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This is mostly just a matter of release cycles, where Debian's is slow and the timing is unfortunate for them. Had this been discovered a few months from now (after the release of …

While there's an argument to make for blue light blocking with regards to sleep and maybe eye strain, the article is wrong about UV protection: modern (non-CRT) screens do not emit…

Location: Canterbury, UK Remote: Yes, exclusively Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS, etc), iptables, Apache, Nginx, ModSecurity, MySQL, cPanel…

I've recently moved from Gmail to Fastmail (which also has a calendar), and to MicroG + Yalp instead of Google Apps on my phone. Both have worked very well for me as privacy-consci…

I've been running BBR on both my web server and my own laptop for quite some time now with good results. It's included in the mainline Linux kernel - if you have kernel 4.9 or newe…

Nirv's recommendation below is spot on, but here's a ready-made version as well: https://github.com/ejrv/linuxconfigs/blob/master/etc/ssh/ssh... It's basically a clone of Mozilla's…

I'm much less anxious and more self confident since moving abroad. I now feel like I could fairly easily move to- and live anywhere I choose to, which is incredibly empowering. It'…

One thing I've found amusing is you can cut down SSH hacking attempts to almost zero (at the cost of compatibility with legacy systems) by using very progressive encryption. If you…

There was talk about integrating Mailpile into cPanel years ago[1] - I remember discussing it with an acquaintance who worked at cPanel at the time. I wonder why it never gained tr…

Location: Canterbury, UK Remote: Yes, exclusively Willing to relocate: No (I only just moved here!) Technologies: Linux, iptables, MySQL, Nginx, Apache, ModSecurity, cPanel, Plesk,…