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  • Full Disk Encryption on Fedora w/ TPM2

    A hands-on walkthrough from apalrd's adventures on how LUKS full disk encryption works on Fedora and how to enroll a key into the TPM2 with systemd-cryptenroll, including PCR choices, PIN options, crypttab edits and rebuilding the initramfs, as a first step toward a business-wide Linux rollout.

    Tutorial · Linux · Security · Tutorials · Privacy

    4 min · 923 words

  • An ad-free Android TV

    Cretezy explains how to strip ads from Android TV and Google TV devices by replacing the launcher with Projectivy, swapping YouTube for SmartTube, using Wholphin for Jellyfin and remapping the remote with Button Mapper, with step-by-step ADB commands for disabling the stock launcher and cleaning up.

    Tutorial · Android · Tutorials · Privacy

    3 min · 764 words

  • Implementing a 3-2-1 Backup Strategy with restic and Backblaze B2

    In order to follow a proper 3-2-1 backup strategy, you should have three copies of your important data: two local on different media types, and one off site. For local, I have a [DAS](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-attachedstorage>) with two 14TB drives configured in a RAID 1 array[1](<htt...

    Tutorial · Privacy · Infrastructure · Tutorials

    3 min · 660 words