AI - from now to 3000 and beyond
AI is here to stay. We can't turn the clock back.
How it will be is up to us - cuber punk or utopia
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pfSense 2.9.0 on Proxmox
Installing pfSense 2.9.0 on Proxmox. An update for 2026. Including how to setup the GEMU Guest Agent. And Unbound 1.26.0 security issue fix for older installs.
Technitium on Docker
Anyone using computers knows how important the DNS is. For a homelab we need more, things like blocking bad sites. Without a working DNS you are lost and nothing will work. Technitium is a DNS Server for Privacy and Security including site blocking and syncronication. We set it up using Docker.
Not a new laptop, a new OS
I took my old MacBook Pro (Intel) and upgraded it with a version of Arch Linux, Omarchy. It's beautiful, easy to use, and all based on Arch. It's also a system designed to be the system to use when moving from Windows or Mac to Linux. In two weeks you will learn to love Omarchy 4.0.
Securing a web facing VPS/VM
Setting up a VM or a VPS is easy. But you need to make it secure, and that is hard. Here we discover 2 of the basic tools UFW and Fail2ban. This post is about setup, making it safe and secure and the results running for a day. This is the first step when setting up a new web facing VM or a VPS.