Roman's Tech Blog

I work and play as a programmer, open source consultant & trainer. Here I share some of the odds & ends I discover along the way.

Fix - Thunderbird 78 doesn't download any messages

Thunderbird 78 disabled some older TLS standards by default. Read this if this broke your connection with your IMAP server.

Explaining the different between different filesystem links in Linux

Use your F keys in the bash to get things done quicker.

Use pandoc to create a simple static website without any extra tools or frameworks.

Installing the KDE/Plasma desktop on Arch Linux on top of Xorg

Record multiple tracks to a single file using OBS. Then split them up for later editing.

A guide on how to create SHA512 encrypted password for use with OpenLDAP in Python.

Learn how to set up a Matrix synapse server with LDAP authentication on top of Arch Linux.

Annoyed that you cannot download a publically available PDF from the Google cloud? Here's a way how to satisfy your need for archival storage.

Guide on how to prepare an Arch Linux container for Proxmox