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Linux Predictable Interface Names
Learn how to change udev rules and systemd link files to make network interface names predictable again.
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Unsupported Bluetooth Headphones on Linux
How to manage and use unsupported Bluetooth Headphones on Linux with bluetoothctl
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Making of My Website Part 2: Cookie Avatar
The Making of the Cookie Engineer Avatar
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Making of My Website Part 1: Cookie Consent Game
The Making of the Galactic Cookie Empire.
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Xorg Desktop Manager
How to use XDM on ArchLinux with a minimal xconsole login screen and a feh background
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Firefox Privacy Guide
Best Practices for Firefox to make it respect your Privacy.
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Golang Concurrency: How to use Mutexes
Tutorial about the concurrency model behind Go's runtime, goroutines, and how to use mutexes without read/write errors.
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Malware Insights: GitHub Actions Script Injection
How to infiltrate CI/CD runners because they don't sanitize arbitrary string inputs.
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Linux Assembly Part 4: Arithmetic Operations
Learn Linux Assembly to do arithmetic operations.
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MX-518 Repair Guide
Repair Guide for the best mouse ever produced, the Logitech MX-518
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Linux Assembly Part 3: Control Flow
Learn Linux assembly to do function calls.
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Linux Assembly Part 2: Declaring Data
Learn Linux assembly to declare data and reserve memory.
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Linux Assembly Part 1: Syscalls
Learn Linux assembly to execute syscalls.
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Pacman Backup
Share and reuse pacman updates offline via USB drives or mesh networks to save network bandwidth.
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Arch Linux Installation Guide (UEFI)
Tutorial with recommendations for an Arch Linux installation that uses full disk encryption with LUKS.
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Arch Linux Installation Guide (GRUB)
Tutorial with recommendations for an Arch Linux installation that uses full disk encryption with LUKS.
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You don't need LPM Tries
There's no need for LPM Trie data structures for network lookups, because you can use LPM hash sets. This article explains the origin of the concept, its implementation and why it's better.
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GameBoy Advance Mod
GameBoy Advance Mod to make it better, including Retrosix Case mod, backlit LCD display mod, USB-C mod, and EZFlash Omega for more convenient gameplay.
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Nokia 800 Tough
How to live with a banana phone (that uses KaiOS)
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Intel NUC Homeserver
Tutorial on how to build your own little Home Server with a cheap Intel NUC from eBay.
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Android Privacy Guide
Best practices for Android and recommended Apps that respect your Privacy.
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Implementer's Guide to SOCKS
Tutorial on how to implement a SOCKS version 4/5 client and server from scratch, explaining related RFCs and potential quirks along the way.
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i3 Migration Guide
Tutorial on how to migrate to the i3 window manager with explanations for typical keybindings, configuration problems and status bar integrations.
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Synaptics Touchpad on Linux
Configuration Guide for the legacy xf86-input-synaptics drivers on GNU/Linux systems.
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DJI Drone Reset Guide
Personal notes on how to reset a DJI drone when it gets stuck or cannot be connected to.
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Maintenance of Clearnets
Crash course in OSI layer theory, related bugs and exploits and what it means for the requirements of an Operating System and its software stack in order to improve anonymity in the face of god's eye like ISP overwatch scenarios.
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Your Definition of Privacy is wrong
A reflection about Identity, Privacy and common misconceptions about fingerprinting and what it means to be undetected inside a swarm of watched and infiltrated devices.
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Implementer's Guide to WebSockets
Tutorial on how to implement a WebSocket version 13 client and server from scratch, explaining related RFCs and potential quirks along the way.
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Problems with Web Browsers
The evolution of the Web, its problems and a masterplan on how to improve it by building my own Web Browser.
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