https://linuxrenaissance.com/ Recent content on Linux Renaissance Hugo en Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/debian-is-stable/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/debian-is-stable/ People often mistake the word “stable” in different contexts and I wish to clear up the confusion. There are two main meanings in the world of GNU/Linux for the word above and these two meanings are vastly different: once booted the system does not crash, therefore it is stable once installed the system behaves exactly the same for the lifetime of this install, therefore it is stable In both examples above you can mix-in the word “reliable” in more than one way as well, but for me personally the word reliable means that I can rely on my computer to be ready to do my bidding when I am ready to use the system. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/touch-grass-2026/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/touch-grass-2026/ This will expose me, but I care more about helping others than appearing flawless. I have anxiety and it has been creating a lot of problems for me. Some of them are genuine blockers in my life. We geeks are somewhat more prone to having anxiety, at least we used to be. One of the bigger sources of our anxiety is the lack of physical activity which is, partially, driven by our love for computers. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/skynet-one/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/skynet-one/ I have a small worry to share with you. Linux is powering roughly two thirds of all devices in the world. This means that Linux doesn’t only control our home computers but also servers that make up the building blocks of many critical services which our daily lives depend upon. Linux also powers the vast majority of TCP/IP networking nowadays, considering the fact that every home router is Linux powered. If Linux could think for itself then Linux would have insane power over Humans. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/getting-steam-machine/ Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/getting-steam-machine/ Nearly half a year ago I have made a decision that I am not buying a Steam Machine. See, half a year is a lot of time in the current capitalist world. A company announces a product, the hype get properly generated, and then the product doesn’t ship. Valve’s apologists will argue that it’s not Valve’s fault that the hardware didn’t ship, but the state of consumer electronics’ prices in 2026. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/steam-machine/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/steam-machine/ Before you start reading: This post was drafted by an LLM from the transcript of the corresponding video. Valve is about to ship the Steam Machine. We don’t have a date yet, we don’t have a price yet, but it’s coming. First half of 2026. Maybe next week, maybe next month, but it’s coming. And everyone is going to tell you the same story. Valve saved Linux gaming. Valve made this possible. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/rode-interview-pro/ Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/rode-interview-pro/ I have a small problem with microphones. I keep buying them. Two and a half years into making YouTube videos, I have accumulated a small fleet. The Rode XDM-100 USB microphone for the desk. The Rode Procaster XLR with its own audio interface for the studio sessions. A few odds and ends in between. Each one solved a problem I had at the time, and each one introduced new problems I didn’t have before. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/debian-is-king/ Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/debian-is-king/ Why Debian Stable Is Still King in 2026 I have a confession to make. I am a distrohopper. Not the kind who reinstalls every weekend looking for the perfect setup. The quieter kind — the one who reads every release announcement, who keeps a spare ThinkPad around just to try things, who finds reasons to install something new even when there is no good reason at all. I love the smell of a fresh package manager in the morning. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/krode/ Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/krode/ When the Vendor Forgets Linux Exists Last week I bought a Rode Interview PRO wireless microphone. It is a beautiful piece of hardware — properly wireless, with onboard storage so I can record street interviews without worrying about signal drops. I have been waiting for sunny weather to take it out for its first real test. On paper, Linux support should be a non-issue. Plug it in, it shows up as USB mass storage, copy your WAV files off, done. https://linuxrenaissance.com/patrons/ Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/patrons/ I’m Darth — the guy in the red fedora. For over two years I have been building Linux Renaissance from scratch, with no corporate backing, no sponsor deals, and not dependent on any algorithm to survive. Just a genuine belief that free software knowledge should be free for everyone. Here is what that looks like in practice: 300+ videos covering free software, Linux how-tos, BSD, and opinion pieces — all produced, edited, and published by one person. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/feeds/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/feeds/ I have been an early adopter for most of my life. New platforms, new tools, new ways of being online — I was usually there before most people had heard of them. I do not regret any of it. The experience was real and some of it was genuinely good. But participating in the algorithmic machine has taken a toll I can no longer ignore. Twitter was my big one. I left it and came back more times than I care to count. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/your-last-computer/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/your-last-computer/ Eleven years ago I wrote something in my notes that I have been hoping to be wrong about ever since. The prediction was simple: by 2025 we would start seeing the first serious moves toward putting your entire computing life in someone else’s cloud. By 2035, I wrote, this would be mainstream. Most people would own a screen, a keyboard, and a camera — and nothing else. Everything that actually runs would live somewhere in a data center, billed monthly, accessible only as long as you keep paying. https://linuxrenaissance.com/courses/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/courses/ LPIC-1 Linux Certification Course Since 2025, I have been guiding knowledge-thirsty souls through the world of Linux — one exam objective at a time. The journey began with LPIC-1 (101), covering system architecture, Linux installation, GNU and Unix commands, devices, filesystems, and more. Now in the second year, we are diving deep into LPIC-1 (102) — shells, scripting, user interfaces, administrative tasks, essential system services, networking fundamentals, and security. All sessions are held as live online classes, open to anyone willing to learn. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/debian-fastforward/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/debian-fastforward/ Debian Stable is one of the most reliable Linux distributions available. That reliability, however, comes with a trade-off that every Debian user eventually confronts: the software is old. Not broken, not insecure — just old. And depending on what you do with your system, that can range from a minor inconvenience to a genuine obstacle. The Debian release cycle is long by design. Stability is the goal, and achieving it takes time. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/peertube/ Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/peertube/ Two years ago I started self-hosting PeerTube on a Raspberry Pi I already had sitting around. The whole thing cost me nothing but time — which is exactly the right way to start any self-hosting journey. If you have a Pi and curiosity, that is genuinely enough to get started. The Pi did the job, but it had its limits. Transcoding was slow, storage was constrained, and the hardware was never going to win any reliability contests over the long run. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/recover-root-password/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/recover-root-password/ It happens more often than anyone admits. You inherit a server from a colleague who left the company. You spin up an old VM you haven’t touched in two years. You buy a second-hand machine with Linux already on it. Or you simply forgot — because you set it up at midnight and never wrote it down. Whatever the reason, you’re staring at a login prompt and you don’t know the password. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/fedora-44/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/fedora-44/ I have tried Fedora Linux on multiple occasions, and let’s just say it never truly went smoothly. In fact, my reliance on Debian as my cradle — the system that takes care of me and keeps me warm and fuzzy thanks to being the best stable distro in the universe — has spoiled me, to put it mildly. With Fedora, I always ran into something that would be a deal-breaker for me. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/nextcloud/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/nextcloud/ Every photo you’ve ever taken is on Google’s servers. Every document you’ve written is on Microsoft’s. Every note, every contact, every calendar event — stored somewhere you don’t control, managed by a company whose business model depends on knowing as much about you as possible. Most people accept this because the alternative seems complicated. And for a long time, it was. The thing is, you already own the hardware that could change this. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/kvm/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/kvm/ There is a moment that every Linux enthusiast eventually reaches. Your server is running well. Your services are humming along. And then you want to add one more thing — and suddenly you are staring at a dependency conflict, a port collision, or a configuration that is about to make something else stop working. The instinct is to get another machine. Don’t. Get a hypervisor instead. Virtual machines changed how I think about servers entirely. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/nfsmount/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/nfsmount/ At some point, every home server enthusiast hits the same wall. The files are on one machine. You need them on another. So you copy them over. Then you edit something. Now you have two versions. Which one is current? You copy it back. You forget to copy it back. You copy the wrong direction. There is a better way, and it has existed since 1984. NFS — Network File System — is one of those Unix technologies that has quietly outlasted everything built to replace it. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/spotifyd/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/spotifyd/ The problem: older car, no Bluetooth that works reliably, and the Spotify Jam feature is genuinely useful on longer trips with passengers. The solution: a Raspberry Pi tucked somewhere in the car, permanently connected to the stereo via a regular 3.5mm cable, running Spotifyd as a Spotify Connect target. What you will need Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 with a proper audio-out jack (RPi 3 works fine) A microSD card of at least 4 GB USB power adapter suitable for your car A 3. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/social-media-blackout/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/social-media-blackout/ I have been online since before most people knew what the internet was. IRC before 1995. ICQ. Forums. Facebook. Twitter. Each new platform arrived and I adopted it eagerly, the way introverts often do — here was a way to connect with people on your own terms, at your own pace, from the safety of your own room. For a long time it genuinely worked that way. I remember Twitter around 2009. https://linuxrenaissance.com/consulting/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/consulting/ Welcome to My Consulting Services With over 25 years of experience in Debian systems, I specialize in setting up and maintaining both Debian servers and workstations. Since I began my journey in 1997, I have developed a deep understanding of the intricacies of Debian, allowing me to provide tailored solutions to meet your needs. Services Offered: Debian Server Setup and Configuration Workstation Installation and Maintenance System Optimization and Performance Tuning Ongoing Support and Troubleshooting I am committed to delivering high-quality service at competitive rates, tailored to the Eastern European market. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/emacs-row-numbers/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/emacs-row-numbers/ Line numbers. That is it. That is the whole story. When you open a file in a fresh Emacs installation, there are no line numbers in the margin. The status bar at the bottom tells you which line the cursor is on — same as Vim defaults, actually — but that is not the same as having numbers visible on every row while you read and navigate code. The fix is a single command. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/emacs-theme-change/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/emacs-theme-change/ There is a running joke in the Linux community that Emacs is not a text editor — it is an operating system that happens to edit text. Like most jokes, it contains more truth than the people laughing at it realize. I have been a Vim user. I know my way around a terminal. I am not someone who needs to be told that there are perfectly good tools already available.