Software, Linux & Infrastructure

This blog is my workspace for building software, working with Linux systems, and developing technical infrastructure - with a focus on clear and structured solutions.

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Apache Benchmarks with ab and curl

📅 2026-03-28 ✏️ 2026-06-09 👁️ ...

apache web ab curl

Syncthing - Cloud-synchronisation without cloud

📅 2025-03-16 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

linux syncthing

Fast transfers with dd and loop-devices

📅 2024-09-22 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

dd image-copy linux loop-device

Emacs: Failed to verify signature archive-contents.sig

📅 2024-04-22 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

emacs signature key keyring

Setting static route in Debian-Linux

📅 2024-04-11 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

network routing

How to change the environment of a running (parent) process under Linux?

📅 2024-02-10 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

hacking linux process gdb

apt-file – Find programs inside APT/Debian-repositories

📅 2023-01-15 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

linux apt apt-file debian

Passwordless SSH access to server

📅 2022-12-08 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

It is possible to simulate such password entries with the expect tool, but this is anything but secure.

ssh login

Convert images to a single video using ffmpeg

📅 2022-07-13 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

ffmpeg conversion

Browse SMB/CIFS shares under Linux with smbclient

📅 2022-06-03 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

samba cifs smb smbclient

Transferring files with Netcat/nc

📅 2022-05-23 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

nc netcat

Test the IO performance of hard-disks/disks using Linux

📅 2022-04-07 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

dd hdparm io

Set the exif-date with exiftool

📅 2022-03-18 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

exif exiftool

Install Steam on Debian without using an installer

📅 2022-02-03 ✏️ 2026-03-30 👁️ ...

steam games linux

Generating spectrograms with arecord, sox and ffmpeg/avconv

📅 2019-09-19 ✏️ 2026-04-17 👁️ ...

sox spectrogram sound audio