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How to Update AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux
Keeping an unmanaged VPS patched is your job, not your host's. How to check, apply and roll back updates on AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux…
25 August 2026 4 min read
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Choosing an Operating System for Your VPS
A guide to all 10 operating systems available on our unmanaged VPS plans, grouped by family, with links to the practical setup guide for…
25 February 2025 6 min read
CoreOS
Recovering from a Bad Ignition Config on Fedora CoreOS
What to do when a Fedora CoreOS instance boots with a broken Ignition config, why it usually can't be fixed in place, and how…
21 February 2025 7 min read
CoreOS
How CoreOS’s automatic update model affects your uptime planning
CoreOS updates and reboots itself by default. That's a deliberate low-maintenance design choice - but it has a real uptime consequence you need to…
18 February 2025 4 min read
CoreOS
Running your first container with Podman
CoreOS ships Podman, not Docker, as its default container runtime. Here's how to pull and run your first container, and how to make it…
14 February 2025 3 min read
CoreOS
Provisioning CoreOS with an Ignition config
On CoreOS, there's no "create a user after boot." Configuration happens once, via an Ignition file. Here's how to write one with Butane and…
11 February 2025 4 min read
CoreOS
What is Fedora CoreOS, and who is it actually for?
Fedora CoreOS isn't a general-purpose server OS - it's an immutable, auto-updating platform built to run one thing: containers. Here's who it actually suits.
7 February 2025 5 min read
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Keeping OpenBSD Up to Date with syspatch
How syspatch applies binary security patches to OpenBSD's base system, how to list and roll them back, and why it won't take you to…
4 February 2025 4 min read
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pf firewall basics on OpenBSD
pf, OpenBSD's native packet filter (later ported to FreeBSD and macOS), is configured in /etc/pf.conf with a compact, readable rule syntax - here's a…
31 January 2025 4 min read
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Installing packages with pkg_add
OpenBSD manages pre-built binary packages with pkg_add, pkg_info, and pkg_delete - a different command family from FreeBSD's unified pkg tool, and distinct from building…
28 January 2025 3 min read
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Creating a new user on OpenBSD
OpenBSD's interactive adduser walks you through creating an account step by step, and doas - OpenBSD's own, simpler alternative to sudo - handles privilege…
24 January 2025 3 min read
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What is OpenBSD, and why is it considered one of the most secure OSes?
OpenBSD isn't Linux with a different name - it's a separate Unix-like operating system built from the ground up around one priority: security by…
21 January 2025 5 min read
FreeBSD
Keeping FreeBSD Up to Date with freebsd-update
How to patch the FreeBSD base system with freebsd-update, why it's separate from pkg upgrades, and how to automate security patch checks with cron.
17 January 2025 4 min read
FreeBSD
ZFS basics on FreeBSD
ZFS is a native, first-class filesystem on FreeBSD, not a bolt-on. Here are the core concepts and commands, and why snapshots matter for a…
14 January 2025 4 min read
FreeBSD
Getting started with FreeBSD jails
Jails are FreeBSD's native lightweight virtualisation - process and filesystem isolation without the overhead of a full VM. Here's the concept and a first…
10 January 2025 4 min read
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