Iâm passionate about making technology work smarter, not harder. I
-love diving into workflow automation, tweaking Linux systems for peak
-performance and security, and managing cloud servers. I get a real kick
-out of solving complex tech problems and turning ideas into practical
-solutions.
-
I would better describe
-myself as a
+
+ Iâm passionate about making technology work smarter, not harder. I love diving
+ into workflow automation, tweaking Linux systems for peak performance and
+ security, and managing cloud servers. I get a real kick out of solving complex
+ tech problems and turning ideas into practical solutions.
+
if you have no ssh client available. Note: access from the url is
-shared across all users through an immutable Guest user account. That
-means that there will be no user settings persistance.
+
+ if you have no ssh client available. Note: access from the url is shared
+ across all users through an immutable Guest user account. That means that
+ there will be no user settings persistance.
+
Pywal is a simple KISS principled python application that extracts
-colors from an image and creates a color pallete to theme different
-programs
-
By default there are some templates that are stored in its .cache
-directory and there is an option to create new templates in its .config
-directory.
-
I found it to be simpler to create every template with wpgtk and
-store it in its templates folder in .config because there it also
-utilizes symlinks to its respective files and thus you can have every
-programâs file to manage in one place.
-
Moreover wpgtk conveniently stores each created colorscheme in a
-schemes folder in .config and along with that every wallpaper used as a
-symlink to the actual wallpaper in a wallpapers folder.
-
It also has a gui interface but I never really found a use for it as
-one can easily perform every needed action using just the cli.
-
After creating a script to be run after every use of the program to
-theme application that need third party scripts like telegram and
-qutebrowser the process of switching colorschemes on the fly becomes
-easy as pie and fast as fuck đ€«
-
Just give it a shot! Maybe Iâll upload my postWPG script in my gitea
-instance sometime soon and create an actual tutorial on how to use
-wpgtk
+
wpgtk is just more convenient
+
+ Pywal is a simple KISS principled python application that extracts colors from
+ an image and creates a color pallete to theme different programs
+
+
+ By default there are some templates that are stored in its .cache directory
+ and there is an option to create new templates in its .config directory.
+
+
+ I found it to be simpler to create every template with wpgtk and store it in
+ its templates folder in .config because there it also utilizes symlinks to its
+ respective files and thus you can have every programâs file to manage in one
+ place.
+
+
+ Moreover wpgtk conveniently stores each created colorscheme in a schemes
+ folder in .config and along with that every wallpaper used as a symlink to the
+ actual wallpaper in a wallpapers folder.
+
+
+ It also has a gui interface but I never really found a use for it as one can
+ easily perform every needed action using just the cli.
+
+
+ After creating a script to be run after every use of the program to theme
+ application that need third party scripts like telegram and qutebrowser the
+ process of switching colorschemes on the fly becomes easy as pie and fast as
+ fuck đ€«
+
+
+ Just give it a shot! Maybe Iâll upload my postWPG script in my gitea instance
+ sometime soon and create an actual tutorial on how to use wpgtk
+
Croc is one of the best easy to use file sharing cli tools I came
-across and only recently discovered how easy it can be to self host your
-own relay.
-
Croc as far as I understand needs an intermediary to staple as it
-says the connection between two computers. If I grasp the concept
-correctly if two computers can both connect to a third one then a
-connection between them can be established. The files sent over donât
-get first uploaded to the third one and then downloaded to the second
-but somehow get uploaded and downloaded simultaneously.
-
Iâll have to further read about that but in short if you have a
-computer like a server with a static ip that is easily accessible from
-the internet then because of the great job the author did you can host a
-relay simply by typing the command
+
+ Croc is one of the best easy to use file sharing cli tools I came across and
+ only recently discovered how easy it can be to self host your own relay.
+
+
+ Croc as far as I understand needs an intermediary to staple as it says the
+ connection between two computers. If I grasp the concept correctly if two
+ computers can both connect to a third one then a connection between them can
+ be established. The files sent over donât get first uploaded to the third one
+ and then downloaded to the second but somehow get uploaded and downloaded
+ simultaneously.
+
+
+ Iâll have to further read about that but in short if you have a computer like
+ a server with a static ip that is easily accessible from the internet then
+ because of the great job the author did you can host a relay simply by typing
+ the command
+
-
croc relay
+
croc relay
-
which will by default use the ports 9009-9013 but you can specify
-your own with the âports arguement like
+
+ which will by default use the ports 9009-9013 but you can specify your own
+ with the âports arguement like
+
-
croc relay âports 1111,1112
+
croc relay âports 1111,1112
-
Then if you make that into a systemd service (which I wonât be
-covering just yet cause I donât really understand them and only make
-them by copy pasting basic templates đ) itâs basically a set and forget
-kind of thing and you can now send files to anyone in any operating
-system by using croc by typing
+
+ Then if you make that into a systemd service (which I wonât be covering just
+ yet cause I donât really understand them and only make them by copy pasting
+ basic templates đ) itâs basically a set and forget kind of thing and you can
+ now send files to anyone in any operating system by using croc by typing
+
-
croc ârelay âyour.domain:9009â send [file]
+
croc ârelay âyour.domain:9009â send [file]
and the recipient can download it by typing
-
croc ârelay âyour.domain:9009â [code]
+
croc ârelay âyour.domain:9009â [code]
-
This is super useful cause there was a time when the public instance
-was down and I couldnât send files when it was just so easy to not be
-dependent on the public instance in the first place.
-
You should definetely read more about it on Crocâs github page and
-set up your own relay asap đ
+ This is super useful cause there was a time when the public instance was down
+ and I couldnât send files when it was just so easy to not be dependent on the
+ public instance in the first place.
+
+
+ You should definetely read more about it on Crocâs github page and set up your
+ own relay asap đ
+
Years ago, some good friends of mine gifted me a Raspberry Pi 4 with
-2GB of RAM for my birthday. Itâs hands down the most thoughtful gift
-Iâve ever received, perfectly matching my hobbies. They were lucky to
-even find one during the chip shortage! I initially used it as a VPN
-server with WireGuard and played around with Pi-hole for network-wide ad
-blocking.
-
Eventually, I got into cloud computing and started hosting multiple
-services on a VPS I rent from MVPS. This VPS, with its 4GB of RAM,
-currently runs several of my daily-use services like Gitea, Searx, NTFY,
-and more. Although the Raspberry Pi could theoretically handle these
-services, its 2GB of RAM limited simultaneous operations.
-
One day, it hit me: why not use the Raspberry Pi for a simpler
-project like a Wake-On-LAN (WOL) server? It requires minimal resources
-and just needs to stay on and send WOL packets. The Raspberry Pi is
-connected via Wi-Fi to the same network as my laptop. Normally, waking
-up my laptop with WOL would require an Ethernet cable connection to the
-router, but I connected one end to the Pi and the other to the
-laptop.
-
I started with a simple shell script using etherwake, a command-line
-tool to send WOL packets. After enabling WOL in my laptopâs BIOS and
-confirming it on the OS using ethtool, I could easily wake my laptop
-remotely using a Termux shortcut on my phone, which SSHed into the
-Raspberry Pi to execute the etherwake command.
-
Though this setup worked perfectly fine, I wanted to make it even
-better. Initially, the Raspberry Pi only ran SSH and executed a command
-to wake my laptop. So it wasnât really a WOL server. After some
-research, I found Flask and created an actual WOL server. This server
-had routes, authentication, logging, rate limits, and more to ensure
-robustness and security.
-
What makes my Flask-based server so cool is its dynamic nature. I can
-configure a .env file with multiple device MAC addresses, allowing
-numerous routes for different devices. For instance, I have
-LAPTOP_MAC=âitsmacâ and DESKTOP_MAC=âitsmacâ, enabling me to wake them
-via HTTP requests at /wol/laptop and /wol/desktop, respectively.
-
One open-source application that fits my use case is HTTP Shortcuts
-from F-Droid. After configuring a specific route, I can turn it into a
-widget on my home screen. This way, I can wake my laptop up with just a
-tap! Plus, I use dynamic DNS, so my Pi is accessible from anywhere.
-
The projectâs
-mascot
-
I would suggest anyone to take a look at my projectâs repo and if
-they find that it fits their needs, use the setupSingleBinary.sh script
-to grab the latest executable. The repo is over at
+ Years ago, some good friends of mine gifted me a Raspberry Pi 4 with 2GB of
+ RAM for my birthday. Itâs hands down the most thoughtful gift Iâve ever
+ received, perfectly matching my hobbies. They were lucky to even find one
+ during the chip shortage! I initially used it as a VPN server with WireGuard
+ and played around with Pi-hole for network-wide ad blocking.
+
+
+ Eventually, I got into cloud computing and started hosting multiple services
+ on a VPS I rent from MVPS. This VPS, with its 4GB of RAM, currently runs
+ several of my daily-use services like Gitea, Searx, NTFY, and more. Although
+ the Raspberry Pi could theoretically handle these services, its 2GB of RAM
+ limited simultaneous operations.
+
+
+ One day, it hit me: why not use the Raspberry Pi for a simpler project like a
+ Wake-On-LAN (WOL) server? It requires minimal resources and just needs to stay
+ on and send WOL packets. The Raspberry Pi is connected via Wi-Fi to the same
+ network as my laptop. Normally, waking up my laptop with WOL would require an
+ Ethernet cable connection to the router, but I connected one end to the Pi and
+ the other to the laptop.
+
+
+ I started with a simple shell script using etherwake, a command-line tool to
+ send WOL packets. After enabling WOL in my laptopâs BIOS and confirming it on
+ the OS using ethtool, I could easily wake my laptop remotely using a Termux
+ shortcut on my phone, which SSHed into the Raspberry Pi to execute the
+ etherwake command.
+
+
+ Though this setup worked perfectly fine, I wanted to make it even better.
+ Initially, the Raspberry Pi only ran SSH and executed a command to wake my
+ laptop. So it wasnât really a WOL server. After some research, I found Flask
+ and created an actual WOL server. This server had routes, authentication,
+ logging, rate limits, and more to ensure robustness and security.
+
+
+ What makes my Flask-based server so cool is its dynamic nature. I can
+ configure a .env file with multiple device MAC addresses, allowing numerous
+ routes for different devices. For instance, I have LAPTOP_MAC=âitsmacâ and
+ DESKTOP_MAC=âitsmacâ, enabling me to wake them via HTTP requests at
+ /wol/laptop and /wol/desktop, respectively.
+
+
+ One open-source application that fits my use case is HTTP Shortcuts from
+ F-Droid. After configuring a specific route, I can turn it into a widget on my
+ home screen. This way, I can wake my laptop up with just a tap! Plus, I use
+ dynamic DNS, so my Pi is accessible from anywhere.
+
+
+ The projectâs mascot
+
+
+ I would suggest anyone to take a look at my projectâs repo and if they find
+ that it fits their needs, use the setupSingleBinary.sh script to grab the
+ latest executable. The repo is over at
+
One of the simplest ways to host a âtelephonyâ service is to use
-webcall.
-
Like with emails, you can use any webcall server to communicate with
-any other webcall server. Meaning that if for example you register a
-number with https://timur.mobi/ which is the default public server you
-can still make a call to someone who has registered a number with
-https://talk.konsthol.eu if you know their number by replacing the
-server address field in the dialpad icon.
-
All calls are encrypted and the server does not have access to the
-content of the calls. That is because the server uses webrtc and tries
-to make peer to peer connections.
-
There is also an integrated TURN server which is used if the peers
-canât connect directly but if the connection is made though that then no
-video transmission is possible. I suspect that this is a limitation of
-the TURN server used in webcall because in jitsi meet which uses coturn
-instead of pion, it is always possible.
-
Another differentiation of the two services is that in webcall no
-more than 2 people can join a conversation, which is more similar to how
-a regular telephone call behaves.
-
Also there is currently no functionality to block a number as far as
-I can see but it should be fairly easy to figure out the public ip
-address and block it like that.
-
You should give it a shot and see if it works for you. The source
-code is at a link over at
+
One of the simplest ways to host a âtelephonyâ service is to use webcall.
+
+ Like with emails, you can use any webcall server to communicate with any other
+ webcall server. Meaning that if for example you register a number with
+ https://timur.mobi/ which is the default public server you can still make a
+ call to someone who has registered a number with https://talk.konsthol.eu if
+ you know their number by replacing the server address field in the dialpad
+ icon.
+
+
+ All calls are encrypted and the server does not have access to the content of
+ the calls. That is because the server uses webrtc and tries to make peer to
+ peer connections.
+
+
+ There is also an integrated TURN server which is used if the peers canât
+ connect directly but if the connection is made though that then no video
+ transmission is possible. I suspect that this is a limitation of the TURN
+ server used in webcall because in jitsi meet which uses coturn instead of
+ pion, it is always possible.
+
+
+ Another differentiation of the two services is that in webcall no more than 2
+ people can join a conversation, which is more similar to how a regular
+ telephone call behaves.
+
+
+ Also there is currently no functionality to block a number as far as I can see
+ but it should be fairly easy to figure out the public ip address and block it
+ like that.
+
+
+ You should give it a shot and see if it works for you. The source code is at a
+ link over at
+
