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  • I use a DNS server on my local network, and then I also use Tailscale.

    I have my private DNS server configured in tailscale so whether on or off my local network everything uses my DNS server.

    This way I don’t have to change any DNS settings no matter where I am and all my domains work properly.

    And my phone always has DNS adblocking even on cell data or public Wi-Fi

    The other advantage is you can configure the reverse proxy of some services to only accept connections originating from your tailscale network to effectively make them only privately accessible or behave differently when accessed from specific devices


  • It was not managed, honestly I should’ve disabled bitlocker, I just never expected it to be a problem.

    As to settings for when it installs updates, they didn’t seem to stick or were not always respected in my experience. I spent a bit of effort trying to make sure it wasn’t configured to do that but it would still just go for it anyway if the system ever became idle after midnight or so.

    Anyway this story has a happy ending because after that I decided to give daily driving linux another shot, and none of the issues I had experienced previously still exist here.

    In fact, incredibly enough I have found on average that the games I play perform better on Linux now than they did on Windows.

    And my OS never installs updates without my permission, let alone forcing an unscheduled reboot.


  • Another cool trick is using tailscale to ensure your portable devices always can access your Pihole(s) from anywhere and then setting those server’s tailscale addresses as your DNS servers in tailscale.

    This way you can always use your DNS from anywhere, even on cell data or on public networks

    I keep a third instance of Pihole running on a VPS and use it as the first DNS server in tailscale so it will resolve a bit faster than my local DNS servers when I’m away from home


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    10 months ago

    It happened to me often!

    Part of that I’m sure it’s the fact that I work nights, but Windows refuses to acknowledge that during my work hours is not an appropriate time to install updates.

    Simply stepping away to get a coffee or use the restroom is enough for Windows to decide now is the time to reboot and install updates for an hour or so and you better hope you saved everything before stepping away.

    As a matter of fact, one of those instances is the one where the update broke my bitlocker encryption and I lost everything that wasn’t backed up. That was my last day using Windows.







  • It depends what I’m backing up and where it’s backing up to.

    I do local/lan backups at a much higher rate because there’s more bandwidth to spare and effectively free storage. So for those as often as every 10 mins if there are changes to back up.

    For less critical things and/or cloud backups I have a less frequent schedule as losing more time on those is less critical and it costs more to store on the cloud.

    I use Kopia for backups on all my servers and desktop/laptop.

    I’ve been very happy with it, it’s FOSS and it saved my ass when Windows Update corrupted my bitlocker disk and I lost everything. That was also the last straw that put me on Linux full-time.





  • Linux is a problem for people who come from windows and need more than basics but are not tech savvy enough to get their hands dirty.

    Spot-on. For people with minimal to no computer skills in the first place Linux will serve them well.

    The one who well struggle the most ironically are Windows “Power users” and other intermediate/advanced users who don’t have the equivalent skill already in Linux or time/willingness to learn Linux systems.