Mail-in-a-Box v74: “your own Gmail” in a single install script
Mail-in-a-Box is a turnkey project that turns a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 x64 server into a complete, self-hosted email service — the idea is to make you your own mail provider
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Portmaster: the open-source application firewall built to block mass surveillance and put users back in control
For most people, network traffic is something that “just happens.” Apps phone home, background services reach out to third parties, telemetry flows quietly, and it’s rarely obvious what’s normal, what’s
How to Monitor the Essential Linux Logs That Reveal System Health
A Linux server rarely fails out of nowhere. More often, it whispers for hours or days: a service starts restarting “just once,” disk I/O warnings appear intermittently, authentication failures creep
BackApp: a lightweight web UI to automate SSH backups (without hand-rolled cron + shell spaghetti)
In many self-hosted and sysadmin setups, backups often start the same way: a couple of bash scripts, some rsync/tar, and a set of cron jobs that work… until they don’t.
Linux kernel documents an emergency “project continuity” plan for life after Torvalds
For more than three decades, the Linux kernel’s development has had a clear “last step”: subsystem maintainers send pull requests, reviews happen in public, and then the final merge into
Fresh, the terminal editor that wants to feel like VS Code (without giving up speed)
For years, terminal-based text editing has lived under an unwritten pact: if you want real power, you learn Vim or Emacs—or, more recently, Neovim or Helix. In return, you get
FreedomBox Blend: Debian wants “the home server” to feel normal again
For years, running your own personal server has been either a niche hobby for very technical people or a weekend project that quietly dies the moment DNS, certificates, or port
UNIX: The Root of Modern Operating Systems (and Why It Still Matters in 2026)
UNIX (The Unix Time-Sharing System) is a family of operating systems that originated at Bell Labs starting in 1969, driven primarily by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. Its influence is
Leaked Google Memo Shows the “Onboarding Kids” Playbook — and Why Linux Sysadmins Say Schools Should Pivot to Open Source Now
A leaked internal Google presentation is putting an uncomfortable idea back at the center of the education-technology debate: school deployments are not only about learning outcomes or low-cost devices —
Can a “classic” desktop still matter in 2026? TDE says yes—by staying fast.
In a year where many desktop environments keep adding layers, animations, and background services, the Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is taking the opposite bet: efficiency as a feature, not a
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