Stop saying Linux or open source or FOSS or FLOSS !!1!

Install OpenBSD from Linux using Grub

Why OpenBSD

Tune in for another episode.

Why install from linux

Most VPS providers have images for linux, but not OpenBSD

Easier than trying to upload custom image or iso.

Grub2

Start with a distro that uses grub2. I use Centos7

grub2 can load OpenBSD kernels.

The openbsd installer is a OpenBSD kernel.

Procedure

Make sure you have console access to the linux VM

Record the Network info for the running linux VM. If not using DHCP, you will need to know the IP, netmask, default route (gateway), and a DNS server.

Download the OpenBSD installation ram disk to /boot

cd /boot

wget http://ftp5.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.0/amd64/bsd.rd

Reboot

Enter the grub command prompt by pressing c at the grub menu

The grub2 prompt has tab completion which can be helpful.

Type ls to see the available disks

Load the OpenBSD installation ram disk and boot

grub> set root=(hd0,msdos1)

grub> kopenbsd /bsd.rd

grub> boot

The Installation

The Installer will ask you several questions

The default is almost always what you want. If unsure, just press enter.

Look at the FAQ if you get stuck

Enter the network settings of the linux VPS

When asked "Location of sets", use HTTP

Continuation of yesterday's hpr2179 :: Mail to myself@myfirstemployment, Part 1.

Follow along with the bullet points here: Mail to myself@myfirstemployment

The original was a comment in Swedish to a question on an evil, centralized, proprietary social network: Kodapor -- Vilket arbetssätt-relaterat tips skulle du ge dig själv ....

Follow along with the bullet points here: Mail to myself@myfirstemployment

The original was a comment in Swedish to a question on an evil, centralized, proprietary social network: Kodapor -- Vilket arbetssätt-relaterat tips skulle du ge dig själv ....

Maybe this should be part of a series "Advice to a Young Hacker"?

Klaatu reviews the Dice Mixer.

Spoiler: it's really amazing and a heck of a lot of fun to put together.

you can practice programming AFK, and hacking at the same time; doing problem solving on other things can be quite fun; and can seriously enhance your life;

happy hacking;

New hosts

Welcome to our new hosts:

Bill "NFMZ1" Miller,

spaceman.

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An Audio Il

Hello again HPR listeners this is Geddes back with Part 4 in the series covering the video editing application KdenLive. This time round we’ll be looking at colour correction which covers the following topics:

Workflow

The human element

Luma values

Levels

Colours

Things that look broken

Saturation

Copying values between clips

Colour Effects

Selective colour correction and rotoscoping

Here’s the link to the original article.

Klaatu reviews the RPG card game, Dungeoneer, especially concentrating upon solitaire play.

If you're keen to play, you'll want to use Klaatu's re-write of the official rules, or his re-write and touch-up of the unofficial solo rules. Neither of these are unique in themselves, but Klaatu humbly believes that they're a lot easier to comprehend than those online or in the box.

Driving a Blinkt! as an IoT device

Introduction

I managed to buy a Raspberry Pi Zero when they first came out in December 2015. This was not easy since they were very scarce. I also bought a first-generation case from Pimoroni and some 40-pin headers. With the Zero this header is not pre-installed and it’s necessary to solder it onto the Pi yourself.

I have had various project ideas for this Pi Zero, but had not decided on one until recently. Within the last month or two Pimoroni produced a device called the Blinkt! which has eight APA102 RGB LEDs and attaches to the GPIO header. This costs £5, just a little more than the Zero itself.

My plan was to combine the two and turn them into a status indicator for various things going on that needed my attention.

Long notes

I have written out a moderately long set of notes for this episode and these are available here http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2173/full_shownotes.html.

Links

Raspberry Pi Zero

Pimoroni Ltd

The Blinkt! add-on from Pimoroni

Pimoroni’s documentation “Getting Started with Blinkt!”

The GitHub repository for Blinkt!

The RIBBA picture frame from IKEA

Inkscape vector graphics editor

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport):

Wikipedia article on MQTT

Wikipedia article on the Publish-subscribe pattern

BlinkStick MQTT page

Mailbox Alert add-on for Thunderbird

Jezra’s Orb project

Resources:

My Inkscape template “blinkt_legends.svg”

My first primitive listener script “blinkt_client.py”

My cron script for checking comments “cronjob_comments”