Plan79 Retro Corner

Server Stuff

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:50:54 +0300

I manage two servers. I have a home server called ceres-debian and a public server called pluto-ubuntu.

Ceres

I have a ThinkCentre m93p sitting on my bookshelf. It runs GNU/Debian Trixie, with 16 GB ram. It has rather modest storage space, 128 GB for the main OS, and 3 TB disk for storage with and additional 1 TB disk for an archive of movies/series I gathered over time.

I have /home on a separate partition which is encrypted. The main 3 TB storage space is also LUKS encrypted to ensure data security in case someone breaks in an steals the computer. This means that the server needs unlocking whenever it reboots.

About page

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello. Welcome to my little corner of the internet. This is a space where I have some articles and my notes on Linux, NetBSD, Recalbox on a CRT, setting up my machines, retro stuff/computers/games, server setup, and some resources such as bookmarks and files I’ve collected and find useful and find useful.

I tried to keep the pages simple as I want to access these resources on old browsers and text browsers. This pages are written in Hugo, served on an Ubuntu server running on free tier Oracle service. There will be articles how I set this up also.

Using stow to manage dotfiles on multiple systems

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:32:32 +0300

As a long time Linux user (almost 25 years now), there are a few tasks which have always been in the back of my mind but which I’ve always neglected. One of them is proper backups. I will come back later to that hopefully (I know). The other is a proper way to manage my dotfiles. I copy my dotfiles between my systems, try to move them to a new system and usually create a new version, trying to invent the wheel all over again every time. I’ve checked GNU stow before, but it did not really click in my mind, or maybe I wasn’t paying attention.