Update Gitea repository mirror authentication credentials

Recently I had to update a few hundreds repository mirror authentication details; after just a handful I explored the API and was surprised that the API had not route available to achieve this.

Updated Asus Screenpad Management service to support Gnome lock screen events

This updated script provides an additional systemd service to manage and restore the screenpad state when locking the device and the original service for resuming from sleep on Asus laptops with a Screenpad installed.

This has been tested with the Asus UX482EG but it should… work with other models.

Asus Screenpad Management service – Asus UX482EG

This post provides a script that can be used in conjunction with systemd to manage and restore the screenpad state when resuming from sleep on Asus laptops with a Screenpad installed.

This has been tested with the Asus UX482EG but it should work with other models.

Chromium Browsers incorrectly handling dropped files from Nautilus

For a while now I’ve had a strange issue where files such as images when dragged from the Nautilus file manager to the browser. The event doesn’t appear to handle the file correctly. This issue seemingly impacts every instance of file upload that support drag and drop that I’ve encountered.

Notes from migrating to Proxmox from ESXi

Note this article is not intended to be a comprehensive guide but a collection of notes on commands used to aid in migrating ESXi systems to Proxmox.

Yubikey – Switch between primary authentication and secondary

Intended for use under Linux; this bash script lets you change how your Yubikey is used to authenticate on your device. It can be use used as the primary authentication method or changed to a 2nd factor authentication step for increased security.

Convert Putty .ppk files including sessions to OpenSSH

This post covers several Bash scripts that can be used to convert Putty .ppk files to a Linux compatible OpenSSH format.

There are 3 OpenSSH/PPK focused helper scripts within the repository:

convert_ppk.sh:
Primary scripts used to convert Putty .ppk files to OpenSSH compatible format.
convert_putty_session.sh:
Additional script that converts putty-session.reg registry key exports to Remmina compatible configurations.
sync_openssh_remmina.sh:
Additional script that can sync Remmina configurations to OpenSSH (~/.ssh/config) and vice-versa.

Fedora/Ubuntu power optimisations for the Asus UX482EG

This post provides two configurations for optimisation power consumption on the Asus Zenbook Duo model UX482EG; one configuration uses TLP the other configuration uses a configuration of TLP and auto-cpufreq (plus its requirement thermalid).

This has been predominately tested on Fedora 39+ and quickly trialled under Ubuntu 23.04.

Without this power consumption would idle around 14~ watts; with the TLP configuration the average idle drops to 8~ watts.

PiHole – Nginx reverse proxy virtual host configuration

This post contains a PiHole virtual host configuration for Nginx that uses Nginx as a reverse proxy to connect to a PiHole instance.

A guide to installing OpenVPN using PiVPN and configuring single or multiple instances

In this article we are going to look at how to configure an OpenVPN server and if you choose, additionally configure multiple instances of the OpenVPN service. We will be utilising PiVPN, an installer that will configure and deploy various areas of our OpenVPN system; it’s suitable for use on Raspbian, Ubuntu or other Debian based systems.