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This small RISC-V homeserver can host almost anything 🚀

Getting NixOS running with various web services and features on this StarFive VisionFive 2 SBC took some years but finally it’s taking shape. If you’re reading this blog post, you reached our new tiny homeserver in the basement of our living community in Karlsruhe, Germany. It’s running behind a standard cable internet NAT and a […]

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Record radio stations usig NixOS and systemd-timers

Following snippet in this article will help you record your favorite radio shows using ffmpeg and systemd-timers. We schedule two different recordings, one at Sun *-*-* 21:59:00, meaning every Sunday at 10 PM and an other one at Mon..Fri 18:59:00 Europe/London, which means every weekday at 7 PM London time. The script automatically creates the […]

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Nix Flake development environment for WordPress

Following example provides a Nix Flake snippet which will spawn a virtual machine with WordPress running on NixOS locally. Custom plugin or theme sources can be mounted into the VM for development purpose. Let’s start with the Flake-file itself. It can be created inside your theme or plugin directory which you want to work on. […]

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Innovative Nutzung von Solarwechselrichtern

In einer Welt, in der Nachhaltigkeit mehr als nur ein Trend ist, sondern eine Notwendigkeit, haben Innovationen im Bereich der erneuerbaren Energien eine zentrale Bedeutung erlangt. Eine dieser bahnbrechenden Innovationen ist die effiziente Nutzung von Solarwechselrichtern, die nicht nur umweltfreundlich, sondern auch wirtschaftlich vorteilhaft sind. Durch die Integration smarter Technologien in unseren Alltag haben wir jetzt die einzigartige Möglichkeit, unsere Energiegewohnheiten in Echtzeit zu überwachen und zu optimieren. Stell dir vor, du könntest mit einer App genau sehen, wie viel Strom du gerade produzierst und verbrauchst – klingt praktisch, oder?

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Linux WSL2 printing server on Windows 10

Printing on Windows is sometimes troublesome. When it is not working, you won’t have any chance to fix it yourself, debug or configure it more in-depth. This guide will show you a workaround on how to use the Linux CUPS printing client and server on Windows 10 using WSL2. The CUPS printer will be then […]

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Nextcloud development environment on NixOS

Using nixos-shell it is easy to build and run a virtual machine from a Nix configuration file describing the system. I started using this tool to create clean and reproducible test environments for developing Nextcloud apps. The requirement for this setup was to automatically configure Nextcloud, additional apps and users for testing. The Nextcloud service […]

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Use CUPS printing server on Windows 10

Printing on Windows is sometimes troublesome. When it is not working, you won’t have any chance to fix it yourself, debug or configure it more in-depth. This guide will show you a workaround on how to use the Linux CUPS printing client and server on Windows 10 using WSL2. The CUPS printer will be then […]

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Configure privacy focused browser LibreWolf on NixOS

LibreWolf is a fork of the popular open-source browser Firefox. It includes an adblocker enabled by default, no sponsored advertisements nor telemetry and many privacy and security tweaks. By default LibreWolf has strict privacy settings by disabling the browser history, persistent cookeis and for example, WebGL support. The browser is already available in the NixOS […]