Richard Applegate

If you've ever tried to start VMware on a Linux machine and hit an error about vmmon or vmnet modules failing to load, there's a good chance Secure Boot is the culprit. This guide walks you through exactly what's happening and gives you two ways to fix it — the quick-and-easy way and the cleaner lon

If you've ever relied on Watchtower to automatically update your Docker containers, you may have noticed something alarming: the project was officially abandoned in late 2024. The maintainers posted a deprecation notice and walked away, leaving thousands of homelab enthusiasts and self-hosters witho

Platform: Ubuntu Server 24.04.4 LTS — Intel / AMD (x86_64)

If you've ever tried to start VMware on a Linux machine and hit an error about vmmon or vmnet modules failing to load, there's a good chance Secure Boot is the culprit. This guide walks you through exactly what's happening and gives you two ways to fix it — the quick-and-easy way and the cleaner lon

Every Linux server failure I’ve witnessed from disk issues starts the same way: the root filesystem slowly fills up. No alarms. No drama. Just creeping usage until something breaks.

Uptime Kuma → n8n → Slack Alert Workflow

Goal

1. Update the System

Can you believe it? It’s been almost a year and a half since my cats moved in with Mom, and they’ve made themselves completely at home in the garage — complete with cozy napping spots, plenty of toys, and fresh food and water always within reach. They’ve truly settled in like

When I look back on my career, I am amazed at how each role — even the ones that seemed completely unrelated to where I am now — helped shape who I am today. My path started far from servers and networks, in the fast-paced world of hospitality.

Purpose

A massive thank you to EarthOnion for developing and sharing Vue-after-Free for the PS4. Thanks to this ingenious tool, I was able to restore a system backup, launch PS Vue, and successfully run the jailbreak exploit on my console. Everything worked flawlessly — I genuinely appreciate the time, skil

If you've ever relied on Watchtower to automatically update your Docker containers, you may have noticed something alarming: the project was officially abandoned in late 2024. The maintainers posted a deprecation notice and walked away, leaving thousands of homelab enthusiasts and self-hosters witho

Platform: Ubuntu Server 24.04.4 LTS — Intel / AMD (x86_64)

If you are running a powerful Linux setup with an Intel Core Ultra 9 (Evo Edition) paired with an NVIDIA RTX 5050, you expect your apps to open instantly. Yet AppImages often feel surprisingly sluggish — even on high-end hardware. The reason is straightforward: by default, AppImages are compressed S

If you've ever tried to start VMware on a Linux machine and hit an error about vmmon or vmnet modules failing to load, there's a good chance Secure Boot is the culprit. This guide walks you through exactly what's happening and gives you two ways to fix it — the quick-and-easy way and the cleaner lon

Every Linux server failure I’ve witnessed from disk issues starts the same way: the root filesystem slowly fills up. No alarms. No drama. Just creeping usage until something breaks.

Goals Achieved

Production Monitoring & Security Automation Runbook