Tracking down dropped packets
On November 19th, 2019 In Linux

tl;dr:Consumer routers can mess with your Linux bridge interface. ebtables can eliminate unwanted packets before they’re polluting the bridge’s “rx dropped” stats.
Netdata: automagic monitoring
On my home server/NAS my LXD container usage has grown considerably over the last year. It’s come to the point that I felt
“Let’s encrypt” Seafile using a free(!) certificate
On August 9th, 2016 In Linux

(This post is an updated version of an older HOWTO I wrote a few months ago and which has quickly become outdated.)
1. Introduction
In a previous post I documented how I set up Seafile on a Raspberry Pi. To be honest, that guide wasn’t all that spectacular: I simply followed the official manual. To summarize: MySQL, nginx + SSL, Seafile.
In
Wa Geräter vum Hiersteller bewosst ausgeknipst ginn
On April 6th, 2016 In Technik
(... an aner Auswierkunge vum aktuelle Cloud-Hype.)
Revolv Hub ass e Schaltzentrum vun enger Smart-Léisung déi vun Alphabet (a.k.a. Google) kënnt. 2014 ass deen Apparat fir d'lescht verkaf ginn, elo gouf annoncéiert, dass e Mëtt Mee wäert dout sinn. Einfach esou. Den Hannergrond ass wéi et schéngt
Solving OpenVPN MTU issues
On April 4th, 2016 In Linux

Introduction
For some time now I’ve systematically used an OpenVPN-connection whenever I was using an untrusted WLAN (at hotels, restaurants, etc.). And so should you: Whether or not a hotel’s WLAN is WPA-encrypted has no influence on its trustworthyness. After all, are you really sure that among all of the connected users
House of Cards: Season 4 (nach) net fir Lëtzebuerg
On March 5th, 2016 In Lëtzebuerg

Léiwer e fiktiven Underwood, wéi e ganz realen Trump...
Mä leider huet den Netflix-Support mer grad bestätegt, dass déi 4. Season vun House of Cards nach net fir Lëtzebuerg disponibel ass. An och e Release-Datum fir Lëtzebuerg gëtt et nach net. (An Informatiounen iwwert d’Hannergrënn och
Yammer erëm lassginn
On February 5th, 2016 In Lëtzebuerg

Yammer ass e Facebook-Klon fir Entreprisen.
A genau aus deem Grond wollt ech séier erëm eraus, nodeems ech ongefrot op eemol e Konto hat.
An hei ass e verstoppt, den
Using a (free!) “Let’s encrypt”-certificate for Seafile
On January 26th, 2016 In Linux

(An updated version of this guide can be found here.)
1. Introduction
In a previous post I documented how I set up Seafile on a Raspberry Pi. To be honest, that guide wasn’t all that spectacular: I simply followed the official manual. To summarize: MySQL, nginx + SSL, Seafile.
In this post I’ll show you how I’ve recently
Space-saving backups with sparse files or squashfs
On November 4th, 2015 In Linux

Recently I had some serious trouble with my Windows-based Laptop (yeah, I know...).
That’s when I decided it’s time to take a snapshot of the whole SSD. After all I don’t want to reinstall everything from scratch if (or should I say when?) my Windows installation decides to self-destruct.
After some head-scratching I