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A personal technology blog by Pavs. Systems, self-hosting, useful tools, and a point of view on the internet.
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2026 1
2018 12
- Self-Driving Cars Will Be a Game Changer
- How To Mount Remote File Systems Over SSH
- How To Hide Your Bash Command History
- The Social Media Echo Chamber Hell
- Converting Mp4 to WebM using FFmpeg
- Hide MacOS Desktop icons using CLI
- How to enable ALPN on NGINX
- Why I am not too enthusiastic about AMP
- How not to store user passwords
- 5 Tips to Learn Any Programming Language
- How to auto redirect to HTTPS links
- Why wanting to learn programming can be so overwhelming
2017 5
2016 12
- How to Recover Deleted Files in Linux
- Termdown: CLI Countdown timer and stopwatch
- Using to-do lists alone won’t make you more productive
- 5 youtube-dl tips you might not know about
- Cloudflare: Making the internet a little bit faster – for a select group of people
- Starting an ISP is really hard – How we became profitable
- There is still time to save online advertisement
- Starting an ISP is really hard, don’t do it
- Speed up your Ubuntu updates with apt-fast
- How to sleep in a digital world
- CloudFlare is ruining the internet (for me)
- How to enable TRIM support for Hackintosh
2015 1
2014 1
2013 28
- 5 Reasons Why I Think Ubuntu Edge is a Brilliant Move
- 6 of My Favorite Geeky Sub-Reddits
- PRISM: We are fighting the wrong battle.
- How to use the internet in a post-prism world
- VPS Review: DigitalOcean
- Quick Tip: How to check if your wordpress site is under bruteforce attack
- Why I don’t think Flickr’s 1TB storage offer is such a big deal
- Host your own dropbox-like cloud backup service under 5 minutes
- Quick Tip: How to change nginx server header using varnish
- I am not even mad that Google canceled Reader
- Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy
- HowTo Setup a VPN in Under 5 Minutes
- Google Glass is a Privacy Nightmare
- Why I Never Had a Virus/Malware In My Windows Computer In 12 Years
- Everything You Need To Know About Low End Box
- Self-Host Everything
- Why All Browsers Should Move to WebKit
- In 2013 “Year of Linux Desktop” Will Stop Being a Cliché
- 12 February 2013How To Make Your Browser Use Less MemoryModern browsers are ruthlessly fast, feature-rich, extendable, and memory hungry. There was a time when Firefox’s huge collection of browser extensions was its major…Privacy & control ↗
- 11 February 201310 Must Have Sublime Text Packages and ThemesSince its initial release Sublime Text has quickly become the text editor of choice for many coders. I only recently started using ST and I am already in love with it,…Tools & workflows ↗
- 7 February 2013How to get Google Apps For FreeGoogle recently discontinued the free basic Google Apps for Business offer. Existing customer can keep their accounts but new users are, at least officially, not allowed…Privacy & control ↗
- 3 February 2013Using Crafty Chess Engine to Benchmark Your HardwareThere was a time when I was really involved with the computer chess community. I used to organize off-line and online computer chess tournaments. Try all the new free or…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 26 January 20138 Features Unique to Opera BrowserOpera can’t seem to get a break. They get to make all these browser innovations and come up with original ideas and still sits at the bottom of the barrel in browser…Privacy & control ↗
- 26 January 2013What It’s Like To Be An Ubuntu User In The Linux worldI really wish tech blogs would stop promoting Ubuntu. How about Debian proper or any other distro that hasn’t bastardized and broken so much of Debian. If you ever write…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 21 January 2013Explain to me like I am 10: What is Linux?The word “Linux” can be used to explain two things, both meanings are widely used. Its original meaning was used to define Linux as the Brain of an operating system,…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 10 January 201312 Interesting Penetration Testing Linux DistrosPenetration Testing Linux distros are a group of special purpose Linux distros used for analyzing and evaluating security measures of a target. These kinds of…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 6 January 2013Unplug From GoogleIf you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. – blue_beetle There are more than a 100 Google products out there. Most of them are…Privacy & control ↗
- 1 January 2013My First Encounter with a Computer VirusIt was 1999. I just got my first computer from my parents. It was a Compaq Presario. It was a beautiful thing. I couldn’t wait to start doing something with it.…Systems & self-hosting ↗
2012 13
- 27 December 201210 Special Purpose Linux DistributionsThe beauty of Linux Distribution is that it can be customized to do almost anything you want. As long as you have the time and the desire to do it. Many popular Linux…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 26 December 2012Create Your Own Custom Ubuntu-based Linux DistroUbuntu Builder is a custom Linux Distribution builder that gives you a wide range of options and choices to build your own custom Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. It…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 24 December 2012First Look into Firefox OSFirefox OS is an open-source and free mobile OS concept by Mozilla based on the idea that the OS and apps can be built using open standards like HTML5 and javascript. It…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 23 December 2012How to Emulate Android on Your Desktop Using Android SDKThe purpose of Android SDK is to allow android app developers to build and test their apps in a virtual environment. You can use the android emulator feature on SDK to…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 22 December 2012Enlightenment Window Manager (E17) is Ready After 12 YearsAfter going through (not so) intense development for 12 long years Enlightenment 0.17 is finally here. There was a time (I still remember it fondly) when most Linux…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 22 December 2012How to Unban Yourself from Denyhosts and fail2banOne of the first things I do when configuring a Linux server is to install denyhosts or fail2ban to safeguard my server from an automated login attack by script kiddies…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 9 December 2012Quick Tip: Package Manager for CygwinCygwin is a great medium to take advantage of Linux tools without actually having to install Linux. If you are a newbie trying to get your feet wet with Linux system,…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 15 June 2012How to be completely Anonymous onlineThis is what happens when you visit slashgeek.net. It informs three other websites of your presence. This is not something I consciously and intentionally did to track…Privacy & control ↗
- 12 June 2012Reset Linux Root password in under 5 minutesIf you are horrified to find out how easy it is to reset a Windows password you are in for a treat. To reset Linux root password you don’t even need a live distro. Going…Privacy & control ↗
- 9 June 2012Reset Windows password with Linux in under 5 minutesThis post is not about pointing out one OS’s security deficiency over other or trying to make some fanboy points with Linux users. The simple fact is once you have…Privacy & control ↗
- 8 June 20125 features Opera Browser did firstWith all the recent rumors about Facebook buying Opera it might be hard for non-opera users to understand why Opera might be valuable enough product for Facebook to…Privacy & control ↗
- 2 June 2012How to do a quick benchmark for your Linux serverThe first thing I do when I buy a new server is to run a quick benchmark to see if they are selling what they are advertising. The script I use very simple and you can…Systems & self-hosting ↗
- 26 May 20122 Terminal video downloader for Linux systemsMost people usually get browser plugins or online video downloader services to download videos from youtube or other video sharing sites, but more often than not I found…Systems & self-hosting ↗