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Howto: install Air XR18's edit software on Gentoo

Well, I've made the best buy a GNU & Linux user can make when it comes to pro-audio. I got an Air XR18. This product is one of the best of it's kind. The preamps, FX and software are awesome.

Yes, it works fine on GNU & Linux and Android. Here's how …


Crashing your kernel on purpose

Ok, that sounds funny, doesn't it? Well, it turns out, sometimes, you want to test your kernel dump or something of the sorts. Here's how to do it:

echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger

This will, instanly, crash your kernel.

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HowTo: Ask questions in Bash?

I've been writing some script to configure some firewall and came up with this way of asking a question in Bash. I hope it helps as an example. Feel free to contribute your own:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

ask() {
    local query=$1

    if ( echo $query | grep -qi password ); then
        read …

HowTo: Fixing Dovecot 2.2 in CentOS 7.2

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If you update dovecot on CentOS 7, it will brake! You need to update one of the config files in order for it to keep working.

# /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf
...

namespace inbox {
    ...
    inbox = yes
    ...
}
...

So, basically, you need to add inbox = yes within the inbox namespace.


HowTo: Generate free SSL certificates for Nginx/Tengine with LetsEncrypt

OK, it's fairly easy to get this done on a distro like Funtoo/Gentoo or Fedora, which are the distros I use.

First of all, you need to install this thing on your server:

# Fedora
su -
dnf -y install letsencrypt

# Funtoo/Gentoo
su -
mkdir src && cd src
git clone https …

HowTo: Compilando crystal en Fedora 22

Me ha interesado mucho el lenguaje de programación crystal: http://crystal-lang.org/.

Este lenguaje tiene la sintaxis muy parecida a Ruby; si no es que igual. Parece que hasta el Matzu; creador de Ruby, es fan del proyecto.

En todo caso, para compilarlo en Fedora, hice un script. El script …


HowTo: Permanently redirect a request with parameter consideration in Tengine/NginX

Well, this one gave me a super hard time. I looked everywhere and found nothing. There is a lot of misinformation.

As usual, the Nginx and Funtoo communities helped me. Thanks to:

  • MTecknology in #nginx @ Freenode
  • Tracerneo in #funtoo @ Freenode

So, how do we do this? Easy, we use a …


I'd like my kernel vanilla, please

Yep, vanilla is the flavor of the kernel for me. I like using vanilla in #funtoo. It is nice and it is simple. No patches. No security watch-cha-ma-call-it or anything like that. Just me and that good 'ol penguin; which deals with my hardware, networking and you-name-it systems.

I like …


HowTo: How to use your jack audio card with pulseaudio in Fedora 20

I, honestly, don't know what's happening here. I dunno if you're delegating pulseaudio to jack or viseversa. Anyway, I use this method to enable my http://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-18i20 in Fedora 20. I hope it helps out:

Procedure

#!/usr/bin/env bash
pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio -k …

HowTo: Change your css according to client's time

I am no fan of javascript. In fact, I despise it. But, recently, it occured to me that it would be cool to change the CSS theme according to the client's time.

Here's how:

function change_css_according_to_time() {
    var d = new Date();
    var h = d.getHours();

    if ( h >= 7 && h <= 19 ) {
        console …