Back in 2014, I compiled a list of top server and application performance monitoring solutions. Sharing that list publicly was a great way to gain feedback and recommendations on other tools available. Over time that list grew from 20 to over 100 server monitoring and APM solutions! Because of its growing size, I’ve created a smaller, more […]
Kali Linux non-root and no pen-test tools install w/ screenshots
April 12, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxApril 12th update: Thankfully, as of 2020.1, Kali Linux has swapped to a privileged non-root user by default. You will now log in with the user you create during the install process and no longer as root. This means you can now accomplish my recommended setup (a stable non-root Debian-testing rolling release, managed by the […]
Arch Linux installer, Project POCKIT and more | biweekly #6
April 11, 2021 by Hayden James, in NewsThis post is the 6th biweekly roundup of noteworthy news articles, blog posts, product launches, and other noteworthy Linux-related content that I’ve come across over the past two weeks. Below I’ve gathered up a few standouts in the Linux space over the past two weeks. Please feel free to send suggestions or drop me an […]
Using the find command in Linux with examples
April 5, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxThis find command guide is a follow-up of my previous 90 Linux Commands frequently used by Linux Sysadmins article. Every week, or as time allows, I will publish articles on the ~ 90 commands geared toward Linux sysadmins and Linux power users. Let’s continue this series with the find command. The find command is part of findutils which […]
Improving OpenVPN performance and throughput
March 24, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxOpenVPN, Wireguard, L2TP/IPSec, SSTP, IKEv2, PPTP, or other. If you had the luxury of choosing, which of these VPN protocols would you use? Therein lies my problem. In my current use case, I must find a way to improve OpenVPN performance and throughput. You may have been following my Linux home lab build. One of […]
BeagleV, Asahi Linux, JingPad A1, and more | biweekly #5
March 22, 2021 by Hayden James, in NewsThis post is the 5th biweekly roundup of noteworthy news articles, blog posts, launches, and other cool Linux-related content that I’ve come across over the past two weeks two months. It has been a heart-wrenching past two months. Sadly, my father died on January 20th, 2021, at the age of 66. Recently, I’ve been catching […]
85% of all Smartphones are powered by Linux
March 15, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxSmartphones powered by Linux are, for a fact, dominating the smartphone market. A few of you may be scratching your heads at this point. Stop, you’ll go bald. Others are filled with “The Sound of Music” – “The Hills are Alive” kind of Linux pride! Read on, and I’ll provide some pudding, filled with proof […]
Raspberry Pi Performance: Add ZRAM and these Kernel Parameters
March 11, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxA couple of weeks ago, I published a Pinebook Pro review article on this blog. Similar to the Pinebook Pro, the Raspberry Pi and more recently the Raspberry Pi 4, are also ARM based. I’ve applied some of the optimizations mentioned in that previous article to the Raspberry Pi 4, with good results. I wanted […]
Replacing Cloudflare with CSF Firewall
March 8, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxMarch 8th, 2021 update: For the past year, this blog has been using Bunny CDN as a full-page caching solution. That said, I still use Cloudflare with other websites. I’m updating this guide with additional details and tips for using CSF (Config Server Firewall) to increase security with [or without] Cloudflare as a reverse proxy. […]
PHP 8 Compatibility Check and Performance Tips.
March 1, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxPHP 7 was first released back on 03 Dec 2015. Yes, I’m sure, it’s been around a while! The PHP team encouraged upgrading to PHP 7, hailing its improvements such as being twice as fast, consistent 64-bit support, removal of old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions, improved fatal error resistance, to name a few. A […]
Serving your blog from full-page-cache CDN locations
February 28, 2021 by Hayden James, in Blog LinuxAsk yourself, if this page didn’t load almost immediately, but instead, there was a blank white page for a few seconds, would you stick around? Around half of web users leave if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load a web page. Two years ago, I used Cloudflare’s Page Rules, specifically the “Cache Everything” […]