Linux

pCloud sync issue

The issue I had this crappy issue with with the pCloud Linux (AppImage) client (version linux-x64-prod-v1.9.7).It would get stuck syncing a “Local sync” folder, where the Preferences screen as well as the CLI would hang at a certain amount of files and size to be uploaded. Troubleshooting Having no logs to go by (and less than useful technical support on their end), it took me quite a while to find the issue. In the end I found the database where I found some clues as to what was wrong.

Friday, October 8, 2021 | 2 minutes Read

Setting up Visual Studio Code for Python development (on Linux)

Update January 2024: I don’t use many of the separate tools for linting/refactoring/formatting anymore in favour of Ruff. Configuration for Ruff has moved is done in my pyproject.toml template I’m still using AutoDocString to ease docstring creation and MyPy for type checking. Introduction The following is a brief guide to reinstalling/setting up Visual Studio Code (VSC) on a new Linux system. The main use is Python development. As such, it is very brief and mostly for my own documentation.

Monday, September 6, 2021 | 2 minutes Read

Home Server – setting up ZFS (revisited)

Introduction Finally, after two years of renovations and two children, I am revisiting the idea of a small home server. I don’t expect it to do much: Media server File backup Some docker containers Grafana Possibly pfSense or another firewall Whenever I’m accessing a remote system (even when using SSH in my internal network) I prefer to start a TMUX session. That way, if I get disconnected (for instance) during the middle of a package upgrade, the process just continues and I can reconnect at a later time without issues (if tmux is not yet installed or you’re not using it yet, I highly recommend reading up on it and taking a bit of time to get used to the basic concepts. I used this quick-start a couple of years ago).

Monday, February 8, 2021 | 2 minutes Read

Installing OpenVPN on Ubuntu 12.04

Introduction The company I work for has an OpenVPN server running. Recently I wanted to install the client software on my Windows 7 desktop and my Linux laptop. Our IT guy kindly supplied me with a executable to install and configure the client under Windows and a config file and certificates for Linux. Windows 7 worked immediately but under Linux I had to do some extra steps to get it working properly. I’ll document them here for future reference and maybe other people running in to the same issues.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 | 2 minutes Read

Wake-on-lan (WOL) bash script on router running DD-WRT

Introduction After setting up my router to run dd-wrt I’ve used PuTTy to ssh into the router to start my desktop machine to work on it through a RDP session. After spending months looking up the correct MAC address in my phone and typing the commands by hand I finally took a bit of time to write a small bash script on the router so that I could simply run the script each time I needed it.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 2 minutes Read

Ubuntu Server - setting up ZFS (part 1)

Introduction For a while I’ve wanted to learn about Linux, the way the OS works, what can be done with it, if it’s reasonable to change to it as my main operating system… As well as dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop I thought I should try and set up my home server running a Linux distro. This way I’d be forced to learn my way around the command line, setting up a system to run smoothly without the need for much maintenance.

Monday, May 20, 2013 | 4 minutes Read