Author: Mark

Note to self: Nextcloud config

Note to self: Nextcloud config

/var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/config/config.php

Aarrgh! Its such a pain remembering with actual memory over the age of 26. I’m now 40. I can’t do it anymore.

I had to migrate Nextcloud due to an issue on Linode’s servers due to an impending upgrade. Its taken me about 20 mins I never want to have to spend again trying to find the config.php file that would let me change the trusted servers.

Sigh. At least it’s the weekend!

Manjaro Gnome – starting a VPN service automatically…. ugh

Manjaro Gnome – starting a VPN service automatically…. ugh

Edit: I’ve pretty much nixed the idea of using a VPN altogether. Im not sure it was really doing a great deal for me anyway. May try again at a later date. Original post still below.

Okay so I use Manjaro Gnome and ProtonVPN and it’s fine. Installing ProtonVPN is really easy, but getting that mother to start up on login, jeezaass it’s a pain in the butt.

I actually had it working fine previously, I’m sure I created a systemd service and had it start at boot. I’m guessing I can’t remember the exact syntax I used as I spent hours last night trying to create and tweak the service file, sh files, using rc.local to try and get it to autostart and there was no luck whatsoever. As my memory is so rubbish I know Ill forget to initialise it every time I log in, I also blame my crap memory for not actually checking and backing up the working settings before I nuked it to put windows on that laptop… I know, I know.

I’m going to turn comments on for this, Ill update if I find a fix to get it running, if anyone happens to see this and can help then please let me know. Thanks.

PS Vita – fully hacked – daddy likes!

PS Vita – fully hacked – daddy likes!

PS Vita Slim, 250gb SD card with sd2vita, PKGj, emulators all good! Although to be honest its not all roses and ice cream. SNES emulation seems to suffer slowdown – its unbelievable after seeing the Vita games in action. PSX doesnt do too well either, Adrenaline just seems too soft and doesnt even hold up to a Raspberry Pi.

Vita games are fine, its nice to try things that are platform specific – but there’s also a lot of fluff thats multi-platform. Tbh after the reviews of the Vita being the ‘god of emulation’ Im a bit disappointed. The Switch is much better, but it suffers from drift on the joycon if you play it handheld. Sigh. Next I think I might go for one of the proper 3rd party emulation handhelds.

…ugh, when you need a Windows machine

…ugh, when you need a Windows machine

I hate it when you have OS specific applications that you need to run, and a VM just isnt up to snuff. Here we go…

Its either this or format my Manjaro laptop, fingers crossed it works!

I really would have thought there would have been proper Vita hack apps for linux and Mac. Nevermind!

Small updates

Small updates

What a week. Work is work, it’s official. With no lottery win in sight I have to say it’s the daily grind all over again. A few small mods to the website layout and design but I’m a bit happier with it.

I’ve been messing around with emulators and trying to find the best handheld for emulation – I’ve tested PSP, 3DS, Switch and mobile, and tbh they are all a bit lacking. I’ve picked up a PS Vita from eBay as there’s a lot of good press that it’s supposed to be the best so we will see!

My life is uninteresting, so expect uninteresting posts 🙂

The captive screws on the 3DS are officially dead… sigh…

G4 Mac

G4 Mac

I cant even remember the spec of this thing. I bought it for £100 about 5/6 years ago, maybe more. Ill have to do a boot test and will report back. Its still pretty sexy!

The state of the rack…

The state of the rack…

I’m collecting dust – fk u 🙂

25u Startech rack, Unifi USG, non-POE switch, and I’ve an AC lite access point on the upper landing. There’s a Hue Hub down there to but you cant see it because the spare room is a mess. On the left I’ve random PC bits, as well as my WD Pro NAS that’s not currently connected. I only use it every few months or so for cold storage of everything that’s on Unraid.

The Unraid box is as described somewhere in a post below: Ryzen 3600, 32gb ram, X570 board and 12tb of useable backup storage. I have a 500gb nvme cache and a 4tb parity. I need to buy another parity really, but its okay for now. I run Unraid and docker containers for the unifi controller, plex, and transmission. I have been previously running public-facing nextcloud and wordpress with letsencrypt, duckdns and mariadb, but right now they are disabled. It does what it needs to do and I couldnt be happier 🙂

We don’t need no title…

We don’t need no title…

Yeah this site doesnt have a title because it messes with the formatting of the index page. If I add a title in the index.php then I cant post images.

Meh, after everything it took to get this far, name the site what you want! I’m sure it wont be any more rude than what I have been calling it recently….

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