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Running duplicity backups again

Posted on ma 27 december 2021 in servers • Tagged with debian, backups

Some years back I had a rather complete puppet setup managing relatively small set of servers for personal use and some small business customers. In that setup I had a completely automated way of configuring duplicity backups to some server I rented somewhere safe, using puppet code and puppet external …


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Dell XPS running Debian 11 now

Posted on vr 22 oktober 2021 in desktop • Tagged with debian

And I wipe my Dell XPS once again

When I installed Debian GNU/Linux on my Dell XPS somewhere in 2020, I planned on keeping it that way 'forever'. In the mean time I reinstalled Windows 10 and Linux at least twice. So now I'm more or less back, running …


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Running Debian 10/unstable on Apple Powermac G5

Posted on za 13 maart 2021 in desktop • Tagged with debian, hardware

Introduction

Updated on 14-mar-2021 with webbrowser and diskperformance info.

G5 internals large

As an Apple fan I've been collecting some vintage hardware. The Powermac G5 was bought from a video editor like five years back and was actually used by her up till that point. After booting it and enjoying the pretty …


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snapper as time machine alternative on Debian GNU/Linux

Posted on do 14 januari 2021 in desktop • Tagged with debian

Goals

It must have been a year ago already that I reinstalled my Dell XPS laptop with Debian GNU/Linux. At install time I figured I really wanted to be able to snaphot filesystems, so I made sure I used btrfs as filesystem. Actually doing something with it was put …


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Ervaringen Clevo NL51GU met Debian 10

Posted on za 06 juni 2020 in desktop • Tagged with debian

De afgelopen jaren heb ik al meerdere stappen gedaan / pogingen ondernomen om (weer) Linux op mijn laptop gebruiken. Rond 2005 heb ik de overstap gemaakt naar MacOS, maar de omstandigheden en de markt zijn ondertussen zo veranderd dat ik nu ook weer andere opties zie. Eerst heb ik eerste geprobeerd …


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