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How to run your own servers, Docker stacks, and self-hosted services without losing weekends to config files.

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croc has shipped for eight years with an empty bug list

croc file transfer moves files between any two computers with end to end encryption, and after eight years its issue queue holds only five open items.

Replace Microsoft's Secure Boot keys with your own

Replace Microsoft's Secure Boot keys with your own

Enroll your own Secure Boot keys with sbctl and mokutil, then sign kernels, bootloaders, and DKMS modules. Full control of your Linux boot chain.

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OpenSEO is the open source Ahrefs with a data bill attached

OpenSEO is an open source SEO tool for keyword research, rank tracking, and site audits, but every query bills your own DataForSEO API account.

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Fizzy is a kanban board you self-host in one container

Self-host Fizzy, the 37signals kanban tracker, in one Docker container with a mounted volume and SMTP. Its O'Saasy license is source-available.

Asahi Linux daily drives M1 and M2, but not yet the M4

Asahi Linux daily drives M1 and M2, but not yet the M4

Asahi Linux M4 support is still early bring-up with no installer. M1 and M2 are daily drivers, and M3 now has audio, cpufreq, and a WIP installer.

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Omarchy Quattro gives Linux a desktop you can rearrange

Omarchy Quattro rebuilds the whole desktop shell in Quickshell, dropping Waybar, Walker, and Mako for one themeable process with a plugin system.

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