In this article we're going to take a close look at the real motivation behind the development of systemd, and we're going to take a look at some of the future perspectives for GNU/Linux as an operating system. https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html
Void Linux is a great rolling release and independent general purpose Linux distribution that uses the X Binary Package System (XBPS) package manager, which was designed and implemented from scratch. It uses runit as the init system and service supervisor, which is a simple and very effective approach to initialize the system with reliable service supervision contrary to something heavy and bloated like systemd. Void Linux supports both the musl and GNU libc implementations, patching incompatibl
In this tutorial we're going to take a look at setting up full disk encryption on the Void Linux base system using GRUB for a BIOS/MBR based setup. While the choice to install in UEFI mode is encouraging, vendor UEFI implementations still carry more bugs than their BIOS/MBR counterparts. Contrary to "modern" advice I still haven't found any compelling reason to use UEFI yet. https://unixdigest.com/tutorials/real-full-disk-encryption-using-grub-on-void-linux-for-bios.html
If you have experience running any of the popular Linux distributions like Debian GNU/Linux, Arch Linux, Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc., and are trying out OpenBSD, one of the easiest things to get confused about is the package management, it's a bit different on OpenBSD. https://unixdigest.com/tutorials/package-management-in-openbsd.html
I decided it was time to try and revive my old Cubox that has been lying around unused for a very long time. Back then it was running a custom Armbian (Debian for ARM) release from SolidRun, but SolidRun have long since abandoned the old Cubox and deleted all content from their servers. In this tutorial I'll share how I got the Cubox up and running again with the latest Linux kernel. It is currently working as a small backup server running two USB harddrives in a Btrfs mirror. https://unixdigest
In this article I share the results of a home-lab experiment in which I threw some different problems at ZFS, Btrfs and mdadm+dm-integrity in a RAID-5 setup. https://unixdigest.com/articles/battle-testing-zfs-btrfs-and-mdadm-dm.html
In this tutorial I am going to show you how you can make a working Arch Linux USB stick with ZFS. This can be useful if you're running a homelab NAS and you want to boot of the USB stick and only use your drives for ZFS. It can also be used as a diagnostic or administration tool for dealing with ZFS on Arch Linux or some other Linux distribution. https://unixdigest.com/tutorials/installing-arch-linux-with-zfs-on-a-usb-stick.html
Some people complain about the logging capabilities of the log package from the Go standard library, but I not only find it adequate, I really like it. https://unixdigest.com/articles/go-logging-that-matters.html
If you are thinking about abstractions, design patterns, and programming principles while you are programming, you are not really programming, rather you are wasting valuable time fantasizing. The end goal is always to have good working readable code, not code that has been bent, twisted, and shoved into formations and structures in order to fulfill the vanity of someone living in a fairy tail. https://unixdigest.com/articles/when-abstractions-design-patterns-and-design-principles-lead-to-spaghe
