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How I Set Up Fedora with Umbriel and Noctalia
Setting up my Linux desktop on Fedora, step by step: from a Minimal install (or Workstation with GNOME as a fallback), the extra repositories, codecs, the NVIDIA driver with Secure Boot, Umbriel, Noctalia and its login screen, and the dotfiles installer that does all of it in one command.
fedoralinuxnoctaliaumbrielHow to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 5: Deploying, and One Script for All of It)
Part 5 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13. Deploying from GitHub on every push, with a deploy key that can only do one thing, health checks and automatic rollback, and vps-setup.sh, the script that sets up the whole series in one command.
vpsdebianpodmanquadletHow to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 4: Traefik and HTTPS)
Part 4 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13. Traefik as a rootless reverse proxy, with ports handed over by systemd, automatic Let's Encrypt certificates, HTTP/3, security headers, and routes that come from container labels.
vpsdebianpodmanquadletHow to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 3: Rootless Podman and the First Container)
Part 3 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13. Rootless Podman owned by one user, UID mapping, cgroup delegation, lingering, and running a first container as a systemd service with Quadlet.
vpsdebianpodmanquadletHow to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 2: Firewall, Bans, and Automatic Updates)
Part 2 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13. An nftables firewall, fail2ban with a repeat-offender jail, automatic security updates, zram swap, kernel tuning, and capped logs.
vpsdebianserversecurityHow to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 1: Securing the Base System)
Part 1 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13. Updating, naming the server, one user with SSH keys and sudo, and an SSH config that only lets that user in.
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