Talking about the BSD family of free operating systems.
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Coding and Computers
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Instalación de Sistemas Operativos Cover art photo provided by Nahil Naseer on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@nahilnaseer
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Jaron Swab, a software engineer, shares tips around Linux, programming, and open source. So you can stay on top of your privacy, security, and productivity. Discover what it means to be a hacker from a self taught software engineer. You'll learn how to land a tech job, amp up your computer efficiency, and leave behind the walled gardens of big tech. Since 2005, Jaron has exercised his love for coding and taking technology into his own hands. It's Jaron and a microphone; a one on one approach ...
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Interview by Michael Dexter with FreeBSD developer Hans Petter Selasky who passed away this summer in a traffic accident in Norway. Post on the FreeBSD email list https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2023-July/000076.html File Info: 29 Min. 14MB Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk267/bsdtalk267.ogg…
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Documenting my experience with trying to find a gui toolkit for openbsd
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Trying to customize xenodm is very difficult but it cal be done.
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Learning the OpenBSD desktop with xenodm can be frustrating for a person new to the platform, but a working knowledge can be attained.
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Learning OpenBSD through the Absolute OpenBSD book, this is chapter 1
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Setting the strategy of what to learn first and last.
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Relaunch, the beginning of a new journey.
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10:17Intro to the relaunch of the channel. Starting a new company.
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How To Increase Your Internet Privacy Using Only Your Mind
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13:24In this episode we talk about how to level up your privacy online using only your mind. Having the correct mindset will get you 80% of the way to internet privacy. Reaching 100% is extremely difficult and likely impossible. However, if you start with the right mindset you'll get much closer than if you only used tools like a bandage. But don't worr…
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In this episode we talk about running OpenBSD on a top of the line laptop from 2011. We also cover files to edit for a Linux replacement, how to connect to WiFi without extra software, and one tweak that will speed up any workstation running OpenBSD. Plus, tips and tricks to get the most out of your old hardware in as little time as possible. OpenB…
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Which Programming Language Is The Best To Learn First
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8:02In this episode we chat about programming languages. Specifically, which is best to learn first depending on what part of the "stack" you plan to work within. Each area has a different core language that is most popular. Learning which one to choose, and focus on, is a big step in building your skills fast. The faster you learn the faster you can s…
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Which Linux Distro Is The Best For The Beginner & Expert?
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9:00In this episode we talk about with Linux distribution is best for you. We cover Ubuntu, Manjaro, and the two distros they spun out of. Plus, what I use and why I use it. Click here for the show notes. Don't forget, head over to hackerculture.us and sign up so you never miss and episode. This podcast is ad-free. Support the show at: hackerculture.us…
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How to remove Google from your Android phone is easier than you might expect. What's often holding people back is where to find the right information. In this episode, we talk about how to remove Google services from your Android phone. For most people, LineageOS is the way to go because they have a large list of supported devices. But they also co…
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How To Not Ruin Your Tech When You Overclock
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6:40In this episode we talk about over clocking your PC and how to do it the right way. You spent your hard earned money on those computer parts so why not get the most out of them while keeping longevity high?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In this episode we chat about why Bitcoin is not good money and what cryptocurrency is good money.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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Tired of your spaghetti symlinks file and needing to update it after every file you create? Try this approach and have a simple and sane dotfile directory.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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As a kid in the mid 2000s I fell in love with chat apps. But what is the best app for real hackers today?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In this episode we talk about why plain text files are better for efficiency in your workflows.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In this episode we chat about OpenBSD vs. Linux and why I started to dabble in OpenBSD on my X200--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In thin episode we talk about how it's easier than ever to be your own host and platform. Now is the time to take back the web and decentralize it as it was meant to be.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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Automating Youtube-DL for Copyright Free Music
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10:15In this episode we chat about a shell script I wrote called "audiodl" and how it simplified my process of saving music from an online source to my computer.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In this episode we talk about my plan to pivot my Internet based company to allow me to write open source code full time. There are three ways that may work and I'm going to try them all.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In thin episode we talk about how home-y a Google free Android device feels. As well as my new site at swab.dev--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In this episode we tank about tiling window managers and how much I missed DWM.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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In today's episode I talk about the long hard road to being Google free again on my Android device.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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How To Get Your First Programming Job... Even If You Don't Know How To Code!
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14:13Programming is becoming an essential skill as times change due to the ever increasing use of computer technology. In this episode we talk about why you should learn to code even if you don't want to be a programmer, how to land your first programming job, and what language you should start with. For courses and books by me visit linktr.ee/jrswab --…
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How Every Hacker Can Increase Their Security Over Night
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11:53In this episode we talk about 2FA. What it is, why you need it, and what are the best options out there. https://linktr.ee/jrswab--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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Gitea is a fork of Gogs; both of which are a self hosted Git solution putting you in full control of your repos. Join us at chat.jrswab.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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I got a free Nexus 5 so I decided to load up Ubuntu Touch. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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As a hacker I am always out to learn new skills and recently it has been Emacs. I love Vim though so this is a touchy subject... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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How to Play Dwarf Fortress in the Terminal
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14:41The following instructions are for Arch Linux without Xorg (so essentially terminal only arch or what you get after a fresh Arch Linux install). If you are using Ubuntu server or another distro, the steps should be close to the same. But not exact so please do your research. You may get lucky and just have to edit the config file. --- Support this …
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Many people use an ad blocker like uBlockOrigin to block ads from tracking us around the web but this only works on the devices it is installed on. We can do one better and prevent them all across any network in our control. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/support…
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"Welcome to Matrix: An open network for secure, decentralized communication." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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Last week we talked about a new app I found called Webapps Sandboxed. This week I talk about what it was like using it for as many apps as possible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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"The idea behind it is to provide a secure way to browse popular webapps by eliminating referrers, 3rd party requests, insecure HTTP requests, etc. It accomplishes this by providing a sandbox for multiple webapps. Each webapp will run in it's own sandbox, with 3rd party requests blocked, and all external links opening in an external default web bro…
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"Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard is maintained by the Unicode Consortium, and as of June 2018 the most recent version, Unicode 11.0, contains a repertoire of 137,439 characters covering 146 modern and historic sc…
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Then I was browsing YouTube at the end of the night to relax before bed and came across a video talking about note-taking applications that are both cross-platform and robust. This is where I heard about Notion again. I can't remember where I first heard about it, but the first time I chose not to give it a go. After that first video, I looked up s…
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How To Mine Monero With AMD Graphics On Linux
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17:29One day awhile back I chose to learn about a cryptocurrency that previously I knew nothing about. The pick was Monero, a coin (at the time) ranked thirteenth by market cap on coinmarketcap.com and eighth by price. What I found interesting about this coin was the mining algorithm, CryptoNight. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com…
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My mind has been on the Domain Name System (DNS) server for about a week now. I've been mulling over whether VPNs are necessary and what level of trust should be placed in a DNS provider. It's evident not to trust your ISP's DNS since some companies have been caught manipulating the data or using you DNS metadata to sell to other companies. Both of…
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A VPN is an encrypted tunnel between your computer and the internet at large. They exist to allow employees access to internal intranets of a company to do work remotely. That's it. They are merely a tunnel and not a means to keep your data/metadata private. Any VPN provider you use can see what you access, how often, and for how long. It's not har…
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Patreon is able to shut down the income of a creator that is flagged by a random user. This is, at times, warranted by the content of the creator but is a very slippery slope. Instead of leaving this source of funding to a company that takes a cut and can shut you down without notice; creators should use a donation platform that respects their priv…
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Instalación de Windows Server 2019
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Instalación de Windows Server 2012
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Instalación de Solaris
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Instalación de RedHat
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Instalación de OpenBSD
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Instalación de FreeBSD
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Don't Miss Out on Grav: the Open Source CMS!
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17:54Grav is a web-based CMS in much the same way that WordPress is web-based. You set up an account on your server and then log in to create posts, pages, upload media, or add plugins. But, it's much more tailored to the kind of person I am than WordPress.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/support…
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After some thinking about the current state of social media and mass email lists, RSS came to mind, and it's actually a much better alternative for privacy. No data collection, no feed manipulation, no email newsletters. It's like someone from the future went to the past and gave us the answer to subscribing to creators without giving our away ever…
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All about BitShares - The Original Decentralized Exchange
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17:14In this episode we talk about the original decentralized cryptocurrency exchange called BitShares. Why risk the hacking and government shutdown of the old exchange paradigm when you can use the future?!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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For the past year, I was using the OnePlus 3T without any Google apps or services. Now I picked up the OnePlus 6T and am figuring out a balance between extreme privacy and convince.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab
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