Introduction Until recently, I had been using a very old Dell laptop for my personal needs. However, when the motherboard started failing I decided it was time to look into options for replacing the laptop. I looked through many, many options from the “mainstream” manufacturers (e.g. Dell, Lenovo, Acer) and some of the lesser-known manufacturers …
Category: Linux
Apr 04 2024
OpenSSL 3 Dovecot error Failed to initialize SSL server context – dh key too small
Recently on one of my personal servers, I upgraded OpenSSL to 3.2.1 and everything seemed to go smoothly. However, I then noticed that though my Postfix MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) seemed to be working, I didn’t get any updates in my email client. That, to me, indicated a problem with my Dovecot MDA (Mail Delivery …
Apr 06 2023
Fixing Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 latency and ping spikes in Linux
Recently, I purchased a mini-PC with an embedded Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 wireless chipset and installed Gentoo Linux on it. The reason I purchased the mini-PC was to replace my ageing music server (running MPD), but I also wanted to use it for playing retro video games through my entertainment centre. Everything went well with …
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