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log/choose_wpgtk_over_just_pywal-17-08-2022.txt

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+> DATE: Wed 17 Aug 2022 00:09 By: konsthol@pm.me
+
+# 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 
+program's 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 🤫
+
+Just give it a shot! Maybe I'll upload my postWPG script in my gitea 
+instance sometime soon and create an actual tutorial on how to use 
+wpgtk
+
+

log/easy_file_sharing-12-09-2021.txt

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+> DATE: Sun 12 Sep 2021 00:53 By: konsthol@pm.me
+
+# Awesome file sharing tool
+
+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 don't 
+get first uploaded to the third one and then downloaded to the second 
+but somehow get uploaded and downloaded simultaneously.
+
+I'll 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
+
+which will by default use the ports 9009-9013 but you can specify 
+your own with the --ports arguement like
+
+> croc relay --ports 1111,1112
+
+Then if you make that into a systemd service (which I won't be 
+covering just yet cause I don't really understand them and only make 
+them by copy pasting basic templates 😐) it's 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 --relay "your.domain:9009" send [file]
+
+and the recipient can download it by typing
+
+> croc --relay "your.domain:9009" [code]
+
+This is super useful cause there was a time when the public instance 
+was down and I couldn't 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 Croc's github page and 
+set up your own relay asap 😎
+
+https://github.com/schollz/croc
+
+

log/the_magic_of_wake_on_lan-19-12-2024.txt

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+> DATE: Thu 19 Dec 2024 18:35 By: konsthol@pm.me
+
+# The magic of Wake-On-LAN
+
+Years ago, some good friends of mine gifted me a Raspberry Pi 4 with 
+2GB of RAM for my birthday. It’s hands down the most thoughtful 
+gift I’ve 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 laptop’s 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 wasn't 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="itsmac" and DESKTOP_MAC="itsmac", 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.
+
+/images/pic-selected-19-12-24_19-10-42.png The project's mascot
+
+I would suggest anyone to take a look at my project's 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
+
+WOL-Ly
+https://git.konsthol.eu/konsthol/WOL-Ly
+
+
+

log/webcall-25-02-2023.txt

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+> DATE: Sat 25 Feb 2023 22:42 By: konsthol@pm.me
+
+# WebCall
+
+One of the simplest ways to host a "telephony" 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 
+can't 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
+
+https://timur.mobi
+
+