Gentoo is a source-based Linux distro and each time we want to install a package in fact we compile it with the system program emerge….
Reset any linux system from the console as if the reset button was pushed
What if you do not have the physical access to your server and you know there is a great possibility your server won’t shutdown properly,…
Create a simple spamassassin rule to catch words
Not so often we need to write our custom rules for fighting against spam, but sometimes we need it, because a spammer just wanted to…
Howto do a netinstall of CentOS 7 (7.4.1708) – minimal server installation
Minimal net install is useful when a dedicated server is installed from a IPMI KVM or Dell iDRAC, HP iLO, IBM IMM or where the…
How to compile cpuminer-multi under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for CPU mining cryptocurrencies
Thanks to cpuminer-multi we can have one application capable of mining many different cryptocurrencies based on different algorithms. Here are the steps you should do…
How to configure openvpn client with an ovpn single configuration file
One file for configuration is always a good thing. We can pack everything needed for a openvpn client configuration in one single file, when using…
How to install the latest linux kernel (mainline) in CentOS 7 distro
Here you can see the steps to install the latest (mainline stable) kernel under CentOS 7, whether we need the latest driver, because we bought…
How to install the latest linux kernel (mainline) in Ubuntu (17.10) distro
Sometimes we need to install the latest kernel version of our linux distro (btw it is called “mainline” if you need to google something about…
Access Violation error, when compiling packages in Gentoo
Sometimes if you try to emerge a package in Gentoo you could receive error in the configure phase of the compilation process. The example below…
Ryzen Threadripper kernel problems with PCIe – wifi, network, video problems
If you have Ryzen Threadripper (in my case 1950X) and Ubuntu 17.10 (because the others versions do not boot at all!) with the latest kernel…