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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 8 Part 6 - Perl Modules and Python
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. This is Part 6 of Chapter 8, the core system build. Part 5 finished the build tooling and Perl. This part builds…
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Recovering a VMware Workstation VM Encryption Password on Linux (Moving a VM Between Machines)
Moved an encrypted VMware Workstation VM to another Linux machine and hit a password prompt you never set? Here is why it happens and how to get back…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 8 Part 5 - Build Tools and Perl
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. This is Part 5 of Chapter 8, the core system build. Part 4 finished the terminal libraries and the shell. This…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 8 Part 4 - Terminal Libraries and the Shell
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. This is Part 4 of Chapter 8, the core system build. Part 3 finished the system libraries and the final permanent…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 8 Part 3 - System Libraries and the Final GCC
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. This is Part 3 of Chapter 8, the core system build. Part 2 built the toolchain group through MPC. This part builds…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 8 Part 2 - The Toolchain
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. This is Part 2 of Chapter 8, the core system build. Part 1 covered the API headers and core libraries through…
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Pop!_OS: Adding a Secondary Encrypted Drive with Auto-Unlock
What You Need A second drive installed and recognized by the system Pop! OS with an encrypted OS drive (standard Pop! OS install) Terminal access…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 8 Part 1 - API and Core Libraries
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapter 8 is the core system build, the largest chapter in the book. It compiles the final, permanent versions of…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 7 - Entering Chroot and Building Additional Temporary Tools
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapter 7 is a real shift. Up through Chapter 6 the work was cross compilation done as the lfs user. This chapter…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 6 - Cross Compiling Temporary Tools
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapter 6 cross compiles a set of basic utilities using the cross toolchain built in Chapter 5. These tools…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 5 - Compiling a Cross-Toolchain
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapter 5 builds the cross toolchain that everything else gets compiled with. This is five packages built in a…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 4 - Final Preparations
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapter 4 sets up the environment that Chapters 5 and 6 depend on entirely. This includes creating the directory…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 3 - Packages and Patches
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapter 3 covers downloading all the source packages and patches needed for the entire LFS build. This is a…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 2.6 and 2.7 - Setting $LFS and Mounting the Partition
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapters 2.6 and 2.7 are short but important. Every build command from this point forward depends on the $LFS…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 2.4 and 2.5 - Partition and Filesystem Setup
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Chapters 2.4 and 2.5 cover creating the LFS partition and formatting it with a filesystem. Since these two steps…
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Fathom-OS Build Series: Chapter 2.2 - Host System Requirements
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. Before you touch a single source package, LFS needs your host machine to be in a specific state. Chapter 2.2…
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Expanding an LVM Volume on Ubuntu 24.04 (No Reboot Required)
You expanded the disk in your hypervisor. Now the OS has no idea. Here is how to claim that space without rebooting. This comes up constantly in…
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I Spent 40 Years and Tens of Thousands on Apple and Microsoft. I Am Done
Forty years of loyalty to two companies ends here. This is not an impulse decision. I want to be clear about who is writing this before I say…
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QuietVault: Privacy-First Precious Metals Portfolio Tracker
A privacy first desktop app for tracking precious metals holdings. No cloud, no accounts, no subscriptions. I have been stacking for a while and kept…
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SSH Keys: Stop Typing Passwords and Start Using Keys
If you're typing a password every time you SSH into a box, you're doing it the slow way and the less secure way. I manage 18 Linux hosts. If I had to…
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QuietLedger: Privacy-First Personal Finance Tracker
Track your complete financial picture from a single desktop app. No cloud accounts, no subscriptions, no data leaving your machine. I built…
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QuietKeep: Self-Hosted Patch Management and Docker Updates Over SSH
Manage Linux patches and Docker stack updates across your entire fleet from one dashboard. No agents required. I built QuietKeep because I got tired…
IT & Systems
Installing Docker on Ubuntu Desktop
Get Docker running on your daily driver for testing and development You're running Ubuntu Desktop as your main system and want to experiment with…
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Docker & Portainer - Container Management Made Easy [Part 4 of 10]
Installing Docker and setting up a beautiful web UI for managing containers You've got your server running and storage configured. Now it's time to…
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Storage with RAID 5 - Protecting Your Data [Part 3 of 10]
Building redundant storage so one drive failure doesn't ruin your day You've got your server running Ubuntu. Now let's talk about storage. If you're…
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Building Your HomeLab Server - Hardware & Ubuntu Setup [Part 2 of 10]
Choosing the right hardware and installing a rock solid foundation You've decided to build a HomeLab. Now comes the fun part: building (or…
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Fixing Nagios Core After Fedora OS Upgrades
You upgraded Fedora. Nagios stopped sending alerts. The command file vanished. You got that dreaded “Could not stat() command file” error. This is…
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Lock Down Your Linux Box with UFW, The Starter Guide for New Users
A beginner friendly firewall setup for new Linux users who just want their system to be safe and sane. Disclaimer: This guide is written and tested…
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The No-BS Guide to VNC on Ubuntu Server 22.04 (It Actually Works)
Get remote access without setting your desktop or sanity on fire. So you’ve got a box running Ubuntu Server 22.04, and you want GUI access from afar,…
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Fathom-OS Project Log: Vision, Status & Milestones
This post was updated on June 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM EDT to reflect the current state of the project. Fathom OS has moved from planning to active…