In the realm of PC gaming, performance is a central focus for developers and gamers alike. A defining aspect of a smooth gameplay experience is how well a game compiles and manages its shaders—a process often happening quietly behind the scenes. Today, we’re delving into the intricate world of shader compilation within Star Citizen, a game as renowned for its ambitious scope as it is for its extensive developmental journey. ...
Welcome back to the command line connoisseurs and Docker devotees! In today’s digital dive, we’re fortifying our containerized architecture with an added layer of security and privacy by leveraging the power of Gluetun within Docker-compose. What is Gluetun? Picture this: A nifty VPN tunnel nested inside a Docker own independent Docker container, ensuring that other containers communicate with the outside world solely through this secure channel. ...
Today I want to give a Software Recommendation; Joplin. In the grand journey of life, there comes a point when the sheer volume of knowledge accumulated over the years becomes overwhelming. That’s when the things you learned over Time becomes an invaluable asset. For those of us who’ve embarked on the quest to tame the information beast, a personal knowledge base and note-taking tool are needed companions. I’ve tried various tools like Notion, Evernote, and Obsidian, each with its unique strengths. But in the end, my heart settled on Joplin. ...
o7 Citizens, When I returned to playing Star Citizen, I faced significant issues with the performance of my PC, which surprised me. However, through these challenges, I’ve gained valuable insights that I’d like to share here. As a result, I’ve compiled a brief set of tips on how to improve Star Citizen’s performance if you’re experiencing issues or if it’s not running as smoothly as expected. ...
Ok, one of our pfSense in Production just did it again, greet me with a friendly “Unable to check for updates”. My first suspect was DNS again, but after checking all resolvers can resolve the firmware.netgate.com domain without any issue. Next Step to try was in cli if the Package manager itself became a zombie or stuck somewhere. What is interesting is that it gave a response that was not expected. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. If you change your CPE (Consumer Placed Equipment) like Modem or Router from your Providers thingy to your own Router you may face the problem that it is not working as intended. Some Providers, especially on some GPON Fiber, using Tagged VLANS. This is also very common for some DSL Providers using PPPoE. So in case you want connect e.g. a pfSense as your main Router, without bridging the existing CPE unit, you need to set it up first – no plug an play DHCP and done. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. I’m a fan of pfSense. If you use it too, you may noticed the recent change in recommended local domain names from previously *.local into *.home.arpa, here is the relevant redmine entry. The topic has also been discussed here and there recently, which is a good thing. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. If you look at the Windows command prompt from a network perspective, Linux has better “weapons” to offer. Often it’s the little things that frustrate me with Windows from time to time. For example, the DHCP client. In Linux it is sufficient to enter dhcpc -v to get a detailed logged output of what happened in the background with the DHCP. In Windows you can only rely on the presented Information, define some Log Actions or just wisely nod your head. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Intel NUCs from two generations ago have a nice feature: a multicolor LED Ring and Power LED that you can control by software. I use an i5 9th gen NUC at home as my “Homeserver, IoT, whatever” device. I created a tiny script running as cron every minute to set the LED Color depending on the internet connection “quality”. I’m not really pulling data from the modem; for my purposes, it’s not necessary. I just want to have a quick solution to let others in my family at home see if there are any issues or not. You know the situation: Wife cannot open a certain internet page or something is loading very slowly. “What’s wrong with our internet?” Most of the time the answer is “Nothing - it’s not on our end,” but now I have a quick way to visualize if anything may be wrong. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. The Background Yesterday Netgate made a big leap into a new version branching for pfSense with pfSense plus. Instead of having 2.45, 2.5 versioning, there is now a partly proprietary pfSense+ build using Month/Year Versions for all Netgate-owned devices and optional bought subscriptions. The new Versions are YY.MM.VV, so 21.02 is the first one. ...