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Two nextcloud instances as photo/video sharing platforms

Posted on za 08 januari 2022 in webapps • Tagged with nextcloud

Recently I've set up two new Nextcloud instances. Both are used as image/media sharing facility. After some small tests I concluded that Nextcloud was a nice tool to provide a self hosted media library consisting of both photos and videos.

Nextcloud has a decent photo viewer that is snappy …


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2022 not the year of linux on the desktop, but of linux on my desktop

Posted on wo 05 januari 2022 in desktop • Tagged with zorin

Mac Mini running Zorin 16Pro linux larger version

The year of linux on the desktop might never come, but I think 2022 will be the year of linux on my desktop. Ever since switching to Macos (X) in 2005, I've periodically tried to make the switch back to Linux. But there was always something that I …


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Social break

Posted on ma 03 januari 2022 in social media • Tagged with plan

Decided to take a break from social media.

On my laptops I added the following entries to /etc/hosts:

0.0.0.0 facebook.com www.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 instagram.com www.instagram.com
0.0.0.0 twitter.com www.twitter.com

I know this is …


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Prive noodenveloppe bijgewerkt

Posted on di 28 december 2021 in home • Tagged with security

Vandaag heb ik de noodenveloppe voor mijn vrouw bijgewerkt. Deze enveloppe is bedoeld voor situaties waarin ik zelf niet in staat ben zaken te regelen. Om te zorgen dat de kans op falen in zo'n geval zo laag mogelijk blijft, probeer ik het simpel te houden:

  • Een brief met korte …

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Running duplicity backups again

Posted on ma 27 december 2021 in servers • Tagged with debian, backups

Some years back I had a rather complete puppet setup managing relatively small set of servers for personal use and some small business customers. In that setup I had a completely automated way of configuring duplicity backups to some server I rented somewhere safe, using puppet code and puppet external …


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