Tag Archives: Linux

A New PiHole in the Sky

Posted on January 3, 2019 by way0utwest

Last year I set up a PiHole server on my RaspberryPi to help block some ads and malicious stuff (tracking, malware, etc) on my home network. It’s not perfect, but it’s a layer. Unfortunately the Raspberry Pi was unstable and … Continue reading →

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Setting Up Pi-Hole.Net

Posted on July 6, 2018 by way0utwest

I saw a tweet a short time ago from Drew Furgiuele about pi-hole.net. He noted this was a near use of a Raspberry Pi, and I wanted to give it a try. I got one awhile ago, and used it … Continue reading →

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No @@ServerName on Linux

Posted on June 7, 2018 by way0utwest

I setup a new instance of SQL Server on Linux some time ago. At the time, the Linux machine didn’t have any Samba running, and no real “name” on the network. As a result, after installing SQL Server I got … Continue reading →

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A Broken Linux VM

Posted on June 4, 2018 by way0utwest

I have no idea if this is the best thing, but I went to boot up a Linux VM today and got this: My Linux skills are rusty, but this looks like a disk error. I rebooted and found this: … Continue reading →

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