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Like other blogs, I guess I’ll put up an about page. I’m a old school hacker living in Halifax. I’ve been using Linux primarily for work and at home for close to 25 years now.
Here’s a few things that I’m interested in:
The hardware and software I use everyday.
My primary workstation, equipped with 2 GPU’s mainly used for VFIO / GPU pass-through with Virtual Machines. Most used application: Vim
[image: neofetch of my workstation]
+--------------------+----------------------------+ | Type | Name | |====================|============================| | OS | Arch Linux | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Browser | Firefox | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Email | Thunderbird | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Editor | vim | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | WM | i3 / rofi / py3status | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Term | alacritty | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Music | strawberry | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Mastodon | whalebird | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Video | VLC | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Virtual Machines | virt-manager | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Display | Looking Glass | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Games | Steam | +--------------------+----------------------------+ | Images | Gimp | +--------------------+----------------------------+
+-------------+-----------------------+ | Type | Part | |=============|=======================| | Motherboard | Aorus Master x570 | +-------------+-----------------------+ | CPU | AMD 5900x | +-------------+-----------------------+ | Cooler | Noctua NH-U14S | +-------------+-----------------------+ | GPU | 6800xt | +-------------+-----------------------+ | GPU2 | Vega64 | +-------------+-----------------------+ | Memory | 64gb GSkill | +-------------+-----------------------+ | Power | 850w Antec HCG850 | +-------------+-----------------------+ | Storage M.2 | 2x XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB | +-------------+-----------------------+ | Case | Antec A400 | +-------------+-----------------------+
My old primary workstation, but I scavenged the Vega64 and replaced it with a 50$ nvidia card so it would boot. Mainly used to run VM and a few odds and ends and container box.
[image: neofetch of the server]
+----------------+----------------------+ | Type | Part | |================|======================| | Motherboard | Asus X370 Pro | +----------------+----------------------+ | CPU | AMD 1800x | +----------------+----------------------+ | Cooler | Noctua NH-D15 | +----------------+----------------------+ | GPU | Nvidia G710 | +----------------+----------------------+ | Memory | 32g GSkill | +----------------+----------------------+ | Power | 650w | +----------------+----------------------+ | Storage Disks | WD 4Tb, 2Tb | +----------------+----------------------+ | Storage SSD | Intel 140g, 500g | +----------------+----------------------+ | Storage M.2 | 500g Samsung Evo 970 | +----------------+----------------------+ | Case | Antec A400 | +----------------+----------------------+
+--------------------+------------------------+ | Type | Name | |====================|========================| | OS | Debian bullseye | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Containers | docker | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Media Video | plex | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Media Music | airsonic | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Virtual Machines | VirtualBox | +--------------------+------------------------+ | RPG stuff | Foundtry VTT | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Torrent | Deluged | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Snatcher | Medusa | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Cloud | NextCloud | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Dashboard | Cockpit | +--------------------+------------------------+ | DNS | pihole | +--------------------+------------------------+ | Casting | Owncast | +--------------------+------------------------+