sleeplessbeastie's notes

I have already presented an easy way to build Vagrant Debian base box using qemu, but on some platforms it is better to use VitrualBox as it is not possible to use kvm accelerator.

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It is time to look into build process of Debian Vagrant box, create one using packer utility for creating machine and container images and alter the whole process it a little bit.

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I enjoy using Newsbeuter RSS reader, so I quickly generated simple theme using my favorite colors. I will share it with you and strongly encourage to create your own theme as the whole process is quite fun and satisfying.

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I am constantly moving between fixed list of several directories on daily basis. Using cd can be tedious at times, so I defined shell function to quickly jump between defined set of directories.

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My local Internet service provider is redirecting non existent domains to the crappy website used to serve advertisements and compromise user privacy. This behavior can be easily circumvented using third party DNS servers or an OpenWRT small Linux distribution for embedded devices.

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I am using tmux terminal multiplexer on daily basis. It is irreplaceable utility that eases common tasks as it lets you switch between multiple applications in one terminal. I will briefly describe my personal configuration setup.

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Vagrant is an awesome piece of software, but constantly downloading system packages is very time consuming. The simplest solution is to setup apt caching proxy as Vagrant box.

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Today I will publish Vagrant configuration file to setup Dokuwiki instance as described in the earlier blog post. It is just an useful reference, so you can see for yourself how easy it is.

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Today I will install Vagrant which provides an easy way to configure reproducible and portable virtual environments. It is just a first step towards this new direction, so stay tuned for more details soon.

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I have already described a straightforward way to automatically login user at the console without touching graphical user interface using Debian Wheezy, so today I will post an update for Debian Jessie as the whole process has changed considerably.

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