I needed a fast connection between my NAS and my VM server. So I set on to the mission of doing 10 Gbps network connectivity for as cheap as possible. This is mainly to run iSCSI for VMs. I had looked at Infiband as well. However driver support was poor and things aren’t guaranteed to… Read More: 10 Gbps network for less than $60 »
So after pondering for a while, I finally decided to make the switch from the QWERTY keyboard layout to Colemak. This post will be about keeping track of my progress for my reference. I can touch type with QWERTY and have been typing on the layout for close to 10 years now, my average speed… Read More: Switching from QWERTY to Colemak keyboard layout »
Encounter the “Not logged into Rocket League servers” error while trying to get online on the Rocket League game on Linux? Here’s a fix. Rocket League needs SSL to communicate with their servers. So the first steps would be to: Make sure the system time and date is correct. I use UTC hardware clock. Make… Read More: How to fix “Not logged into Rocket League servers” error… »
These instructions apply only for GCN 1.0/Southern Island cards and GCN 1.1/Sea Islands cards. You can check if your card falls in this categories here. The AMDGPU driver is a newer driver for GNU/Linux and promises better performance and Vulkan support. You will need to do two steps to make it work. Userspace drivers –… Read More: How to use AMDGPU driver for Southern Islands and Sea… »
This post is constantly updated with whatever information I can get my hands on. Refresh for updates. World wide panic!!! Google is down! Grab your routers and run!!!11 Well not really but internet services were massively affected due to the Cyclone Vardah near Chennai. To my knowledge three major things happened. Google(AS15169) had huge problems… Read More: Google outage due to Cyclone Vardah in India »
So I was planning to start an ISP in India but a few things happened and I gave on the idea. I did however do some research which I can share with you and hopefully you’ll find that interesting and helpful. 🙂 An Internet Service Provider or an ISP is basically an organisation or a… Read More: How to start an Internet Service Provider in India »
Short blog post to post a script I wrote to backup LXC containers with encryption and push notifications. 🙂 Manually backing up LXC containers was a pain and I wrote a script in some free time that I had to automate all of this. Plus it pushes updates to Twitter, Pushbullet and email and encrypts… Read More: Backing up LXC containers with automation »
Excited by the prospect for Steam for Linux I fired up Steam to download some games. The problem was that finding a mirror with the best speed for seeming problematic. So I decided to do some analysis. 😀 I am testing all of this from AS55836 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. I primarily use this for… Read More: Analysing Steam’s network in India »
Yesterday I presented a talk at GDG(Google Developer Group) Devfest about Stop using Docker! Fun with Linux containers and networking. The venue was International Centre Goa. Many people had a lot of doubts. Of course there wasn’t enough time for everyone to get all their queries in and things were a little difficult for many… Read More: My presentation about LXC containers at GDG Devfest, ICG »
My setup guide heavily depends on Nginx so you may have to change a few things if you are using some other web server. But this should be helpful never the less. 🙂 I was looking for a nice Google Analytics alternative since I did not want to trust my user’s data with Google. I… Read More: Awesome Piwik setup – CDN, evading adblockers, GeoIP and more »