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Installing Microsoft Edit in Debian or Ubuntu based distros

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This little application makes it easier to edit files on the terminal with full mouse, copy-paste support and more! A good one to have in our toolkit.

Note: The current version of Edit (1.2.0) is not available via the package manager apt yet. This could change at some point in the future, making for an easier deployment.

Install Pre-requisites

zstd - to decompress the downloaded file

sudo apt install zstd

Install the latest Edit version from GitHub for x86_64

EDIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/edit/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[0-9.]+')
wget -qO edit.tar.zst https://github.com/microsoft/edit/releases/latest/download/edit-$EDIT_VERSION-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.zst
sudo tar xf edit.tar.zst -C /usr/local/bin edit
edit --version
rm -rf edit.tar.zst

This can easily be made into a script for multiple installations.

Install glances and keep it running for showing gethomepage.dev system stats

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Install glances and keep it running for showing gethomepage.dev system stats

This will make the glances application run in the background on every reboot and provide the necessary metrics for homepage.

Install pip:

sudo apt install python3-pip

Install glances with pip for this user:

pip install --user 'glances[web]'

Re source your .profile for the new executable for glances to be in your current environment:

source ~/.profile

Update the crontab to run glances at startup without web UI but able to share system metrics (no web UI to make it more efficient):

iGPU GVT-g Split Passthrough

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Proxmox iGPU GVT-g split passthrough to VM configuration for hardware acceleration.

Auto-update the Windows hosts file with a hosted list

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why do this

There are a multitude of reasons to do this or use an application like the one shared here. Maybe there is an application that phones home and you need to test how it behaves when it loses connection with a URL. Or there is a need to set this up to keep a system from accessing unsecure sites/services online.

Where to get hostctl from

hostctl’s GitHub page: https://github.com/guumaster/hostctl

Fixing the GOG Galaxy 2.0 Ubisoft Connect plugin connection

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The issue

Upon connecting the GOG Galaxy client to Ubisoft Connect, it goes into a disconnected state again. This happens just seconds after signing in to the Ubisoft Connect account using the plugin’s login.

How to fix the issue

Note: This seems to be an open issue in the GitHub repo referenced below. A definitive solution has not been found as this method needs to be re-applied from time to time.

Run a PowerShell ps1 script hidden from view and scheduled on Task Scheduler for Windows

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The script launcher

We need a script launcher as PowerShell scripts run in the foreground and we don’t want the window of this script to appear at all.

This one can be a .vbs file that will be setup like this:

In Task Scheduler
- Action: Start a program
- Program/script: wscript
- Add arguments (optional): <path\to\the\.ps1\file>

Here is the .vbs script:

command = "powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass C:\Users\Ismael\Documents\GitHub\djismgaming.github.io\blogupdate.ps1"

set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

shell.Run command, 0

ntfy notifications from unRAID using curl

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT=$(docker image prune -af | tail -1)
topicurl=https://ntfy.example.com/topic

curl --insecure \
  -d "$OUTPUT" \
  -H "Title: Dangling images cleaned on $(hostname)" \
  $topicurl

Fix your SLOW Origin Games download speeds

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE 2023.10.13 - This post is here just for history’s sake as Origin is basically deprecated at this point in time. It’s always nice to keep history though.

UPDATE 2021.08.20 – This is a non-issue for me anymore although now I personally use EA Desktop with the Xbox Game Pass for PC. I have Origin installed but have not used it directly anymore since.

ORIGINAL POST BELOW:

Origin can be a bit sluggish at times. But we have to live with it no matter what (for now maybe? who knows).

Mount an SMB share and use iGPU on an unprivileged Debian 12 LXC container in Proxmox

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Pre-requisites:

Create an unprivileged Debian 12 LXC container.

Inside the LXC container, use the root user to create a non-root user with your name. In the case of mine I wanted to add it to the sudo and docker groups after installing Docker inside the LXC container.

useradd -s /bin/bash -m -G sudo,docker ismael

Change the user password to whatever you need.

su ismael
passwd

This user’s default UID:GID will be 1000:1000. If not, create it with:

Proxmox | automatically restore SMB/CIFS share connections

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

If at some point Proxmox loses connectivity with an SMB/CIFS share, it will not restore the connection by itself until a restart of the Proxmox node is performed.

With this tip, you’ll make the Proxmox node restore the connection automatically.

In your node’s shell, create a bash script that looks for mount points in /mnt/pve/ and unmounts them if they become stale:

nano remount.sh

Put this content into the file:

Set up your SSH key-based authentication from Windows in a single line

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Using Linux directly to interact with Linux servers is pretty great and seamless. But when your daily driver is Windows, this can be a little more cumbersome.

For instance, when connecting with the Windows version of OpenSSH there is a way to copy your generated key for simple password-less logins after that.

Generate your private and public keys in your Windows PowerShell shell

Execute the command below in Windows Terminal or any other terminal in Windows:

SpeedTouch modem as a router

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A SpeedTouch modem, like a 2007 model Thompson Speedtouch 585V6, is a DSL modem. But with a little tweak, it can be used as a router for your network.

Run these commands towards the SpeedTouch modem using telnet:

telnet <modem ip address>

Commands to set up a SpeedTouch DSL modem as a router:

For firmware versions 5.3 and lower:

ppp relay flush
ppp flush
eth flush
atm flush
atm phonebook flush
eth bridge ifdelete intf=ethport4
eth ifadd intf=ethport4
eth ifconfig intf=ethport4 dest=ethif4 retry=10 group=default
eth ifattach intf=ethport4
ip ifadd intf=WAN_Port dest=ethport4
ip ifconfig intf=WAN_Port hwaddr=00:11:42:0c:65:1d # This line is needed if MAC address cloning is required, otherwise it's not necessary
dhcp client ifadd intf=WAN_Port
dhcp client ifattach intf=WAN_Port
nat ifconfig intf=WAN_Port translation=enabled
nat ifattach intf=WAN_Port
saveall

For firmware versions 6.1 and higher:

SSH Tunneling for easy access to web-based apps from servers

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I had to access Portainer in my cloud VM to modify docker containers. I can access it now via any web browser with SSL (https) no problem, but this way is good in a pinch.

Run this command in your local machine:

ssh -L 9000:127.0.0.1:9000 my_user@my-remote-server

This will forward port 9000 to our local machine:

http://localhost:9000 or http://127.0.0.1:9000

At this local address the Portainer web UI from the remote server will appear.