Every since I heard of ChatGPT I’ve been looking for ways to run something like it locally. I wanted a private self-hosted AI that works offline and is open source. But every time I looked I didn’t find anything that matched what I wanted. Or it seemed overly complicated to get setup. Until now. The Continue Reading »
USB drive encryption is so easy on Linux there’s really no reason not to use it. Plus USB drives are small and easy to lose or misplace. I consider a thumb drive that’s not encrypted to be high risk. Anything on one should be safe for the public to see. Other types of data should Continue Reading »
I’ve noticed a trend with errors on my NTFS backup drives so I started thinking about file systems and what might be the best file system to use for backups. So I’ve done some experiments to learn more. This is my personal experience from a lifetime of working with computers personally and professionally. The Problems Continue Reading »
Money was tight in 2023 and It’s been a long time since I bought myself a new tech gadget. I’ve been wanting a steam deck for a long time. So after the Christmas shopping was done for everyone else I took the plunge and ordered a Steam Deck OLED. After having it for a few Continue Reading »
Have you ever wanted to know when someone logs into your server with SSH? I did a while back so I came up with a way to send SSH login alerts by e-mail when someone logs into a server. I wrote this up while testing on my Raspberry PI so it should be about the Continue Reading »
