Category Archives: Technical

Continue With Fedora Build

Posted on July 16, 2026 by larry

Found out something new about my wifi, the default is to rotate the MAC, I needed it the same so I chose permanent which used the hardware wifi. Also got wireguard working. Looks like there are two ways, wg-quick and … Continue reading →

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PR Tied today

Posted on July 11, 2026 by larry

I did not PR today, but was so close. I basically tied my last one. Daughter said I was moving, felt like it. After that I did a bunch of errands, got a LOT done. Went to Harbor Freight today … Continue reading →

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Really Bad Sleep

Posted on July 10, 2026 by larry

I just could not get to sleep last night. I went to bed at 6AM, I super exhausted. Took a 2 hour power nap and was able to finish the rest of the day. This evening I was able to … Continue reading →

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Fedora Desktop and Laptop

Posted on July 9, 2026 by larry

I am hooked, liking Fedora, this is probably going to be my distro. It uses rpm packaging which I am familiar with and has roots with Red Hat. Going to be playing more with encryption and any password vaults. More … Continue reading →

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My Fedora Laptop

Posted on July 6, 2026 by larry

Got my new toy in today, I admit, I opened it up and started an install of Fedora 44 on it. Here are the specs, a little moderate I got it running with both Secure Boot and an encrypted Hard … Continue reading →

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Conversion from pfSense to OpnSense

Posted on July 5, 2026 by larry

DONE!. Big task off my plate Need to add a bit of telemetry monitoring and backups as well. But it seems to be ok. Today was a nice day, stuck inside getting FW done but it is DONE This other … Continue reading →

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Linux Travel Laptop

Posted on July 2, 2026 by larry

Pulling the trigger on a Linux Laptop with Fedora on it. This will be my main travel laptop. I will put a Windows VM on it, but I want to be able to run everything on it. Will have 3 … Continue reading →

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Reuse Portable HD

Posted on July 1, 2026 by larry

I was finally able to kickstart Fedora because I put the entire repo on a 500GB drive. This provides me with the flexibility to install whatever I want. Fun stuff. Had a good workout today, felt strong running. Did well. … Continue reading →

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Fedora 44 Kickstart

Posted on June 30, 2026 by larry

My first step to get an automated install of Fedora was through PXE boot. It works for the most part, normal like others. Now I am trying to build a custom USB, then will work on a custom iso last. … Continue reading →

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Fedora 44 Kickstart

Posted on June 27, 2026 by larry

Finally got a kickstart for Fedora 44 making rebuilds easy. A few weird quirks but looks to be ok for now. I downloaded the entire 44 x86_64 repo locally for a reboot. Also PR’d again on the parkrun Wow did … Continue reading →

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