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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.

A Drop Bear Before Boot: Unlocking LUKS over SSH on Ubuntu 26.04

August 3, 2026 • linux, ubuntu, ssh

My encrypted server was secure right up until it rebooted and waited for a passphrase nobody could type remotely. Dropbear gave me a tiny SSH server inside the initramfs and a safe way to unlock LUKS from elsewhere.

The Real Differences Between Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux in 2026

May 12, 2026 • linux, ubuntu, red-hat

A practical enterprise-level comparison of Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux in 2026, focused on the things that matter when moving from an Ubuntu estate to a Red Hat one: management tooling, package lifecycle, services, SELinux, Ansible, and automated installs.

Is Ubuntu 26.04 the Start of the Linux AI Desktop?

May 10, 2026 • ubuntu, linux, ai

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is not trying to turn the desktop into a chatbot. It is making it easier to run AI tools locally, see what hardware is being used, and choose which models belong on your machine.

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.

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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.