What is Seafile

Seafile is an open-source, cross-platform file-hosting software system. Files are stored on a central server and can be synchronized with personal computers and mobile devices through apps. Files on the Seafile server can also be accessed directly via the server's web interface. Se...

A few days ago, a colleague asked me how I configure my network configuration for the respective workstations (home, Scheertower, wifi) because he finds it quite complicated to do something simple like that under Linux.

When I told him udev and systemd-networkd the confusion was complete. How...

Today we had another job of a special kind. Due to data protection regulations, certain settings had to be changed for all users on our 3CX system. In version 18 of 3CX, there was a mass data change in the web interface. Unfortunately, this is completely missing in version 20. It can't be that some...

Apple's Airplay is a really great thing. You simply select the existing Airplay-enabled speakers (in my case Sonos) in the Mac/iPhone and the party starts. In the background, the Bonjour service is responsible for this smooth process. Under Linux there is avahi for this. After looking at th...

Today I had a few problems again with brew, which is getting on in years. So I looked for an alternative for brew and came across nixos. At first I didn't realize how nixos could help me here. But a quick look at the documentation and I realized what nix is capable of.

🤷 Why would one want to have

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