by operationroot March 19, 2020 Number of comments0 linux Encrypting your swap file on recent Debian or Ubuntu 18.04 based systems. This quick guide is subject to the usual disclaimer. Use it at your own risk. 🙂 Why do it? DependingContinue Reading
by operationroot February 24, 2020 climate emergency opinion Add blocking and your carbon footprint We have seen some fresh interest in the carbon foot print of our online activities recently. From the server farmsContinue Reading
by operationroot January 14, 2020 climate emergency economics opinion Aramco IPO – too late? Or great future potential? Last December’s Aramco IPO seems like it has come about a decade too late. Given the limited carbon budget weContinue Reading
by operationroot December 30, 2019 climate emergency opinion Lazy Journalism and EVs Why the constant talk obsession with small EV market share is idiotic. We have seen a year full of articlesContinue Reading
by operationroot November 16, 2019 Number of comments0 linux How to upgrade an Ubuntu release -including your third party repos You know, when you upgrade an Ubuntu release and it “helpfully” disables all your third party repos and then youContinue Reading
by operationroot October 14, 2019 linux EU GDPR compliant logs Note EU law does provide exception for the logging of IP addresses, which are classed as personal data, for theContinue Reading
by operationroot September 11, 2019 linux Client Security – Securing your Web Browser Based on recent disclosures regarding Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities (A more detailed break-down of which can be found in thisContinue Reading
by operationroot August 29, 2019 announcement What about those pictures? As you may have noticed, this blog features as host of original pictures to accompany our various posts. They mayContinue Reading
by operationroot July 30, 2019 Number of comments0 linux Yubikey and 1FA, 2FA, MFA with SSH A curated link selection of “HOWTOs”. I was going to write a guide for you but in the end realizedContinue Reading
by operationroot June 3, 2019 aviation Slat tracks on the 737 aren’t as benign as you might think. Here’s what can happen when things go wrong… Hint, you may need to be quick on your feet and like it hot. By now there is a goodContinue Reading