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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

Warning: 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 …