elementary OS, a distribution like no other

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There are a surprising number of people who hate elementary OS. They say that elementary is technically just a distribution of linux, not an OS. They say that it is too similar to OS X. They say that the developers are in over their heads. All of these things may be true, but I do […]

Setting up and testing two bridged wifi routers

The walls and microwaves of my house have always conspired to cripple the wifi signal in some rooms, especially the ones downstairs and the backyard. I recently got another wifi router to expand the range. They are daisy-chained from the modem with ethernet cables. My servers and printers are connected to the router in the […]

Signing your own wildcard SSL/HTTPS certificates

There has been a lot of concern about online privacy in the past few weeks, and lots of people people are looking for ways to better protect themselves on the Internet. One thing you can do is to create your own HTTPS/SSL Certificate Authority. I have a bunch of websites on RogerHub that I want […]

Backing up my data as a linux user

It’s a good habit to routinely back up your important data, and over the past few years, dozens of cloud storage/backup solutions have sprung up, many of which offer a good deal of free space. Before you even start looking for a backup solution, you need to sit down and think about what kind of […]

Email Basics: The Internet Message Format

Note: This is part 2 of a two-part segment on Email Basics. You can also read part 1 of this segment, which deals with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. In part 1 of this two-part segment, I mentioned that the goal of SMTP was to ensure the responsible delivery of a digital package, but also […]