Articles

Writings (and translations) of mine about various domains of computer science. Roughly in chronological order.

Linux

Installing and upgrading Linux on a EeePC easily and safely
CERN Scientific Linux, a nice RHEL derivative
How to install a Squid webproxy
How to install RHEL packages and all their dependencies on an offline machine
How to increase a laptop's hard disk size and its encrypted LUKS /home partition

Databases

Updating ClusterControl, a nice application to manage database clusters
Updating Percona XtraDB Cluster from v5.5 to v5.6
Changing passwords in ClusterControl
Troubleshooting a ClusterControl Percona XtraDB Cluster: part 1
Troubleshooting a ClusterControl Percona XtraDB Cluster: part 2
Monitoring MySQL master-slave replication with Munin
Interpreting Munin graphs when monitoring your database cluster
Running a Percona XtraDB Cluster on RHEL 7

Web

Email munging to protect an email address from spambots
A bookmarks page from 1990s' World Wide Web

Programming

A PowerShell script for advanced log scanning, written as a plugin for Nagios

Other topics

On Open Source and Security
On Open Source and Sustainability
The Snake Oil Index
Gandalf AI, solutions for the LLM game

Italian translations

La FAQ non ufficiale di Linus Torvalds, di Eric S. Raymond
Blockchain e fiducia, di Bruce Schneier
Sui pericoli delle criptovalute e l'inutilità della blockchain, di Bruce Schneier