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Whonix in VirtualBox
I found these articles on Choosing Your Desktop Linux Distribution and Desktop Linux Hardening to both be interesting. At the bottom, you'll see that they recommend using Whonix. Pretty clear Whonix is designed to be used within VirtualBox. When I tried installing straight to Virtualbox using the Virtualbox instructions, it took about five minutes on … Continue reading Whonix in VirtualBox
NixOS for the Impatient
"NixOS is a Linux distribution configured using Nix. It is declarative, meaning that the entire system state can be defined in a single .nix file; and reproducible, meaning you can have multiple computers set up identically. If this sounds like a bullshit timesink like Arch or Gentoo: it’s not. There was a time when the idea of spending … Continue reading NixOS for the Impatient
Note: Add To New Laptop
An ongoing note of what to add to a new laptop, should I ever buy one. Suggestions welcomed. Will add to over time. Add Whiteboard Contact Paper as bottom layer sticker for cover.
Linux: Importing Keys from OpenKeychain (and Elsewhere) into GnuPG
Every now and again, I have to transfer my GPG keys to a new machine and I always forget how to do it. So, I figured I'd write a few notes to remember in the future. Key detail: when you do a full back-up, it will export a file in the format: backup-YYYY-MM-DD.sec.pgp. You will … Continue reading Linux: Importing Keys from OpenKeychain (and Elsewhere) into GnuPG
Accessing a Locked Android Phone Not Displaying A Keyboard
I use AnySoftKeyboard as my keyboard of choice on Android. It's great, except when my SD Card becomes corrupted. When that happens, AnySoftKeyboard no longer works. If my device is locked at the time, there doesn't appear to be a way to type in my password to unlock the device. There is a solution to … Continue reading Accessing a Locked Android Phone Not Displaying A Keyboard
Installing Citrix Workplace on Ubuntu Linux
Installation Download the Citrix Workspace app from the official website.Install using dpkg: $ cd Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i Citrix-Workspace.deb Installing a CA Certificate The pre-installed certificates might work for you. If you get errors when trying to use Citrix, then you'll likely need to install a CA certificate. Go to the VPN website you … Continue reading Installing Citrix Workplace on Ubuntu Linux
bash: TOTP From the Terminal With oathtool
TOTP is Time-based One Time Password. Most people use applications on their phone for TOTP, such as andOTP, Google Authenticator, and related apps. But, as we move from using a phone as a second factor for what we are doing on a computer to a phone being the primary way we interact with the Internet, … Continue reading bash: TOTP From the Terminal With oathtool
Mutt: Viewing Attachments / HTML via .mailcap and a Custom Fortune as a Signature in Mutt
It's funny how small, trivial things can lead you to make radical changes in the tools you use. As regular readers of this blog know, I collect sayings that I publish every month. I then compile these sayings into a custom fortune file that displays one saying every time I login to my computer or … Continue reading Mutt: Viewing Attachments / HTML via .mailcap and a Custom Fortune as a Signature in Mutt
bash: Cryptocurrency Prices From the Linux Terminal
#!/bin/bash printf -v coin '%s' -1 # crypto.sh bitcoin price() { # A function that pulls cryptocurrency price data from coingecko curl -X 'GET' 'https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids='"$1"'&vs_currencies=usd' \ -H 'accept: application/json' 2> /dev/null | # sends download data to /dev/null sed 's/.*usd"://' | # Removes everything before the price sed 's/..$//' | # Removes back two }} … Continue reading bash: Cryptocurrency Prices From the Linux Terminal
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