Some time ago, in my post “From Mistrel to Heretic”,1 I wrote about my journey to digital independence. I received several questions about my tech stack afterwards. A fair question I’m happy and willing to answer: I rely on free solutions with GNU/Linux Debian2 as foundation. Stable3 runs on servers and critical systems, while unstable or “sid” powers my daily drivers. For me, the ideal balance between robustness and up-to-date software. Read more

A nice open source project from the industry. The new plant of a medium-sized company needed to be equipped with video surveillance and recording. Usually engineers use ready-to-use CCTV1 systems bought in DIY stores, consisting of a network-attached storage and a streaming server. Nowadays, not that cheap Chinese blackboxes, usually tied together with Apps, Cloud and Online functionality without any chance of customization. Better keep away from this especially when information security, valueable corporate assets and the lives of people are at stake. Read more