uname -a
Linux Dork
A nerdy command-line journal about practical Linux workflows, self-hosted infrastructure, shell quality-of-life hacks, and the occasional kernel rabbit hole.
Shell tricks, self-hosted app picks, hosting guides & Linux news. Straight to your inbox.
Unsubscribe any time.
Shell-First
Expect terminal snippets you can run today, not abstract theory dumps.
Desktop + Server
From laptop dotfiles to hardening cloud hosts, this is all Linux territory.
Opinionated
Clean defaults, reversible tweaks, and a healthy fear of copy-paste one-liners.
Linux Articles
See all →- age Explained: Simple, Modern File Encryption on Linux age encrypts files with short public keys or passphrases and none of GPG's complexity. How to generate keys, encrypt to several recipients, use existing SSH keys, encrypt backups in a pipeline, and when GPG is still the right tool.
- Converting SysV Init Scripts to systemd Service Units Recent systemd releases no longer run old /etc/init.d scripts. How to find services still relying on them, translate a SysV script into a systemd unit line by line, handle PID files and daemons that fork, and test the result.
- coreboot and Libreboot Explained: Open Source Firmware for Your PC coreboot replaces the proprietary BIOS or UEFI firmware on supported machines. How it works with payloads like EDK2 and SeaBIOS, how Libreboot, Dasharo, and MrChromebox package it, what hardware is supported, and the real risks of flashing.
- D-Bus Explained, and Why Distributions Are Switching to dbus-broker D-Bus is the message bus Linux desktops and system services use to talk to each other. What it does, the system and session buses, how to inspect it with busctl, and why Fedora, Arch, and now Ubuntu replaced dbus-daemon with dbus-broker.
Linux News
See all →- Gentoo Plans to Drop Its Chromium Package on October 24 Unless New Maintainers Step In Gentoo has masked www-client/chromium for removal on October 24. Builds take six to sixteen hours, the package is four major versions behind upstream, and one volunteer cannot keep up. Google Chrome binaries and a Flathub Chromium remain available.
- Gitea 28.2 Fixes Nine Security Vulnerabilities, Including SSH Certificate and OpenID Account Takeovers Gitea 28.2 fixes nine vulnerabilities, among them an SSH certificate principal validation flaw and an OpenID linking bug that could let an attacker sign in as another user, plus private attachment exposure and an Actions memory exhaustion bug. Upgrade promptly.
- GNOME 51.1 Fixes Wayland-to-Xwayland Drag and Drop and Patches GNOME Web and libsoup The first GNOME 51 maintenance release fixes drag and drop between Wayland and Xwayland apps, monitor and workspace handling, and security flaws in GNOME Web and libsoup. GNOME 50.6 brings fixes to the old-stable series.
- Fedora 45 Slips a Week to October 27 After No-Go Decision Fedora 45 missed its October 20 target because no suitable final release candidate was ready at the Go/No-Go meeting. The new target is October 27, to be confirmed on October 22.
Featured Self-Hosted Apps
Hand-picked apps worth the disk space and maintenance overhead.
- BookStack: Platform for organizing and storing information in a book-like structure Platform for organizing and storing information in a book-like structure.
- AFFiNE: Next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting, and creating all together Next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting, and creating all together.
- Ansible: Simple but powerful automation for cross-platform computer support Simple but powerful automation for cross-platform computer support.
- Kapowarr: Comic Book Library Manager A self-hosted manager for comic book libraries that tracks volumes, finds missing issues, and integrates with download clients in the style of the *arr applications.
- BookLore: A Self-Hosted Library for E-Books and Comics A multi-user digital library with smart shelves, automatic metadata, a BookDrop import folder, OPDS, Kobo and KOReader sync, and a built-in reader for EPUB, PDF, and comics. AGPL-3.0, now in maintenance mode.
- Casdoor: Open-source, UI-first identity access management Open-source, UI-first identity access management.
Hosting
Honest takes on web hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers, reviewed by someone who actually runs servers.
- Scaleway Dedibox DedicatedFrench bare metal provider with 2-minute server provisioning and daily demand-based pricing. Scaleway's Dedibox range covers Start (budget Intel), Pro (performance workloads), Core (high-core AMD), and Store (large NVMe storage), from €4.99/mo out of Paris and Amsterdam.
- Absolute Hosting VPSSouth African web hosting and VPS provider offering locally hosted solutions in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Worldstream DedicatedDutch bare metal provider in Naaldwijk with a very large owned network, unmetered ports, and custom server builds delivered quickly.
- InterServer VPSUS-based hosting provider with a price-lock guarantee, offering VPS slices, shared hosting, and dedicated servers in New Jersey and Los Angeles.
- NearlyFreeSpeech.NET Web HostingPay-only-for-what-you-use hosting with no plans, no upselling, and a two-decade record of defending its members from takedown pressure.
- Bunny.net Web HostingSlovenian CDN and edge platform with pay-as-you-go pricing, static storage, edge scripting, video streaming, and image optimisation.