As I'd moved from TrueNAS to Ubuntu, I was moving most everything to a Docker container, and Transmission (using OpenVPN) was no different.

Under TrueNAS, I'd used a jail (https://www.nodinrogers.com/posts/2020-11-07-freenas-transmission-jail-with-openvpn/), but jails don't exist in Ubuntu, so Docker is the way to go. …

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When I first started using/testing Hugo, I was using a Linux virtual machine to run it.

After I decided to use it, I wanted to move it from needing a full virtual machine to a Docker container.

This was especially important, given the nature of Hugo, as a minimal application that doesn't require a lot of resources. …

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New fans, new problem

My NAS uses a Supermicro X11SSH-F motherboard, which I love if for no other reason than it has IPMI.

One of my 120mm case fans started to die, so since I was opening the case, and all of the fans were the same age (~8 years old), I decided to replace all of the fans.

I bought some Noctua NF-P12 …

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I swapped out the fan in my NAS server with some Noctua, which all supported PWM.

As part of my testing, to see what speeds the PWM fans would run at, I found a script that was written by the TrueNAS community.

I had to modify it so it would run on Ubuntu, but there wasn't much to modify.

This output of this script …

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I wrote previously about my frustration with trying to get the default Ubuntu desktop to run in a VNC session, one that would install as a service, and work after a reboot.

After spending more time than I'd like to admit, I threw in the towel, and went with the Mate desktop (Gnome 2 based), which worked without a …

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So I needed a way to connect to a Linux VM via VNC.

There is a lot of information out there on how to do it, but most of it talks about using less resource intensive desktop (xfce4).

I wanted the full desktop experience, and as both my Linux box and my full-time desktop are both connected to a 1GB switch, I wasn't …

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