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S02E01 Archive this!
So you need to archive data for years (if not decades), and you really don’t trust a service provider to both stay in business, and play fair, for that long a time frame.

S01E03 Secure backups, and a time-machine for your home office
So, you are the IT department in charge of your home office backups. Let’s implement secure backups, and a time machine for home office Linux users.
S01E02 »Can I have this as a PDF?«
So, you’ve got a handful of files and need to turn them into PDF format. PDF files that don’t just look good on your device, but everywhere, and are suitable for a long-term archiving. Here’s what you can do.

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File synchronization: Configure Syncthing for multi-user devices

Posted: October 26th, 2021

Some data (like password databases) are best kept local. When you sync them to all of your devices with Syncthing, there’s a catch on multi-user devices, like shared PCs. Here’s what to do.

RSS Guard feed filtering: Easier skimming, better overview

Posted: October 14th, 2021

For your news feeds, we recommend RSS Guard as our application of choice. Here’s a few tips for a better news overview, and how to speed up skimming of news.

archive.sh

Posted: February 21st, 2022

A script that will monitor archive directories on a btrfs file system for changes, and call a user-defined bash function with a list of changed files and directories.

backup2offsite.sh

Posted: December 31st, 2021

A basic script that will use a btrbk configuration file to store backups on an encrypted Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device, e.g. a USB drive.

grabs2pdf.sh

Posted: August 6th, 2021

A script that will crop a series of screenshots according to a manually provided sample crop, and then apply OCR to create a PDF.