer" rootCheck your inbox!
Step 6
You can reconfigure nullmailer at any time by issuing the following comand.
Configure nullmailer with a relay host
"If you want to receive status updates from your Debian or Ubuntu system, you need to employ the help of a mail tansfer agent (MTA). nullmailer is a relay-only forwarding MTA that can be used as an alternative to more complex MTAs such as Exim, Sendmail or Postfix."
Emilie Ciortrans 
Hanfdampf in allen GassenDie Linux-Distribution eures Vertrauens ist zwar i.d.R. für euch kostenfrei, kann aber langfristig nur mit finanzieller Unterstützung weiterentwickelt werden.
Das gilt natürlich auch auch für andere nicht kommerzielle Open Source Projekte.
Spenden sind da sinnvoll.
Soh Kam Yung"TernFS:
- Is designed to scale up to tens of exabytes, trillions of files, millions of concurrent clients.
- Stores file contents redundantly to protect against drive failures.
- Has no single point of failure in its metadata services.
- Supports file snapshot to protect against accidental file deletion."
- Can span across multiple regions.
- Is hardware agnostic and uses TCP/IP to communicate.
[...]"
TernFS: an exabyte scale, multi-region distributed filesystem | XTX Tech Blog
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John GoerzenAfter some failure, I eventually succeeded in getting an 80x25 text #console in #Linux! Even with correct #DOS fonts. Good enough to dial into a BBS and get ANSI artwork. On a UEFI system with a framebuffer console, even.
Here is the strange saga, starting with how a pixel isn't what you think it is in VGA land, and going on through the layers of CP437-Unicode mapping that we have these days, and winding up with a useful, modern, and authentic text console on a CRT!
Eric The IT Guy
Keiran RowellHow #Container Filesystem Works: Building a #Docker like Container From Scratch
https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/container-filesystem-from-scratch
How Container Filesystem Works: Building a Docker-like Container From Scratch | iximiuz Labs
Learn how Linux containers are built from the ground up. Starting with the mount namespace and a root filesystem, see why PID, cgroup, UTS, and network namespaces naturally follow - and how this foundation makes concepts like bind mounts, volumes, and persistence in Docker or Kubernetes much easier to grasp.