Tag: linux

Lima vs Multipass

VM-backed Linux dev environments on macOS/Linux — Lima vs Multipass compared on speed, container support, and resource use.

tini vs dumb-init vs --init

PID 1 zombie reaping in containers — tini, dumb-init, and docker --init compared; when each one fixes your signal handling and stops your 10s shutdown tax.

Kdenlive vs DaVinci Resolve on Linux

Both are free, both run on Linux, both edit video. So which one do you pick? An honest decision guide for Linux creators choosing between Kdenlive and DaVinci Resolve.

Kdenlive Proxy Editing on Weak Hardware

Edit 4K (or chunky 1080p60) on a mini PC without the timeline turning into a slideshow. Kdenlive proxies plus VAAPI/NVENC for cheap homelab editing.

A Guide to Fixing OpenH264 Access Issues

Cisco's OpenH264 download server geoblocks sanctioned regions, breaking Firefox and Flatpak installs. Four practical fixes, ranked simple to nuclear.

Kdenlive + OBS Studio: Screencast Pipeline

Open-source screencast pipeline: record with OBS using the right settings, edit in Kdenlive, ship 1080p MP4. The combo that replaces Camtasia.

ZFS Replication with syncoid + sanoid: The Lazy Admin's Backup

sanoid manages ZFS snapshot policies automatically, syncoid replicates them over SSH to remote pools — together they're the lowest-effort offsite backup strategy for any ZFS user.

Kdenlive Basics: Effects You Actually Use

Kdenlive cheat-sheet for the effects you actually reach for every edit: blur for privacy, audio ducking, titles, transitions, and the render dialog.

eBPF for the Curious: Kernel Tracing Without the PhD

eBPF traces what Linux is actually doing — syscalls, TCP events, slow functions — without rebooting. A hands-on intro to bpftrace, BCC, and libbpf with copy-paste one-liners.

NixOS First Impressions for Pragmatists

NixOS promises reproducible, declarative Linux from a single config file. The learning cliff is steep and the Nix language is weird — but atomic rollbacks and identical machines from a git repo are genuinely worth it for the right use case.

tmux vs Zellij vs Screen: Pick Your Multiplexer

Screen is on every server, tmux is the sysadmin workhorse, and Zellij is the modern newcomer with sane defaults. Here's how all three compare — and which one you should actually use.

The Modern Unix Toolkit: fzf, ripgrep, fd, bat, eza

GNU coreutils are 50 years old and it shows. ripgrep, fd, bat, eza, fzf, and zoxide replace grep/find/cat/ls with faster, friendlier Rust-powered tools. Here's what each one wins at — and when the original still holds.