I was looking for a cheap machine to run backups and weird experimental stuff and then I remember I had an old MacBook 3,1 from 2007 (Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz) in a shelve. In this post I’ll dig deep into useful tricks for anyone looking to use this laptop (or similar) as cli-only Debian server for fun and profit.

NanoPi NEO 2 is a very cheap (15$) and very good single board computer featuring a 64 bit quad-core ARM CPU. The only drawback one might found is the CPU locked between 816 MHz and 1 GHz. Today I’ll teach your how to safely overclock your NEO 2.

So you got an amazing ARM SBC with the RK3399 CPU (NanoPi M4 / RockPro64 / Rock Pi 4B), so much power into such small form factor. Now you are trying Apache or other network intensive tasks and your network seems to crash randomly after a while or whenever it is under load? Learn what the cause of this common and how to fix it.

AppArmor allows you to restrict programs’ capabilities with per-program profiles. Profiles can allow capabilities like network access, raw socket access, and the permission to read, write, or execute files on matching paths. Learn how you can enable it in Armbian for a safer SBC.

Contrary to popular belief the LEDs flashing in your computer/SBC don’t make it run faster. Controlling LEDs on Armbian is very easy, learn how on this quick guide.

Linus Torvalds resolve recusar uma correção técnicamente correta para um bug conhecido. O seu comentário ajuda-nos a clarificar o que um bug realmente é e prioritizar o desenvolvimento de software.

Editar o ficheiro crontab do servidor para executar diversas tarefas em PHP é um processo chato especialmente para quem tem menos agilidade na gestão de sistemas ou até um problema de segurança nos casos em que os programadores não devem ter acesso aos servidores. Apresento agora uma solução bastante prática integrada no próprio Laravel chamada Task Scheduling.

You decided to fork a project on Github, committed some changes and then… the original project was updated. Now you want to merge the changes made to the original project into your own fork and you don’t how to do it. Today I’m explaining how to update your forks the easy way.

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, spoke once again about the future of Ubuntu at this year’s OpenStack Summit in Boston, Massachusetts. He finally admitted that they failed to take Ubuntu mainstream in personal computing so here is my very own uncensored view on the future of Canonical and Ubuntu.

A FriendlyARM lançou o NanoPi Neo 2, um SBC muito pequeno com o novo CPU ARM Allwinner H5 Quad-Core A53 64 bits por apenas 15$. Depois de vários testes descrevo a minha experiência fantástica com este SBC de baixo custo.