My name is Nicola Barbuti.
Founder & OS Architect @ BashLab.
Into computer science since 1985, I did things in music and photography too.
| website | https://www.bashcore.org/ |
With Ubuntu Studio, I’ve breathed new life into an old PC and reignited my passion for music 😃🤟🏻
After 14 years I installed Ubuntu on a PC again. Chose because I want to play music and use real-time guitar effects.
So far: kernel panics, broken updates, and hours wasted configuring my M-Audio sound card.
I was almost starting to regret it...
#Linux #Ubuntu #UbuntuStudio #AudioProduction #MusicProduction #MIDI #OpenSource #KernelPanic
Most routers call home. IoT devices do too.
My gateway? Pure Buildroot Linux that blocks almost all those strange outbound connections.
No cloud, no telemetry, no shell, just an appliance doing its job 💪
My gateway reduces tracking and personalized advertising, limiting the hidden pressure that drives unnecessary spending online.
Less tracking, less targeted ads, less digital pressure to buy things you don’t need.
By reducing ad personalization, it helps create a more neutral, less manipulative browsing experience.
Focus shifts from attention capture to time and clarity.
After countless trials, books, web searches, and some brutal advice from my Bukowski AI, I finally built a custom IoT hotspot from scratch using Buildroot 😎
No more pre-packaged garbage. I filter insecure connections myself. Total control 💪🏻
The first prototype works... mostly 😆
Now comes the real torture: testing and refining
Maybe I'll even try to sell this thing 🤑
#Buildroot #IoT #Linux #DIY #Bukowski #FromScratch #Security #ad #telemetrystorm
Just built a custom AI assistant trained on Charles Bukowski’s rawest works. It doesn’t offer comfort, just cold truths and a glass of cheap wine.
Currently testing it from a noisy suburban bar surrounded by the usual bar flies. If it starts cursing at the patrons, I’ll know it’s working.
Launching my BashCoreGee OS live (bashcore.org) through my custom Raspberry Pi gateway, I think I’ve found the perfect privacy combo.
Tested all four vanilla browsers on Gee: LibreWolf and Mullvad block 97% of domains out of the box, Firefox 77%. Tor Browser hits 20% (different story).
#privacy #BashCore #perfectcombo #RaspberryPi #Linux #SelfHosted #gateway #IoT #homelab #networking #ad #adblock #sbc
My new gateway running on a Raspberry Pi. No UI, no apps, just plug it in and it works like an appliance.
This is Chrome with zero extensions on a news site usually full of ads, banners and videos… now clean and smooth.
It quietly blocks a large chunk of trackers at network level.
Still testing, but promising 🫠
Testing continues on my SBC-based gateway with a focus on reliability and security.
Still iterating non-stop to build something stable enough for real-world use.
I now have the chance to deploy it at a friend’s B&B for genuine stress testing in a live environment 😃
