Install Windows first. Then install Linux with systemd-boot as the bootloader on a shared EFI System Partition. Add a dedicated exFAT partition for cross-OS file sharing. This setup avoids the classic problem of Windows Update wiping out GRUB , since systemd-boot entries sit next to Windows Boot Manager in the ESP without a fight. Both systems read and write exFAT out of the box, with no risk of corruption.

Caddy is the simplest reverse proxy for self-hosted services. It gets and renews TLS certificates from Let’s Encrypt with zero config. Install the static binary, write a Caddyfile with three lines per service, and Caddy handles HTTPS, HTTP/2, OCSP stapling, and renewal on its own. That replaces hundreds of lines of Nginx config and separate Certbot cron jobs.

If you run even a handful of services on a home server or VPS, a reverse proxy with proper TLS is non-negotiable. Caddy makes this painless, so there’s no excuse to skip it.

Got a Lunar Lake laptop and went looking for Intel’s Arc Control app on Linux? It doesn’t exist. Intel only ships Arc Control for Windows. Linux users get a community tool instead: LACT , the Linux GPU Configuration and Monitoring Tool. It covers temperature, power limits, clock speeds, and voltage through a proper GUI. For live performance data, intel_gpu_top and nvtop handle the rest from the terminal.

Below: driver setup, LACT installation, CLI monitoring tools, power tuning, and the most common things that go wrong on a fresh install.

Running CI/CD through GitHub Actions or GitLab CI is handy until it isn’t. Free tier minute limits run out fast. Private repos cost more than you’d expect. And if your code is sensitive, you’re sending every push through someone else’s servers. Self-hosting your pipeline sidesteps all of that.

Gitea is a light, self-hosted Git service. It has added GitHub Actions-compatible workflow support through a piece called act_runner . The workflow YAML syntax is near-identical to GitHub Actions. So teams who already know that ecosystem can move over with little friction. This guide walks through a complete, production-ready CI/CD stack on Linux using Docker Compose.

You can build a practical AI terminal assistant by wiring Ollama’s local API into shell functions that explain errors, suggest commands, and summarize man pages - all from your .bashrc or .zshrc. No Python dependencies, no cloud API keys, no persistent daemon consuming RAM when you’re not using it. The whole thing fits in under 120 lines of shell script and responds in under a second on modest hardware with a model already loaded.

GDB and LLDB are the two workhorses of compiled-language debugging. If you write C, C++, or Rust, knowing these tools saves you hours of staring at printf output. GDB 17.1 is the default debugger on Linux. LLDB 22.1 ships with the LLVM toolchain and is the default on macOS. Both handle Rust binaries through rustc’s DWARF debug info. This guide covers the commands and workflows you actually need: from your first breakpoint to a segfault from a core dump.