Sam Howell 🔏 @syntax@social.privacytools.io

Now I get why people are reluctant to use SDs in their #RaspberryPi. I have what's quite clearly a worn or corrupted SD (which is used for the whole filesystem). I'm getting #dpkg fatal errors, terminal quirks and all sorts of funny business. Fingers crossed a #fsck can do the trick. If not, I'll need to reinstall everything :( I think I should invest in an m.2 adapter or just plug in a spare SSD via USB and mount the filesystem on that. Any better suggestions? I use this Pi 24/7 for #DNS.

What the F*** is #Microsoft doing in my Pi's apt sources list. This is some bitter irony - I use this almost exclusively for #Pihole. I was wondering what all the hype was about recently and now it's clear. Where can I find out more about why this has happened and what, if anything, is being done about it?

#bigtech #raspberrypi #debian #linux #surveillancecapitalism

For those of you who ran into an issue when adding my #RSS feed, I've found the cause ("Unknown" pub dates "impossible to convert"), so it should now feed nicely into your reader of choice. Happy #reading!

📝 New post: 'Let's chat freelearning' -- https://samhowell.uk/blog/lets-chat-freelearning.html

"My vision for #freelearning content was always – and largely still is – about raising awareness of, and educating people about, #privacy, #security, #decentralisation and free open source software (#FOSS)..."

#blog #rss #writing

I've now created a public #freelearning #Element room at freelearningfoss:matrix.org -- My intention is to use this room to bring together anyone interested in contributing to #elearning made with #FOSS. I may soon start a range of courses on #Linux subjects. Join the room and share your thoughts!

#matrix #privacy #security #opensource

It was all going great with my #Fail2Ban #SSH jails on two of my VPSs until I changed the port SSH listens on. F2B seems to only work when SSH port is 22. Anyone experienced this? I wasted enough hours debugging this that I've now removed F2B out of frustration.

#network #networking #security #server #firewall #ubuntu #linux

I think it's time I tried #ansible... I watched a video intro to it made by one of my favourite new video content creators, #NetworkChuck: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=5hycyr-8EKs

#networking #config #linux #server

I was recently recommended https://tryhackme.com and I can confirm it's a brilliant site. I've been going down the #Kali rabbit hole recently and it's great to have a site like this with lots of interactive #elearning, a lot of which is free. I may even submit my own learning content someday.

#networking #tech #hacking #linux #security #pentesting

Anyone had luck offering their family/friends pen testing? My Pi Zero W is now running Kali with the Re4son kernel. I want to put it to work for more practice. There's only so much I can try to hack my own locked down network. Suggestions welcome 👍