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Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro tweaks

Posted on ma 11 juni 2018 in desktop • Tagged with apple, ubuntu, hardware

Last weekend I wiped my Macbook Pro 15″ late 2013 and installed Ubuntu 18.04 on it. The install was painless, but there were some tiny bits and pieces missing as to hardware settings and drivers.

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I was able to fix most issues searching the web, but I thought I …


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Upgrading legacy Mac pro 3,1 to MacOS High Sierra success story

Posted on do 25 januari 2018 in desktop • Tagged with apple, hardware

My Mac Pro from before 2010 was happily running MacOS Mavericks I think. There were some minor annoyances, but mostly it was working pretty swell. And a couple of years ago the machine dropped from the supported hardware list of newer MacOS releases like Sierra and High Sierra. So no …


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PC Engines APU2 with OPNsense firewall on top as homelab gateway

Posted on vr 27 oktober 2017 in networking • Tagged with opnsense, hardware

There has always been some testing going on at home, but with the introduction of an extra firewall, there will be a separate network for tinkering and trials at home.

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First I decided to buy an APU2 board from PC Engines. Although the APU first generation I had got fried …


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Upgrading mac pro 2.1 to Debian Stretch

Posted on zo 18 juni 2017 in desktop • Tagged with debian, hardware

With Debian officially realising Debian 9.0 aka Stretch, it was time to move my native Linux machine to the latest and greatest. In an update to this post I will report how it turned out for me ??

BTW : turned out great!


Improving security by sandboxing work for different purposes on my laptop

Posted on za 16 april 2016 in desktop • Tagged with apple, hardware

During my freelancing time over the last couple of years, I’ve been trying different setups that would satisfy my wish to use a single laptop for different clients whilst maintaining proper security.

After all, I do not want to explain my client that their servers got infected with Crapware …


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