AJ's Blog
This is a personal blog focused on computer software and hardware. Most
projects are implementing software and hardware for a homelab. What is a
homelab? I would say a homelab could be a single computer or dozens of
computers connected in a network. You can also integrate with computers
in the Cloud.
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Recent Posts
07-17-2021
Cygwin is a collection of open source tools that are commonly found on GNU/Linux systems but not found on Windows systems. It includes a library for x86_64 Windows systems that provides some POSIX API functionality.
Installing Cygwin If you set up Windows 10 per my previous post, you already have this utility installed. If not, I recommend using Chocolatey to install and maintain this software.
1 choco install cygwin If you install Cygwin via chocolatey, the binary will be located in:
07-11-2021
As of this post, I am running a Windows 10 custom built desktop.
There are certain tools that I install on every system I use and I have written some scripts to automate the setup process for brand new systems.
Any code on this page can also be found on my public GitHub repositories.
Installing Windows 10 Head here to Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com). Launch the media creation tool, accept the EULA, and then select “Create installation media”.
07-03-2021
One way to install new Operating Systems onto your computer is by using a USB storage device, also known as a flash drive. There is already great software available to users on different operating systems for rewriting USB drives to serve as operating system installers.
Recommended software for Windows 10 – Rufus If you are creating USB installation media on Windows 10, especially if you are creating a Windows 10 installer, I recommend using Rufus.
06-27-2021
This post is focused on where I got started with my homelab many years ago. My lab started with a Raspberry Pi Model B+ in 2014. I installed Raspbian and hooked up a small monitor and battery and had a mobile Linux station. After upgrading to a beefier “server” system in 2017 I decided to repurpose that Pi into a network-wide ad blocker. This was accomplished with the Pi-hole open-source project.
06-21-2021
This blog is managed in a private git repository. Posts are created in markdown format and a program called Hugo takes those files and generates a set of HTML and CSS files necessary to run a website on a web server.
Example blog I have uploaded an example hugo blog on my personal gitlab profile. I will be outlining the process to create that example blog below.
1. Prerequisites: Hugo and git Hugo: https://gohugo.
06-20-2021
This is my first post. This blog will be focused on hybrid cloud technologies. Stay tuned for more.
Check the footer of each page for links to my Github and GitLab pages. For more information about the author, see the about page.