You might want to have your own /etc/resolv.conf but it keeps getting overwritten or lost. I have the solution! On systems like Ubuntu 18.04, by default the file /etc/resolv.conf is controlled by systemd-resolved. Usually it fetches the DNS servers and domain name (search domain) from DHCP and writes it to [...]
You might want to check what packages you installed on OpenWrt, for example when wanting to build a custom image based on your installation or to restore the packages after an upgrade. I found a neat little script that lets you do just that! The script I found on a [...]
You might have encountered websites with a pretty onion address that contains a human-readable prefix. I will show you how to get a custom onion address, using your GPU! Whats an onion address? An onion address can only be reached through Tor. It's like a domain name but which ends [...]
I created a Docker image with a build script, ready to use! Pulling my image My Docker image is public on Docker Hub and thus can be pulled easily with the following command (for 1.17): docker pull sindastra/spigotmc-build If you want to build older versions of Spigot (1.11.2 - 1.16.5) [...]
Today I will show you a free plugin that will boost your WordPress page speed, and also show you how to set it up! Autoptimize to optimize WordPress page speed In your WordPress Dashboard left panel click on Plugins and then at the top "Add New" and search for Autoptimize [...]
By default, Docker uses 172.17.0.0/16 for its default docker0 interface, which can be problematic if your network or a network you want to reach is on the same subnet as Docker. I will show you how to change Docker's network in a jiffy! Requirements Available subnet to assign to DockerPermission [...]
Pi-hole recently released an update that tells Firefox to bypass DoH, and this might be undesirable. I have the solution! Firefox basically checks for specific DNS records, and if found, will disable DNS over HTTPS. This can be useful if you're on a corporate network and have DNS servers in [...]
Sometimes, you just want to write a quick letter, but you don't want to pay for Microsoft Word, and LibreOffice is overkill for that task. Try the lightweight Microsoft WordPad! WordPad comes pre-installed with Windows for free since Windows 95 and it's still there in Windows 10! It's lightweight and [...]
It's handy to know, so here they are: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt To restore Pi-hole to the default blocking lists, just delete all the lists but these six five lists. Note: There used to be a sixth list, which is now dead so you can safely delete it: https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt [...]
I used to have huge collection of block-lists for my Pi-hole(s) but I was annoyed about all the false positives, and decided to reset to the default lists that come with it. That way, I had no more issues and it would still block ads. But this also meant tracking [...]