Posts by davidgo
Free Roundcube Skin
I am quite used to the “Larry” Roundcube skin, and did not find the default theme to be as comfortable to use – however I have 2 mail boxes which I want to keep separate, but still use with Roundcube. Looking for alternative themes did not yield an awful lot of options, and the ones…
Read MoreDell Venue 11 pro (7139) as a Linux Tablet – with full disk encryption !
I can’t stomach the “telemetry” in Windows 10, and wanted a cheap hybrid laptop / tablet for when I go travelling. I really love the concept of the Dell Venue 11, and managed to pick up a mint condition second hand i5/250gig/8gig model – replete with keyboard and docking station for NZ$400 including shipping. A…
Read MoreOneplus 3 Nougat with R/W System
I recently upgraded my Oneplus 3 to OxygenOS 4.0.3 – which runs Android 7.0. I discovered that I could no longer write to the hosts file to do ad blocking and this was driving me crazy, so I set about changing the OS to allow me to do this – it required a single letter…
Read MoreResolving shared WordPress Email issue
I like using a database to directly drive my virtual webhosting – this means that each account on the system has a UID and GID, but no username associated with it (ie in /etc/passwd or getent passwd) Because of this, when users try and send an email in WordPress (eg to reset their password), WordPress…
Read MoreSecret of Oneplus 3
The OnePlus 3 has had some interesting reviews and press coverage, and its very much a mixed bag, but, nowhere online have I read about its killer feature – FANTASTIC (Almost unbelievable) RECEPTION. I am blessed to live on a lifestyle block (ie semi rural), which gets marginal coverage from 2 Degrees Mobile – my…
Read MoreHangsun S80 Lamp
I purchased one of these lamps in 2016. Below details my findings and some help to others (maybe). The product is not good at all – indeed if returning it were a practical option I would – but because I live down-under, shipping costs make this prohibitive – so I’ve tried to make the best…
Read MoreSamsung 840 EVO Geometry
I recently had a need to upgrade a 500 gig (raided) hard drive to an SSD. I noted that the standard geometry for a 500 gig hard drive presents as 500.1 gigs, while the data sheet for the Samsung 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW SSD claims to be fractionally smaller on the detailed spec sheets I found.…
Read MoreSwap and Encfs mounting on Startup in Ubuntu
I use Ubuntu 14.04 on my laptop and I have a somewhat unique setup, whereby I use DRBD and encfs to mirror and secure my data as I understand that when SSD drives fail they tend to do so catastrophically and without warning. I thus have a rather complex boot process. I spent the morning…
Read MoreBD-F6500 region free upgrade – Firmware 1010 / 1017 note
In case anyone has the same issue – A few months ago I purchased a SamsungBD-F6500 from Noel Leemings (A whiteware retailer in New Zealand). A few days ago, we purchased some DVDs which were “region 2” and would not play on our NZ/AU – region 4 player(s). I attempted to region unlock the DVD…
Read MoreAdding Perfect Forward Secrecy to OpenVPN
Perfect Forward Secrecy is a methodology applied to encryption to frustrate the decoding of traffic captured and stored prior to the discovery of the secret key by an adverse party. This is done by generating a new random key every time data is transmitted. Enabling this in OpenVPN is quite easy, but does not appear…
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