Linux: Crontab Guru and Cockpit
Crontab Guru (Cronitor Dashboard) & Cockpit are GUI fronts for running cron jobs and all things system administration related on Linux Mint.
Pontifex
External Drive to Container Blueprint: Proxmox → VM → Docker
A repeatable blueprint for mounting external drives through Proxmox hosts to VMs and into Docker containers using NFS shares.
Fish + Atuin + Tide + Custom Prompts for Linux terminals
This is an updated, cleaner and easier to follow outline on how to install Fish, Atuin, Tide and set custom left and right prompts in the terminal. You still run Tide Configure to set up the Tide prompt initially.
Docker Install and setup on Debian/Ubuntu
This appears in other articles on this site but since it is used in most of my new VMs that I spin up on Proxmox, it made sense to break out the instructions in a separate article.
Git Command Reference Sheet
Most used Git commands to help maintain and update your GitHub repo. Git tracks changes not files. Most operations are reversible if you understand the process
How to transfer files on Linux while preserving permissions and ownership
Step-by-step procedure for transferring files from one Linux box to your Docker VM (or any Linux system), while preserving permissions and ownership, with all required commands explicitly stated, using the 'username username' (UID and GID = 1000) command.
How to identify the method by which a Linux application was installed
Sometimes you do not install apps via the software manager or remember off hand how you did install a specific app. This article shows a few different ways to remove unwanted software when you are not sure of the installation method. Done on a linux mint (ubuntu) system.
Using rsync to back up websites or folders across the network very simply
Rsync is a simple but powerful and fast way to backup files and folders across the network. In this case, I an backing up my ADGuard instillation running on one linux box to a backup partition on another linux box and it is extremely fast.
How to make Docker data persistent across reboots
By default when a Docker app is spun up the data for it only exists for as long as the container(s) are up and running. The data is lost if the container goes down or is rebooted for any reason. THIS process stores the data on the host machine running the Docker containers so if the containers are restarted, the data is pulled from where it is stored on the host machine.
Using ReaR to backup a linux pc to a shared windows drive in one step
The object of this exercise was to fully backup lpt-dell to a bootable ISO file on a windows drive shared on the network that is designated for backups. With this, lpt-dell could be brought back to the exact same condition as when the ISO was created with ReaR - which stands for Relax and Recover.