Tag: linux

Steam crossed 5% Linux usage in March 2026. Proton runs most Windows games without touching a config file. Here's the setup that makes Linux gaming not suck.

Turn on GPU acceleration in Chrome and Firefox on Linux with VA-API, Wayland, and WebGPU. The flags that work in 2026 and how to verify decode is real.

Run multiple Proxmox VMs and LXC containers behind a single public IP using NAT bridging and iptables port forwarding. Works on Proxmox VE 8 and 9.

Oh My Zsh had its moment. Here's the 2026 shell setup: Starship prompt, three killer plugins, and when to consider Fish or Nushell.

MySQL 8.0 broke auth, MariaDB forked hard, and Docker changed how you connect. Here's what still works and what'll bite you.

Learn systemd socket activation to start services on-demand, save RAM, and cut boot time. Includes .socket unit files, real examples, and testing with systemd-socket-activate.

Master bulk file renaming on Linux with rename, vidir, fd, and mmv. The right tool for every scenario from regex rewrites to visual editing.

du and df still work, but Rust-era tools like dust, duf, and fclones make disk triage faster and way less painful in 2026.

zstd is as fast as gzip with near-xz compression ratios. Here's why you should drop bzip2 forever and how to use zstd in 2026.

Linux suspend vs hibernate explained: sleep states, swap setup, initramfs resume hook, wake-on-LAN, lid close behavior, and fixing common hibernate failures on modern Linux systems.

Your Linux box has hundreds of kernel knobs in /proc/sys that nobody ever touches. Most do not matter. Here are the handful that actually improve a Docker host.

Learn VLAN basics for your home lab: 802.1Q tagging, trunk vs access ports, managed switch setup, and pfSense VLAN configuration to isolate IoT, guests, and your NAS.