Frank Perrakis

@frankper
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Amateur cyclist,runner,photographer,devsecops
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In/Persist
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Posts are my own (unless copied) and should never be taken seriously

🔗 https://frankper.gitlab.io

One Netbook, Five Distros, and a Sunday I'm Not Getting Back

A Sunday well spent (and many AI tokens wasted) turning a tiny 10-inch netbook into a multi-distro playground — with bootstrap scripts for Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora, and NixOS.

Frank Perrakis

Try my friend's @cyfer new app

https://www.transcribee.app/?ref=producthunt

I found it super useful I hope you do too!

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Self-Hosting Bookmarks — Replacing Raindrop.io With Karakeep

Replacing Raindrop.io with Karakeep and Floccus — self-hosted bookmark management with AI tagging, cross-browser sync, and zero data leaving the network.

Frank Perrakis

So just released version v0.6.0-beta of a small tool I am working on that I use to configure my personal devices!

https://frankper.gitlab.io/the-one-nix/

Any #linux #nixos enthusiasts please take a look and I will be happy to hear comments and collaborate !

The One Nix

The One Nix One config to rule them all, one flake to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. A multi-host, multi-platform NixOS flake that manages workstations, laptops, VMs, and macOS machines from a single repository. Feature flags in settings.nix control what each host gets — desktops, services, packages, secrets — with zero manual configuration after deploy. What you get# One flake, every machine — NixOS, nix-darwin, standalone home-manager on any Linux Feature-flag architecture — toggle desktops, services, and packages per host via settings.nix Full dotfiles — zsh, starship, atuin, neovim, VS Code, git, tmux — all declarative Secrets management — sops-nix + age keys with per-host and per-user encryption Multi-desktop — GNOME, KDE, Hyprland (Stylix-themed) — pick one per host Browser configs — Firefox, LibreWolf, Brave, Chromium with enforced search engines and managed extensions Remote deploy — provision new machines over SSH from your workstation VM workflow — launch, snapshot, template, and destroy KVM/UTM VMs for testing CI pipeline — GitLab CI validates, lints, and security-scans every push Cross-platform shell — 100+ aliases and functions that work on NixOS, macOS, and Linux Get the tool in this repo

The One Nix
Homelab Benchmark Log

A curated list of devices I’ve benchmarked across my homelab and cloud — mini PCs, laptops, servers, SBCs, and cloud instances.

Frank Perrakis

So nixos has officially killed distrohopping for me.

I am trying Debian 13 on my laptop and although I have bootstrap-scripts to set things up.

But It still feels like a step backwards.

#linux #nixos

The Book of Secret Knowledge

https://lemmy.ml/post/35520180

The Book of Secret Knowledge - Lemmy

The Book of Secret Knowledge is a popular GitHub repository that serves as a comprehensive collection of technical resources, including cheatsheets, manuals, lists, tools, and hacks[^1]. Key aspects of this repository include: - DevOps and system administration resources, including 284 test questions for Linux system administrators[^8] - DNS tools and diagnostics collections[^6] - Command line tools and one-liners[^10] - Cloud-native materials and training resources The repository has gained significant community traction, accumulating over 100,000 stars and 12,000 forks on GitHub[^2]. It’s particularly valued by DevOps engineers and system administrators as a free, open-source learning resource that provides alternatives to paid courses[^2]. [^1]: GitHub - trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge [https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge] [^2]: LinkedIn - Abhishek Veeramalla’s Post [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/abhishek-veeramalla_github-trimstraythe-book-of-secret-knowledge-activity-6990934601607127040-VTrD] [^6]: Hacker News - The Book of Secret Knowledge [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27643054] [^8]: Medium - 7 GitHub Repositories That Help You Become A Better DevOps Engineer [https://andreybyhalenko.medium.com/7-github-repositories-that-help-you-become-a-better-devops-engineer-afae85ed9865] [^10]: Zorin Forum - Linux commandline cheat sheet [https://forum.zorin.com/t/linux-commandline-cheat-sheet/24820]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDC5FUvYXm4

confirms what I have been saying for over a decade that most people are riding a bike that is too big for them !

#cycling
#bikefit

Online bike sizing calculators TESTED - Part 2

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Jazz legend Chuck Mangione, known for 'Feels So Good,' dies at 84

Jazz musician Chuck Mangione, known for his hit “Feels So Good,” has died at 84. His attorney, Peter S. Matorin, says Mangione died Tuesday at his home in Rochester, New York. He achieved international fame in 1977 with “Feels So Good,” a smooth-jazz staple. He also composed “Give It All You Got” for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Mangione released over 30 albums and won two Grammy Awards. He started his career as a bebop musician inspired by Dizzy Gillespie. In 2009, he donated memorabilia to the Smithsonian. Mangione retired in 2015, leaving a lasting legacy in jazz music.

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2/ And to quote one bit from @corbet's[1] great #OSSNA25 talk:

""[…] there will be no core development conferences around #Linux and other things in the United States in the foreseeable future. […] this is a real problem […]""

Yes, this is not a formal announcement[2] – but it bears some weight, as Jonathan is well connected and among others sits in the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board (TAB).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNLBGiwfBSI&t=949s (for context starts a bit earlier; the quoted bit comes about a minute later)

[2] and kinda obvious for some of you

#kernel #LinuxKernel #FLOSS

Three Decades in Kernelland - Jonathan Corbet, LWN.net

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