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1. Quick Debian development guide

   2025-06-02
   configuration-management/ansible linux/debian virtualization/qemu virtualization/vagrant

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   • building Debian packages under qemu with sbuild
2. Comparing the different base images to create minimalist Docker images for Rust

   2025-05-08
   linux/alpine linux/container/docker linux/debian programming/rust security

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3. Xen Orchestra Installer / Updater

   2025-04-07
   linux/debian programming/node.js virtualization/xen

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   • ronivay/xen-orchestra-docker
   • Install Xen Orchestra from Source
   • XOA Installation - From the sources
     • xo-server
     • xo-web
4. The USB ID Repository - A public repository of all known ID's used in USB devices: ID's of vendors, devices, subsystems and device classes

   2025-03-29
   hardware linux serial-communication/usb

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   • Debian - usb.ids
   • vcrhonek/hwdata - Hardware identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids and usb.ids databases
5. oss-security - backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise

   2024-03-31
   compression/lzma compression/xz linux programming/c programming/shell/bash security security/backdoor

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   • XZ Utils backdoor
   • xz/liblzma: Bash-stage Obfuscation Explained
   • /r/Linux - XZ Utils backdoor
   • Debian Bug report logs - #1068024 revert to version that does not contain changes by bad actor
   • FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor
   • LWN - A backdoor in xz
   • Everything I Know About the Xz Backdoor
6. Debian Package Repository - Instructions to connect to a third-party repository (with Ansible)

   2024-01-06
   configuration-management/ansible cryptography/pgp cryptography/pgp/gnupg linux/debian linux/ubuntu packaging

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   • apt_key deprecated in Debian/Ubuntu - how to fix in Ansible
   • ansible.builtin.deb822_repository - Add and remove deb822 formatted repositories
   • ansible/ansible#78063 - ansible.builtin.apt_key adds keys to a deprecated location
   • Example usages of the new deb822_repository Ansible module
   • Ubuntu [Spec] APT deb822 sources by default
7. Sequoia-PGP - OpenPGP Implementation in Rust

   2023-11-09
   command-line cryptography/encryption cryptography/pgp cryptography/pgp/gnupg linux/debian linux/fedora programming/rust security

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   • Sequoia PGP: A Sapling Matures: Meet sq 1.0
   • Talk about OpenPGP interop testing at the IETF 110
   • sequoia-pgp/sequoia - APIs for dealing with OpenPGP data
   • sequoia-pgp/sequoia-sq - the Sequoia-PGP command line tool
   • RpmSequoia
8. It's official: Raspberry Pi OS goes 64-bit | Jeff Geerling

   2022-08-21
   arm embedded linux/debian raspberry-pi

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   • https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/
   • https://developer.arm.com/Architectures/A64%20Instruction%20Set%20Architecture
   • https://www.phoronix.com/review/raspberrypi-32bit-64bit
   • https://matteocroce.medium.com/why-you-should-run-a-64-bit-os-on-your-raspberry-pi4-bd5290d48947
9. The JSON License

   2022-03-23
   license linux programming/c programming/json

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   The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

   • https://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
   • https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil
   • https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#JSON
   • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455507
   • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#.22Good.2C_not_Evil.22
10. X11 / XKB custom keyboard layout definition

    2020-08-15
    keyboard layout linux linux/x11 user-interface

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    • https://web.archive.org/web/20170825051821/http://madduck.net:80/docs/extending-xkb/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20170720005456/http://pascal.tsu.ru/en/xkb/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20170709093947/https://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide
    • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Custom%20keyboard%20layout%20definitions
    • http://linux.lsdev.sil.org/wiki/index.php/Building_an_XKB_Keyboard
    • https://rlog.rgtti.com/2014/05/01/how-to-modify-a-keyboard-layout-in-linux/
    • https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/
    • https://askubuntu.com/questions/482678/how-to-add-a-new-keyboard-layout-custom-keyboard-layout-definition
    • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_keyboard_extension
11. dh-virtualenv - Combine Debian packaging with self-contained Python software deployment in a pre-built virtualenv

    2020-01-07
    linux linux/debian packaging programming/python programming/python/virtualenv

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    • https://github.com/spotify/dh-virtualenv
    • https://labs.spotify.com/2013/10/10/packaging-in-your-packaging-dh-virtualenv/
12. Own mail server based on Dovecot, Postfix, MySQL, Rspamd and Debian 9 Stretch

    2019-10-21
    email email/dovecot email/postfix email/rspamd email/spam linux linux/debian network/dns self-hosting

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13. AWS | Enable Enhanced Networking with Elastic Network Adapters for vintage OS AMIs

    2019-09-17
    chroot cloud-computing/aws linux linux/debian linux/kernel virtualization virtualization/xen

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    Paravirtual (PV) to Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM):

    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24330721/amazon-ec2-how-to-convert-an-existing-pv-ami-to-hvm

    ENA support:

    • https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/enhanced-networking-ena.html
    • https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=166135
    • https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/boot-error-linux-m5-c5/
    • https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=14107
    • https://ygrene.tech/how-to-enable-ena-support-for-aws-amis-in-5-steps-and-make-your-bamboo-remote-jobs-really-fast-f2a4254a9955

    Build Debian AMIs from scratch:

    • https://bootstrap-vz.readthedocs.io/en/master/
    • https://github.com/andsens/bootstrap-vz
    • https://www.slideshare.net/JamesBromberger/debian-cloud-building-the-debian-amis
    • https://blog.james.rcpt.to/2012/12/06/official-debian-images-on-amazon-web-services-ec2/

    Squeeze:

    • https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2013/02/msg00023.html

    Wheezy:

    • https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2014/10/msg00009.html
    • https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2014/11/msg00000.html

    Boot to chroot:

    • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85714/boot-into-a-chroot
    • https://wiki.debian.org/chroot
    • https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap
    • https://superuser.com/questions/384437/booting-linux-system-from-chroot-is-there-a-better-way-to-do-this/384457#384457
    • https://github.com/lemonsqueeze/boot-chroot
14. ISPmail tutorials – workaround.org

    2019-02-07
    email email/dkim email/dmarc email/dovecot email/postfix email/spam email/spf linux/debian

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    • https://workaround.org/ispmail/stretch
    • https://workaround.org/ispmail/stretch/big-picture
15. Run adduser non-interactively - Ask Ubuntu

    2018-12-21
    linux linux/debian linux/ubuntu programming/script programming/shell user

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16. Unable to docker build on Linux kernel 4.19 · Issue #480 · docker/for-linux · GitHub

    2018-12-10
    filesystem linux linux/container/docker linux/debian linux/kernel

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17. Find packages installed from a certain repository with aptitude - Super User

    2018-11-12
    linux/debian linux/ubuntu package repository

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    • https://askubuntu.com/questions/342434/find-what-packages-are-installed-from-a-repository
    • https://serverfault.com/questions/252333/list-all-packages-from-a-repository-in-ubuntu-debian
18. The Best MOTD - How to Customize Your MOTD - Linux

    2018-09-21
    linux linux/debian motd prompt

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19. Minideb - a small image based on Debian designed for use in containers

    2018-07-30
    linux/container/docker linux/debian

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    • https://github.com/bitnami/minideb
    • https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap
    • https://dzone.com/articles/minideb-a-minimalist-debian-based-docker-image
20. Creating a custom Nginx build for Ubuntu/Debian - JGuru

    2018-07-13
    linux linux/debian linux/ubuntu network/http network/http-server/nginx package

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    • https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/build.en.html
    • https://salsa.debian.org/nginx-team/nginx
    • https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#document-ch-controlfields
    • https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#document-ch-relationships
    • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/333603/debian-control-file-provides-does-not-satisfy-dependency
    • https://github.com/JayH5/nginx-modules