FreeCore lineage descends from FreeNAS and TrueNAS® CORE, and builds on FreeBSD and OpenZFS. FreeCore carries the TrueNAS CORE 13.3 system forward as an independently maintained operating system on FreeBSD. FreeCore 15.0-U1.3 is the current stable release. TrueNAS CORE 13.3 systems upgrade straight to 15.0 in place, then continue on the project’s update train. FreeCore… Read More
If you read any of our previous articles in the Debian Dynamic MOTD Series, then you may be wondering how this can be accomplished on your fresh new Debian Trixie setup. This is what is presented to the user in terminal when a log on occurs. This feature is very nice as it will give… Read More
This project has been on the back-burner for awhile, but after an audit of resource utilization we have come to the conclusion that setting up a private apt repository is a must! Why you may ask. The answer is simple, we have a customer base that are using custom compiled software packages that can now… Read More
In this article we are going to detail the steps required to enable a Custom SSL certificate for the Web Interface of most Tomato variants of router firmware. In order to complete this task, we must enable SSH on our router. This can be accomplished by navigating to “Administration > Admin Access > SSH Server“…. Read More
What is Brave Origin? Brave Origin is a de-bloated paid version (Windows and Mac only) of the browser for users who don’t need all the features that support Brave as a business, but still want the privacy that only Brave offers. Origin users will continue to benefit from industry-leading privacy, adblock, and speed (via Shields),… Read More
If you read our previous article Easy Debian Server Firewall, then you may have noted that on Debian Trixie the described method no longer works. This is due to systemd. In the article below we will walk through creating a persistent IPTables based firewall on Debian Trixie. First we need to install some required software… Read More
Grommunio is an open source groupware solution. It includes everything you need (and want) for your daily professional life. Its open source nature allows you to keep complete control of your data and your infrastructure. You can see what is happening to your data anytime and anywhere: on-premises or in the (hybrid) cloud. Naturally it… Read More
As you may or may not know, Microsoft’s original Secure Boot certificates, issued in 2011, begin expiring in late June 2026. Most Windows machines will receive these updated certificates automatically. It should be noted, in some cases where administrative update procedures, like WSUS, are in place you may find that this update will need to… Read More
Recently after installing a fresh new copy of Debian 11 (Bullseye), I found that root ssh access was set to without-password by default now. What that means to you is that if you are trying to ssh to your server with your root account and password, you will receive an access denied error. In order… Read More
FreshTomato is a Linux-based firmware replacement project for home and SOHO routers. Tomato is based on Linux and distributed with the GPL license GPL license. Currently, FreshTomato releases only support Broadcom-based systems containing MIPS or ARM architecture. For more details, please refer to the Hardware compatibility page. Tomato features a particularly friendly interface, which can… Read More