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Fedora Captive Portal Issue

Fedora’s default Wi-Fi hotspot detection can fail on many hotel or event networks because of HSTS blocking plain HTTP checks. This means the captive portal sign-in never shows up, leaving you stuck offline. The fix? Point Fedora’s NetworkManager to a simple, non-HTTPS text file you control.

Audiobook MP3 merge

I bought some audiobooks online and ended up with a mess of tiny MP3 files... How I solved merging them into one simple track for my daughter’s MP3 player in a "simple" script.

ColorMyShell - Colored Bash Prompt Generator

ColorMyShell lets you easily customize your bash terminal prompt with a drag-and-drop generator interface, real-time previews, and a color picker. It's a simple way to add personality and functionality to your coding environment, making your terminal uniquely yours.

Exploring Star Citizen's Initial Shader Generation: An Experiment

Investigation into Star Citizen shader generation from the get-go. How quick the game builds shaders even before you're exploring the verse. This article offers you a glimpse into an 18-minute test run, offering insights when the Shaders get really build.

Force docker Containers through VPN using gluetun

Master secure Docker networking with Gluetun—the hassle-free way to route container traffic through a VPN. Guide walks you through setting up Gluetun in Docker-compose, linking containers for privacy, and configuring VPN connections

Keeping a personal Knowledge Base

Nurturing Your Knowledge: Why Joplin is My Note-Taking Champion

Star Citizen - Performance Tuning and get rid of Stuttering

Discover helpful tips to enhance Star Citizen's performance amid ongoing development. Understand realistic expectations, common troubleshooting steps, and the supportive SC community resources for assistance in improving your gameplay experience.

pfSense; Unable to check for updates

Again pfSense suddenly "Unable to check for updates" pkg manager gives "pkg-static: Cannot parse configuration file!" or "pkg-static: invalid url"

pfSense with PPPoE tagged VLAN Connection

Using pfSense with a WAN Connection require a VLAN Tag setup to work proper over PPPoE

Why your local DNS Name does matter.

What to pick as an Domain Name (DNS FQDN) in your local Network or LAN Setup? Does it matter? Or why .local isn't recommended anymore.

Windows DHCP Info / Monitor Tool

Verbose DHCP Information in Windows CLI. Lightweight Information about what's going on DHCP wise in the background.

NUC LED to Display Internet Connection Quality

Simple Cron Script to show the Status of your Internet Connection on the Ring Color LED at a Intel NUC.

pfSense pkg error: Shared object "libarchive.so.7" not found, required by "pkg"

Short Fix documentation for pfSense package manager Error: Shared object "libarchive.so.7" not found, required by "pkg"

rescreen - Tool to move all Windows to your Win Main Screen

Simple and tiny tool to move all Windows to your main Screen without any prompt or options. Rescue for me when undocking my laptop from the dock and some windows stuck to 2nd Screen.

Cyberpunk Crackling Sound / Audio Noise Issue

Unitymedia / Vodafone Cable with real DUAL-Stack

How to Configure your Vodafone / Unitymedia CableMax in Dualstack with a pfsense behind a AVM Fritzbox as Bridge using a own /32 IPv6 Network for each VLAN.