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mboelen

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Founder of CISOfy; author of #infosec tools rkhunter and Lynis; involved with NLUUG, the society for #openstandards and #opensource; helping companies to secure their #Linux environment; interested in #sustainability and sharing messages in English, sometimes in Dutch 🇳🇱. My Dutch-only account is https://mastodon.nl/@mboelen.

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bagder, to random
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Remember to take the user survey 2024 - if you can spare a few minutes.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/05/14/curl-user-survey-2024/

mboelen,
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@bagder
Got some feedback on the survey itself: The survey feels a bit overwhelming as I only use a limited set of functionality 😇 For my purposes I can say: it's stable, well-maintained, and it does what it needs to do. So visiting the website and things like that is something I rarely do.

Just a thought: Maybe the survey (next year) can be tuned to show only the remaining relevant sections based on the given answers? Or split into multiple types (light user, curl contributor, curl dev)?

mboelen, to linux
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The command iftop shows ongoing bandwidth usage on one or more network interfaces and is a great tool for troubleshooting network issues.

Doing some tool ⚙️ and network analysis, so great option to combine things: https://linux-audit.com/system-administration/commands/iftop/

Feedback and boosts welcome 🚀

bagder, to random
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“I could rewrite ”

Here's my collection of some less cheerful quotes to keep me firmly grounded. Blogged three years ago today:

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/20/i-could-rewrite-curl/

mboelen,
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@bagder
I think this person meant recompiling 🤣

mboelen, to random
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One of the things I always wanted for the Linux Audit blog was more FAQ entries. Quickly find relevant commands or close enough to find alternatives, or read more about a particular tool. Man pages are great, but also they are not...

So with adding the 'iftop' command page today, adding this frequently asked question: How to see active connections and bandwidth usage?

https://linux-audit.com/networking/faq/how-to-see-active-connections-and-bandwidth-usage/

mboelen, to linux
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With more people joining after recent news, it may be good to focus on some core commands 🎓

Before you think 'uptime' on the question below, the article got a few alternatives included.

When did a system start? Learn how to query the boot time (uptime) of a system using commands like uptime and ps: https://linux-audit.com/system-administration/faq/how-to-see-when-system-was-started/

Got other options or useful commands that can be added? 🏗️

Feedback and boosts welcome 👷

mboelen,
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@Corb_The_Lesser @visone But then you make the assumption that we only have users that want to use the GUI. On Windows there are also "power users" using PowerShell to automate their work or activities. My goal is to provide information (for free) to anyone that can use it. From the starter that wonders about viruses on up to the Unix wizards. I understand that not everything uses a terminal that often, but that is also the reason to create blog posts: the is not a scary place.

WanderingInDigitalWorlds, to linux
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Ultimately, when I do purchase a Mac Mini, I have a safety net for being able to experiment with #Linux freely. It's easier to experiment when failure doesn't cause any significant issues in one's life. General anxiety is a struggle of mine, so doing sensible things to mitigate the intensity of anxiety helps me take chances I wouldn't risk ordinarily. The #Windows PC can become my Linux experiment, I can follow the documentation about Linux to increase my comfort levels with Linux.

mboelen,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds
Why not start on a cheap raspberry pi or in a virtual machine?

mboelen,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds
Hmmm, doing almost everything in virtual machines myself. But yes, I can understand you are curious about MacOS. No longer my cup of tea, but I understand its appeal.

jpmens, (edited ) to random
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First time in many years that I've shaved my face, and I didn't even draw blood!

Those of you who know me or have seen pictures know I've had a 1--3mm beard'ish for a long time.

I'm having my throat slit† open in surgery tomorrow morning for a complete removal of the thyroid gland so I thought I'd spare a nurse some trouble and take a stab at cleaning away the hair.

No thoughts and prayers please. I'll report back here if and/or when I survive

† vertically not horizontally

mboelen,
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@jpmens
💪🏻
@bortzmeyer

bagder, to random
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The thing about me being a BDFL for is that it has the D in there. I have the means and ability to push for just about anything I like. I say that I truly try to be a benevolent dictator, but then I presume quite a few dictators would say so.

Next week I will tell you all about how I view this dictatorship and how it is not quite like a dictatorship of a country since in our case, everyone could just leave if I misbehave.

mboelen,
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@bagder
Configure curl with force
(./configure curl --force)

jpmens, to random
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can one of you lovely people tell me what device this is?]

(the hardware, not the software)

mboelen,
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@jpmens
Screen? Looks like the MSI I have.
@CommissarBas

bagder, to random
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Would it be useful if provided a default random variable?

Exploring this little idea here. Good? Bad?

https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/13813

mboelen,
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@bagder
I thought immediately it could be useful for cache busting.

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