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/ |
Tried my new VPN gateway on a Raspberry Pi and booted BlackArch live to explore some tools. Sadly, the distro feels abandoned: outdated packages, broken apps, no copy/paste in terminals, and a prehistoric Firefox. A shame, because it still boots under 500MB RAM 😕
Just built a home security gateway using a #RaspberryPi and #WireGuard (via ProtonVPN) 🛡️
It provides a secure tunnel for all my devices, especially #IoT ones that can't run a VPN. Best part? Efficiency! As you can see in the #htop shot, it’s barely sipping power: only ~135MB of RAM and near 0% CPU. 🚀
I can toggle the VPN to manage remote IoT access while keeping a solid layer of protection. Small, silent, and rock solid.
Finally got my Raspberry Pi acting as a full headless “privacy gateway” 🤟🏻
After countless experiments, it now routes via Wi-Fi all traffic from my devices straight through NordVPN, DNS included. Works even better when connecting from a phone.
Feels great to see it all come together 🤟🏻
***sorry for the mess 😅
Starting a new experiment: turning a Raspberry Pi into a “privacy gateway” you connect to from your PC, so all traffic goes through a VPN (and whatever extra layers I add later).
A tiny box sitting between you and the Internet, filtering and protecting everything.
Let’s see where this goes 😄
Compiling yet another Buildroot image I’m 99% sure will fail… but at least this time the soundtrack is Sunshine by Alice in Chains, so the suffering feels poetic ❤️
If the build breaks, at least the vibe doesn’t 🤟🏻
#Linux #Buildroot #DIYDistro #KernelPanicEnergy #DevLife #aliceinchains #aic
Trying to build a GUI Linux distro with Buildroot. Just Buildroot. No Debian, no Arch. Just pain
Xorg? Black screen. Wayland? Sounds like a fantasy novel. Kernel panic? Oh yeah, got that too 🫨
But I will make this work, because minimalism deserves a desktop 🤟🏻
#Linux #Buildroot #KernelPanic #WaylandOrWhatever #DIYDistro #WhyAmIDoingThis
Years ago I was installing Linux from CDs in magazines, discovering distros like a kid exploring new worlds.
Today, my own minimal distro is on DistroWatch, not far from those same names.
Feels unreal.
From user to creator. From curiosity to creation.
Dreams sometimes don’t make noise, they just quietly come true 🫠
BashCore has officially landed on Distrowatch!!!
Seeing my ecosystem listed is a HUGE milestone!
Grateful, proud and ready for what comes next.
#BashCoreGee joins the BashCore family 😀
A new entry-level live system built on Debian with the GNOME desktop, designed for instant internet access and simplicity. It boots straight to the desktop with Firefox and Tor Browser ready to use, and you can install more apps easily via GNOME Software.
Minimal, fast, and ready to explore 😀
https://www.bashcore.org/downloads/BashCoreGee2602-Lana.iso
#Linux #Debian #GNOME #LiveUSB #OpenSource #Privacy #BashCore
After way too many attempts, I finally got a custom GRUB2 EFI bootloader built with Buildroot showing a splash image at boot on real hardware 🎉
The secret? insmod gfxterm_background + font in the right path.
Simple in theory, painful in practice 🤕
