General

A look at how to install the super lightweight Cherokee web server on localhost with PHP support. Additional steps are required to set up a database, or to allow it to be accessable from the internet. I demo with Dokuwiki, which is a fantastic PHP flat file personal wiki. With a new setup, I thought I'd give the theme a bit of a freshen up too.

Encryption is something many people either don't understand, or don't think they need until they've been the victim of something it could have prevented; by that time it's too late. This tutorial is about basic practical encryption on Linux using encfs and cryptkeeper. I explain how to symlink config files inside encrypted volumes, as well as extending the concept to Dropbox.

The "how I record my screencasts" meta screencast, I explain some of the pitfalls to avoid with both GTK-RecordMyDesktop and Transmageddon.

The install process for putting a Linux distro onto a USB thumbdrive or SD card including the importance of and how to check the MD5SUM. Unetbootin creates the equivalent of a live CD on a thumbdrive, it is compressed and read only; for persistence you will need to install differently.

An entry level look at Conky, how to get started with a .conkyrc file, a look at a few variables and how to get Conky to start at login.