Distributing software for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and derivatives without a .deb means leaving the job half done: no dependency management, clean updates, or removal without leftovers. The good news: creating a decent .deb package is easier than its reputation suggests. In this complete guide, you will go from a handcrafted package with dpkg-deb to a package … Read more
In the first part of this pair, we built .deb packages for Debian and Ubuntu. Now it is the Red Hat family’s turn — RHEL, Fedora, Rocky, AlmaLinux, and, by extension, openSUSE: we will create .rpm packages from scratch, from the spec file to our own dnf repository, covering rpmbuild, rpmlint, mock, and GPG signing. How RPM works Unlike … Read more
Vaultwarden is a server compatible with the official Bitwarden clients, written in Rust. Updated guide for 1.37.3: Docker Compose with Caddy, stuck registration, native SSO, backup with the built-in command, and safe update.
Hexo is a static site generator in Node.js: Markdown goes in, HTML comes out, no database. GitHub Pages, Netlify, or nginx pointing to public/. In September 2026, the hexo npm package is at 8.1.2. The official CLI remains npm install … Read more
NVENC remains the same NVIDIA hardware block: it takes H.264/HEVC/AV1 off the CPU and sends it to the GPU’s ASIC. What changed is the packaging. In 2017, you compiled FFmpeg against the SDK. In 2026, FFmpeg communicates … Read more
ISPConfig 3 is the free hosting control panel: websites, email, DNS, FTP, databases, and multiple servers from one panel. The lengthy Perfect Server installation has become an official script. A fresh VPS, an FQDN hostname, root — not a gist … Read more
Setting up hosting on Linux is still the same craft: DNS, websites, email, SSL, backups. What changed is the shortcut. The official autoinstaller deploys Apache or Nginx, MariaDB, Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, and the panel on port 8080. You no longer … Read more
