January 13, 2022

Configuring systemd-networkd on Debian

By default, Debian uses /etc/network/interfaces file to manage your network interfaces by means of ifup and ifdown commands. If you’re not happy with it, you can choose to use NetworkManager...

February 15, 2021

Enabling C cedilla (ç) on GNOME - updated way

I use an english keyboard but also happen to type in Portuguese. To type in accents, a standard way is adding a new keyboard source (English alt. intl.) and use...

September 07, 2020

Synchronizing password changes on Gnome-Keyring

I have a good habit of changing my system password every 3 months. However, recently I noticed that when I changed it on GNOME interface, it didn’t reflect on Gnome...

May 24, 2020

TIL: How to install Debian on bhyve (or FreeNAS)

When installing Debian 10 on FreeNAS (which uses bhyve as the hypervisor) using UEFI, I faced some issues once I removed the installation media, I couldn’t boot anymore and I...

February 27, 2020

Configuring a shared media folder with Plex on FreeNAS

I struggled a little when configuring Plex + SMB on a ZFS dataset because there are no proper error messages for issues of this kind. Create a new Dataset with...