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Posted on 2015-11-11 (Updated on 2017-01-13)
The "fediverse", as we call it, is a collection of self-hosted servers that communicate and federate with each other using open protocols. GNUsocial is one such server, and that's the one I run on my server. Friendica is another piece of software that does a similar job. These servers are designed to work together, unless I mess that up.
Posted on 2015-11-11 (Updated on 2017-01-13)
UPDATED 2016-04-29: Updated for Debian 8 in GNUsocial on nginx and Debian 8.
Posted on 2015-09-30
Last week, I tried to upgrade my Debian desktop to the latest Debian stable. Due to my own ineptitude at setting up my desktop in the first place, and my foolishness in telling aptitude to "ignore recommends" when dist-upgrading, I wrecked my system.
Posted on 2015-09-07
One of the most irritating aspects of Windows servers are Windows Updates. Simple software updates require a full reboot of the machine, keeping these servers a pale shadow of their Linux/BSD-based counterparts.
ls output in less
Posted on 2015-04-09
Something that has always bothered me is that my beautiful, colorful ls command output is converted to stark, monochrome text whenever I pipe it to less. Syntax highlighting is extremely helpful when it comes to differentiating directories from normal, extension-less files.
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