Samba - Network Shares

Introduction Samba is one of the many ways to share files and directories across a network on Linux. With a Samba share up and running, any machine within your LAN can access the contents of the shared directory–so long as the user has access. Samba also happens to be…

Nextcloud (with PostgreSQL)

Introduction Nextcloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. Nextcloud provides functionality similar to Dropbox, Office 365 or Google Drive when used with integrated office suites Collabora Online or OnlyOffice. It can be hosted in the cloud or on-premises. PostgreSQL, also known…

Dockge

A fancy, easy-to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yml stack-oriented manager. The Docker Compose File --- services: dockge: image: docker.io/louislam/dockge:latest container_name: dockge hostname: dockge restart: unless-stopped security_opt: - no-new-privileges:true environment: - TZ=Europe/Stockholm - DOCKGE_STACKS_DIR=/opt/stacks/…

zmv - Z Shell’s file renamer

If you ever need to change at the command line the names of a batch of files consistently, zmv is the tool you’ll want to turn to first. It’s not well known, I thought I’d explore and pass on some notes about taking advantage of it. It…

Moving Away From "Oh My ZSH!"

So, why move away? The short answer is “bloat”. I find myself using oh-my-zsh only for prompt themes, colored man pages, etc. Yet there are 286 plugins in total, waiting for me to enable them. What are my essentials? * A nice prompt. * No duplicate history when reverse-searching…

tar - extract or create compressed files

The tar command is used to create compressed archives which represent a file or collection of files. A tar file, commonly known as a “tarball,” a gzip, or a bzip file, will have an extension ending with .tar or .tar.gz. A tar file is a special format that groups…

Navidrome

Introduction Navidrome is a free and open source software that lets you access your music collection from anywhere, through a web UI and various mobile apps. It supports large libraries, fast streaming, file conversion and modern features. The Docker Compose File --- services: navidrome: image: docker.io/deluan/navidrome:latest container_…

Nano text editor with syntax colouring and more

Apple Silicon macs Install the latest version of nano via homebrew and set up an alias in my .zshrc file to ensure the correct version gets used brew install nano alias nano='/opt/homebrew/bin/nano' Create a .nanorc file in ~ and add some variables. This is my…