Posted on zo 11 december 2022 in linux
So somewhere in October I moved my Dell XPS Desktop from Zorin to RHEL9/Eurolinux9. One of the requirements for my linux desktop needs is VMWare workstation not complaining about vmmon/vmnet kernel level stuff.
Fast forward to December and RHEL9.1/Eurolinux9.1 is out! And installed on my …
Posted on zo 11 december 2022 in linux
For a small test setup I wanted to share a disk on a Hetzner VPS with a Hetzner dedicated server. Hetzner has the concept of private networks, but only on their 'Cloud' offering, so that does not extend to dedicated bare metal servers.
Sharing files over NFS seemed like the …
Posted on zo 04 december 2022 in apple
A big while back Signal nudged me into paying a monthly donation to support their US non-profit. I was open for that, but trying to set it up on my iPhone gave me a non-descriptive error when trying to authorize payments using Apple Pay. I soon forgot about the issue …
Posted on za 03 december 2022 in networking
Recently I was discussing VPN options over coffee when the subject of ethernet bridging came up. My co-worker had no experience with VPN to move other traffic than IP packets. It was then I remembered using ethernet bridging over openvpn all the time. Like 20-15 years ago.
Would it still …
Posted on di 29 november 2022 in mastodonnl
Last week we upgraded Mastodon.nl to Mastodon release 4.0.2. Because we moved platform the week before, we were running on a platform with some changes and unknowns that would come and let us shoot ourselves in the foot.
So the upgrade was less pleasant than the last …