Desktop
Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 24.04 / 22.04
Google Chrome is the most widely used web browser, and installing it on Ubuntu takes about 30 seconds.…
Author
Josphat Mutai
FreeBSD
FreeBSD 15.0 New Features: pkgbase, Post-Quantum Crypto, ZFS 2.4
FreeBSD 15.0 landed on December 2, 2025, and it changes how you manage the entire operating system. The…
Debian
Run Kubernetes on Debian 13 / 12 with Minikube
You need a local Kubernetes cluster for testing but don’t want to spin up a full multi-node setup.…
Databases
Install PostgreSQL 17 on RHEL 10 / Rocky Linux 10 / AlmaLinux 10
Rocky Linux 10 and RHEL 10 ship with PostgreSQL 16 in the base AppStream, but the PGDG (PostgreSQL…
AI
Run DeepSeek R1 Locally with Ollama on Linux
DeepSeek R1 does something most open-source models skip: it shows its reasoning. When you ask it a question,…
Debian
Install Node.js on Debian 13 / 12
Debian 13 (Trixie) ships Node.js 20 in its default repositories, which is fine for many use cases. But…
AI
Install Open WebUI with Ollama on Linux
Running your own ChatGPT-like interface on hardware you control is no longer a weekend project for tinkerers. Open…
How To
Install Java 8 (OpenJDK 8) on Ubuntu 24.04 / 22.04
Java 8 remains the runtime for a surprising number of production applications, build tools, and enterprise systems that…
AI
Ollama Commands Cheat Sheet: CLI and API Reference
Every time I need to check a model’s parameter count or hit the embedding endpoint, I end up…
AI
Install Ollama on Rocky Linux 10 / Ubuntu 24.04
Running large language models on your own hardware means no API costs, no data leaving your network, and…
How To
Proxmox VE VM Snapshots: Create, Restore, Delete
Snapshots in Proxmox VE save the entire state of a VM (disk, configuration, optionally RAM) at a single…
How To
Install Cockpit Web Console on Ubuntu 24.04
Cockpit gives you a web-based dashboard for managing an Ubuntu server without memorizing CLI commands. You log in…