How-To Guides¶

Personal Technical Knowledge Base

These technical how-to guides started as my personal reference documentation, notes and procedures I created for myself while working with various technologies. I'm sharing them here in case they might be useful to others.

Available Guides¶

Alpine Linux

Reference guide for Alpine Linux covering package management with apk, service management with OpenRC, and user administration.

Topics covered:
- Package management with apk
- OpenRC service management
- User and group administration
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Fish Shell

Fish shell setup with Fisher plugin manager and Tide prompt, autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, and a beautiful prompt out of the box.

Topics covered:
- Fish installation and default shell setup
- Fisher plugin manager
- Tide prompt via interactive setup wizard
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GPG Guide

GNU Privacy Guard implementation for encryption, signing, and SSH authentication with hardware security keys.

Topics covered:
- Smart card management (Nitrokey, YubiKey)
- SSH agent configuration
- Web Key Directory (WKD) setup
- Key server operations
- Security best practices
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HDAT2 Disk Unlock

ATA security unlock for hard drives locked by a BIOS password, using the HDAT2 DOS tool booted via Ventoy (BIOS and UEFI).

Topics covered:
- ATA security feature set explained
- Booting HDAT2 via Ventoy (BIOS and UEFI)
- Unlocking with vendor master passwords (Toshiba 32 spaces, etc.)
- HDAT2's built-in password list
- Disabling ATA security permanently
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Incus Containers

Modern container management with Incus - the community-driven successor to LXD.

Topics covered:
- Container lifecycle management
- Resource limits and performance tuning
- Network configuration and security
- Storage management and volumes
- Migration from LXD to Incus
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iwd (iwctl)

Wireless network management with iwd, a lightweight wireless daemon for Linux.

Topics covered:
- Device listing and scanning
- Network discovery and connection
- Station and device status
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macOS Tips

Power user tips and command-line tricks for macOS developers and system administrators.

Topics covered:
- Clipboard operations and JSON formatting
- System monitoring and thermal management
- Network utilities and Wi-Fi management
- Development tools and Homebrew
- Security and performance optimization
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Sysadmin Tips

System administration techniques and utilities for Linux environments.

Topics covered:
- Process management and monitoring
- Network troubleshooting
- File system operations
- Service management
- Performance optimization
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Void Linux

Post-installation setup for Void Linux with full-disk encryption and runit services.

Topics covered:
- LUKS encryption with key file
- Runit service management
- Wireless networking (iwd, dhcpcd)
- DNS configuration
- Essential packages
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WPA Cracking

Educational wireless security testing with modern tools and techniques.

Topics covered:
- Monitor mode setup and network discovery
- Handshake capture techniques
- Password cracking methods
- PMKID attacks and WPS vulnerabilities
- Educational purposes only
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tmux (Zellij-style)

Prefix-free tmux configuration inspired by Zellij — direct Ctrl/Alt shortcuts, two-line Catppuccin Mocha status bar, and labeled pane borders.

Topics covered:
- Disabling the prefix key for direct bindings
- Tab and pane management keybindings
- Pane navigation and resize
- Scroll and vi-style copy mode
- Catppuccin Mocha status bar and theming
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ZFS Storage

Advanced filesystem management with ZFS for next-generation storage solutions.

Topics covered:
- Pool and dataset management
- Compression and deduplication
- Snapshots and backup strategies
- NFS sharing configuration
- Performance optimization
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