2026-09-22
I occasionally catch myself thinking “what if someone has already done this?” — after I’ve just written another piece of code. With confgraph, my AI secretary for video conferences, I decided not to …
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Immich — is an application for storing and viewing photos and videos on your own server. In capabilities it is close to Google Photos: the mobile app uploads photos from the phone automatically, and the web interface has …
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FreeIPA — a centralized account management system for Linux servers and workstations. It solves the same problem as Active Directory in the Windows world: users, groups, passwords, access rights to servers and sudo rules …
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FusionAuth — an authentication and user management server that developers built around an API: anything you can do in the admin panel can be done via REST API. You can host it on your own servers for free or use the …
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What is Keycloak Keycloak is an open-source identity server: it handles user login, account storage and issuance of permissions for your applications. It exists so you don’t have to implement authorization in every …
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Tailscale, cloud NetBird and ZeroTier are convenient, but network control in them remains with a third-party company: it verifies users, issues keys and access rules. If that is unacceptable — for security requirements, …
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Xen — a Type 1 open-source hypervisor: it runs directly on the hardware, before any operating system. The project is developed under the Linux Foundation, the primary license is GPLv2. Current version — Xen 4.22 (30 July …
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QEMU — a free emulator and virtualizer, distributed under the GPLv2 license. It does two different things. First, it can emulate an entire computer, including a CPU of another architecture: for example, run an ARM system …
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KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) — a virtualization subsystem built into the Linux kernel since version 2.6.20. It uses CPU hardware virtualization support (Intel VT-x, AMD-V) and turns the Linux kernel into a …
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Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) — a virtualization platform installed on a server as a ready system and managed via a web interface. It is based on Debian, runs virtual machines on KVM and QEMU, and containers …
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