My first look at the Beelink SER6 7735HS

I was recently in the market for a new desktop. For the past 5+ years, I have been using my Dell XPS developer edition as my main desktop. As much as I love my XPS laptop, it had become a burden to dock and undock from my office setup. After giving it some thought, I wanted a small desktop that I could use as a home base and continue to use my XPS laptop when not at home. Continue reading

Happy Birthday Home Server!!

My little home server turned 10 years old 🎂…. and I forgot to celebrate 🙁. 10 years ago I put a not insignificant amount of time and money into this little home server. First, I had to decided if I was going to purchase a completed device from a retailer or piece one together. Ultimately, I decided going on the bare bones Shuttle route as it allowed the necessary configuration while already having some base work completed. Continue reading

Using NextDNS for content restricting

Parents today face an enormous task of educating and managing a child’s exposure to digital content. I believe that educating and having conversations with a child will be more impactful than any piece of software. In days past, parents may have been most worried about exposure to items such as pornography. Today, exposure to misinformation, false advertising, and hate speech are extremely worrisome. I wanted to outline a tool that I recently started to use to help limit exposure to my child. Continue reading

Adding Mastodon Website Verification

In order to be ‘cool’ like the other kids, I wanted to add website verification to my Mastodon account. Luckily, this won’t cost $8 a month. 🤣 Outline below is the process I went through to add website verification. Validate hugo theme functionality: It is necessary to validate the theme being used supported this functionality. For the Bilberry theme, PR #445 added rel=me support to the theme. This was included in release v3. Continue reading

Why Ubuntu Mate?

Do you have a preferred distribution for Linux? I thought I would expand on my choice of Linux distribution. I have been a fan of Ubuntu Mate since Xenial Xerus release of 16.04. Having used it consistently since 2016, it has become to feel like home. I find it is hard to pinpoint a single reason why I have stuck to this particular distribution. Perhaps it is a sub-conscience love for Chelsea Cucumber green. Continue reading

Hello there!

Hello There! Welcome to 412Linux. This blog has been a while in the making, but there is no better time to publish than now.