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One Jump Box, Many Users: Multi-User RDP on Ubuntu 26.04

September 3, 2026 • homelab, linux, ubuntu

Part 1 of building a hardened multi-user jump host: why the Essential Eight pushes you towards one, and how to get xrdp serving concurrent sessions on Wayland-native Ubuntu 26.04.

Essential Eight on Linux, Part 8 of 8: Regular Backups on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

May 5, 2026 • essential-eight, asd, ism

Part 8 of an 8-part series on implementing the Essential Eight on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering regular backups with restic, snapshots, immutable storage, and Linux-first recovery design.

Essential Eight on Linux, Part 7 of 8: User Application Hardening on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

May 4, 2026 • essential-eight, asd, ism

Part 7 of an 8-part series on implementing the Essential Eight on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering browser and user application hardening with Firefox policies, snap confinement, AppArmor, and isolation controls.

Essential Eight on Linux, Part 6 of 8: Restrict Microsoft Office Macros on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

May 1, 2026 • essential-eight, asd, ism

Part 6 of an 8-part series on implementing the Essential Eight on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering the awkward Microsoft Office macro control gap on Linux and the best compensating patterns.

Essential Eight on Linux, Part 5 of 8: Multi-Factor Authentication on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

April 30, 2026 • essential-eight, asd, ism

Part 5 of an 8-part series on implementing the Essential Eight on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering multi-factor authentication with Teleport, Entra ID, Active Directory integration, and phishing-resistant MFA.

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mlc-ai/web-llm: High-performance In-browser LLM Inference Engine
Web-LLM is a high-performance in-browser LLM inference engine. Running models locally in the browser removes the need to send prompts to a server and opens up offline or privacy-sensitive use cases.
Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex
This article introduces ImHex by reverse engineering FEZ's save file format. ImHex has become one of the best hex editors I have found recently, and the pattern matching features are particularly useful for decomposing binary files.
'Just use a VPS bro' (OpenClaw version)
This video really encapsulates my life as a Linux admin at this point in time.
A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File
I think I'm going to buy this! A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city rendered in a single HTML file.
General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian
This was a really progressive resolution, you can't please everyone - the smartest people I know lean into this technology. I think this will ultimately accelerate Debian and FOSS in general.
OpenClaw 2.0, Accidentally
Bob might be getting an upgrade ...
binvis.io: Visual analysis of binary files in the browser
binvis.io is a browser-based tool for visualizing binary files. It maps bytes to colors using space-filling curves and entropy visualization, making it easier to spot structure, compressed sections, and encrypted regions without uploading data to a server.
Tailscale/tailcat: Like netcat, but over Tailscale's data plane
Tailcat is a netcat-style utility that runs over Tailscale's encrypted data plane without needing Tailscale's control plane. It is useful for point-to-point connectivity in environments where the full Tailscale coordination server is not practical.
Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the open-source AI model hub, for $12.9 billion. The acquisition would extend Nvidia's influence from silicon into the platform layer and give it a stronger position in cloud services.
Z.ai Open-Sources 'Ox Alpha' Model as GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai is releasing its Ox Alpha reasoning model under an open-source license as GLM-5.3-Flash. The move puts another high-performance open-weight model into circulation as the release cadence from Chinese labs and their partners continues to accelerate.