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Choosing a distributed social platform is not simple

Posted on zo 05 maart 2017 in webapps • Tagged with fediverse

Fiddling around with open source / free alternatives for social networking has reconfirmed the one major problem with open source : there are so many forks to choose from.

To help someone choose a linux distro to run will end op in a short questionnaire about the needs of the person asking …


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Released puppet module for ispprotect to the forge

Posted on zo 26 februari 2017 in software • Tagged with puppet

This week I wrapped up version 0.3.0 of the ispprotect puppet module I created for the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The module manages the installation and scheduling of ISPProtect, a php malware scanner that also scans for outdated versions of popular PHP applications. The module can be found at …


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Friendica forums and community pages · friendica/friendica Wiki · GitHub

Posted on zo 19 februari 2017 in webapps • Tagged with fediverse

Pagina’s / forums maken over een onderwerp op hollandsepod.nl

Op veler verzoek (1) heb ik even uitgezocht hoe je een pagina/forum kunt maken. Volgens de documentatie op de wiki van friendica is het zoveel als een extra account maken en vervolgens je eigen account rechten delegeren, zodat je …


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Puppet – Server Error: hiera configuration version 3 cannot be used in an environment

Posted on za 04 februari 2017 in software • Tagged with debian, red_hat, puppet, homelab

Today I found my homelab puppet setup failing. I mostly run the latest released puppet code on my setup and this time it bit me in the ass :

Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: hiera configuration version 3 cannot be used in …

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Third party apps crashing on MacBook Pro Late 2016

Posted on ma 26 december 2016 in desktop • Tagged with apple

The experience with my MacBook Pro late 2016 have been mostly positive. There is an annoying thing going on with third party apps, including Firefox and KeepassX, crashing. The crashes always report themselves when I unlock my laptop. So I suspect it occurs during sleep or wake of the laptop …


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