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= For doing basic setup of an LXC (or pretty much any Linux VM...): =
I run this set of commands on nearly every new VM or LXC I spin up. That way, I have a consistant environment to work in with all the tools I rely on.

Note: You CAN copyPasta groups of commands all at once. BUT: in this case, everything indented (after <code>su - '''yourname'''</code>) needs to be pasted AFTER that command has run.

* <code>apt update</code>
* <code>apt -y upgrade</code>
* <code>apt -y install sudo vim curl mosquitto-clients</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/RootStuff/DOT.bashrc</nowiki> -O .bashrc</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/RootStuff/DOT.vimrc</nowiki> -O .vimrc</code>
* <code>mkdir bin</code>
* <code>source .bashrc</code>
* <code>apt -y install gnupg tmux htop <span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">### Optional...</span></code>
* <code>apt -y install qemu-guest-agent <span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">### Only on VMs. (Wish it worked for LXCs as well tho...)</span></code>
* <code>adduser '''yourname'''</code>
* <code>adduser '''yourname''' sudo</code>
* <code>su - '''yourname'''</code>
** <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/UserStuff/DOT.bashrc</nowiki> -O .bashrc</code>
** <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/UserStuff/DOT.vimrc</nowiki> -O .vimrc</code>
** <code>mkdir bin</code>
** <code>source .bashrc</code>

= Useful console display for Proxmox Virtual Environment =
I find it nice to have stats & such on the console of a server.  This way I can just look & see what's happening with the machine.

* <code>apt update</code>
* <code>apt -y upgrade</code>
* <code>apt -y install tmux htop</code>
* <code>cd /usr/local/bin</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TMUX-console</nowiki> -O TMUX-console</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-guestlist</nowiki> -O TM-guestlist</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-clusterstatus</nowiki> -O TM-clusterstatus</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-systemstatus</nowiki> -O TM-systemstatus</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-UPSstatus</nowiki> -O TM-UPSstatus</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-FixThis</nowiki> -O TM-FixThis</code>
* <code>wget <nowiki>https://www.nerdmage.ca/Downloads/PVEStuff/bin/TM-ShowMe</nowiki> -O TM-ShowMe</code>
* <code>chmod +x TM*</code>

You will need to edit '''TM-UPSstatus''' to match local configurations (i.e. UPS name).

Running <code>TMUX-console</code> at the console will create a formatted screen of useful system information that you can reach by attaching to the '''tmux''' session from a terminal (SSH) session.

= Simplified installation techniques & instructions =
Some cross-platform software seems to have Linux installation instructions written by people who have never actually used Linux.

(Or, at least, people who believe in making life difficult...)

So...

* [[Installing Brave Browser]]
* [[Installing TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on a Debian-based LXC]]

= Building/Installing things from source =
You may have noticed that the various distro repositories tend to have outdated versions of some (most) packages. While this makes perfect sense, sometimes you want the newest features & fixes. (Or maybe you just want to enable something that the repo managers figured wouldn't be useful...)

Annoyingly, it is rather common for build instructions to suck really badly.

So...

* [[Arp-Scan from Source{{!}}Arp-Scan]]
* [[FreeCAD from Source{{!}}FreeCAD]]
* [[KiCAD from Source{{!}}KiCAD]]
* [[Mosquitto from Source{{!}}Mosquitto]]