Geniatech XPI-3566-ZERO SBC impressions
While the Maker-Revolution made possible to have cheap and reasonably powerful general computing devices, one thing is unchanged: the unpaved roads are still unpaved. As I was looking for an SBC lately my preferences were the following: it should be small in size, eg. smaller than the RPi it should not have any unncecssary bells and whistles it should have hardware which is supported by...
Basic OpenSMTPD relay setup on OpenBSD 7.3
My NAS sends me the system warnings via email, and i find it really useful. I host my mails at FastMail and i don’t really want to open the can of worms called ‘Host your own mailserver’, therefore i tried to realy emails through my private mailbox. Relaying means every time a mail gets sent my computer will connect a 3rdparty SMTP server and instruct...
Tailscale workaround on OpenBSD
After a sleep-resume cycle i have often found the tailscale network in a non-working state on my laptop. Most of the time the ts network was unaccessible, but some times the clear. I have suspected a TS, a DNS or a WLAN AP reconnection issue, and investigated it a bit but it is time-consuming and a PITA to check what happens if a wlan AP...
Desktop BSD
After distrohopping almost every possible system, finally OpenBSD landed on my laptop as my main operating system around a year ago. If you are interested in the reasoning, head over the why-OpenBSD.rocks site to learn more about the system. Below you can find various pieces of the config files i am using. CWM OpenBSD base install (if you install Xenocara) provides fvwm and cwm as...
Homemade NAS
Back then when i bought my flat i tought a lot about the computer infrastructure i wish to build there. I had extravagant plans and expectations which i later dropped or rationalized. At the end it turned out better than expected, if you are interested, lets check the results together. Uplink To be able to work from home i need a moderately fast internet connection,...