Mail Server

//mailserver// Tutorial: The tutorial and setup details can be found on the Wiki. The official documentation for postfix and dovecot is great, but also a big thanks to Linux Babe again for a treasurer trove of resources and tips. The mail server tutorial is for users of Debian GNU/Linux who want to set up a…

Synapse Instance

//synapse// Reminder: Only the Wiki has the latest changes, so for complex live instance, visit the source wiki for the latest updates/corrections/changes. This tutorial is for users of Debian GNU/Linux who want to create their own synapse/matrix instance. The [[https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/setup/installation.html|official documentation]] was solid and the [[https://docs.hackliberty.org/books/self-hosted-services/page/how-to-install-matrix-synapse-on-debian-11|Hack Liberty]] tutorial had many great insights. I have everything…

Mastodon Instance

mastodon Jonathan Haack Haack’s Networking webmaster@haacksnetworking.org //mastodon// This tutorial is for users of Debian GNU/Linux who want to set up a mastodon instance. This particular instance runs in a VM (4-core / 16GB RAM / 1TB) for which the underlying host OS setup and hardware is outlined here: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:vmserver . I used Mastodon’s official docs…

Restarting AirSonic After Reboot or Crash

airsonic (restart script update) Jonathan Haack Haack’s Networking webmaster@haacksnetworking.org //airsonic (restart script update)// Have an AirSonic instance? If so, you need to reboot at times and/or it may crash. If so, here’s a simple script I run to monitor whether it is up or not, and start it if not and/or write a log entry…

Working around the HP Plugin Checksum Issue

hp-plugin Jonathan Haack Haack’s Networking webmaster@haacksnetworking.org //hp-plugin// Sourceforge hp-plugin website has been down for some time. So, to install the plug-in manually, download the plugin and the signature to the same directory as follows: wget https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-3.21.12-plugin.run|hplip-3.21.12-plugin.run wget https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-3.21.12-plugin.run.asc|hplip-3.21.12-plugin.run.asc Make sure both of the files are executable by the system once you got them downloaded as…

Migrating from a VPS to a Data Center

vmserver Jonathan Haack Haack’s Networking netcmnd@jonathanhaack.com What? I put a large physical host at a data center in Northern New Mexico. I purchased a few blocks of ip4 addresses, and set up virt-manager to run guest OSs for my business and other projects. Put simply, I was creating virtualized infrastructure on a physical host I…

Pihole on the Beagle Bone Black

piholeonblack Jonathan Haack Haack’s Networking netcmnd@jonathanhaack.com //piholeonblack// This tutorial instructs users on how to get a vanilla pihole instance functioning on the Beagle Bone Black. Please remember that my blog posts age, but my original Wiki post for this will receive updates as software/distributions/configurations change etc. Also, I don’t cover why to install a DNS…

The difficulties with licensing your work; a critique of free cultural works

The first difficulty to address is why the open education community accepts the non-commercial license as non-free. For starters, there is an essay at Freedom Defined arguing not only why these licenses are non-free, but how they actually make the “situation worse than the traditional copyright model.” They then go on to state the reasons…

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