The Linux Upskill Challenge is a free month-long course maintained by @livialima focused on "Learn[ing] the skills required to sysadmin a remote Linux server from the commandline".
@JustineSmithies I use PARTLABEL to identify the swap partition in /etc/crypttab which then gets mapped to /dev/mapper/swap as a swap partition that can be added in /etc/fstab like a normal swap.
"The reason that people are still thinking about a piece of software that is nearly 60 years old has nothing to do with its technical aspects, which weren’t terribly sophisticated even by the standards of its time. Rather, Eliza illuminated a mechanism of the human mind that strongly affects how we relate to computers."
Inspired by the example set by @JustineSmithies I'm closing out the year with a Void install on ZFS-Root + native encryption + ZFSBootMenu. :void: :linux:
I've sort of cobbled together how I'd install #VoidLinux using #ZFSBootMenu on my laptop. I've also included a separate swap partition just in case I did ever use suspend to disk.
Would someone care to cast their eyes over it before I push it to my blog. As an added bonus I'm going to tie myself up and get my better half to beat me around the head. Wait no! I meant to say I will wipe my laptop again and reinstall as per my installation document to make sure it works. 😂
Especially happy to receive today as a gift "The Art of John Harris: Beyond the Horizon" ... a book showcasing his SF paintings.
I first came across his work inside old issues of OMNI and various book covers and picture books in my grade school library. I didn't know the name of the artist, and just recently re-discovered his visionary future.
This is an expansive future amongst the stars we must make so!
My passion for computing began when I was very young. I taught myself English by reading the instruction and programming manuals of my favorite platforms. My younger sister would look at me with the wide eyes of a little girl who saw a genius, for to her, I was her big brother - brilliant, heroic, incredibly strong. I was none of these things (except older), but to her, I was her role model. She would laugh hysterically when I purposefully dropped fruit on Donald Duck's Playground on the C64, just to see her laugh.
When I was photographed in front of my computer, she wanted to be included too, aspiring to be like me.
Later, she enjoyed drawing with Deluxe Paint on my Amiga, trying to understand how a computer worked. She was curious about what fascinated me so much about it, sharing my passion. But she was already drawing far better than I ever could.
On her 8th birthday, she decided to buy (with money gifted from relatives) a Sega Megadrive, knowing it was my dream console at the time. Since I let her use my computer, she wanted to reciprocate with something I would also enjoy.
30 years ago today, she passed away. She was just 8, and I was 14. I promised her that I would not pursue this career for "money" or anything else, but to prove to her that she was right to believe in me, because, as she used to say, “you love it when things work, even if it drives you crazy.”
Friends of the Fediverse, now you know why this time of year is not (and never will be) the happiest or most peaceful for me.
An encrypted Linux system that include an unencrypted swap partition may experience all sorts of sensitive information that gets passed to swap that survives a reboot. Best practice is to encrypt the swap partition as well:
@danielyrovas My personal experience and understanding is there is little impact on performance vs the very real compromise in security in leaving swap unencrypted.
Of course if your system is making constant, heavy use of swap that is another performance issue entirely.
I've never set up a wipe of swap on power off. That might be another option to consider.
