No nonsense FTP/TFTP server

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Tired of confusing configuration files and security features you don’t need? Try uftpd! Supports FTP and TFTP No configuration file Defaults to port ftp/tcp and tftp/udp found in /etc/services, or custom port(s) Serves files from the ftp user’s $HOME, as specified in /etc/passwd, or custom path Can run from inetd(8) or as a standalone daemon Can be built and installed as a .deb file, with debconf support Can run as root, with chroot and privsep, or as a regular user Supports TFTP blocksize negotiation, RFC 2348 Basically, it just works!
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Merecat httpd

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Merecat started out as a pun at Mongoose, but is now useful for actual web serving purposes. It is however not a real Meerkat, merely yet another copycat, forked from the great thttpd created by Jef Poskanzer. Merecat expands on the features originally offered by thttpd, but still has a limited feature set: Virtual hosts Basic .htpassd and .htaccess support URL-traffic-based throttling CGI/1.1 HTTP/1.1 Keep-alive Built-in gzip deflate using zlib HTTPS support using OpenSSL/LibreSSL, works with Let’s Encrypt!
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Controlling Display Brightness

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About a year ago I wrote about a way to control the brightness on my x250. I found a lot of tools, and at the time I saw a lot of potential in light, which I even contributed to a lot. However, I ended up not using the evolved versions myself, and it took me a while to digest why. I think the project just outgrew me and what I wanted in such a tool.
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XScreenSaver Fonts

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I run Awesome on Ubuntu 19.04 with XScreenSaver. This post is a brief writeup of what I did to fix the ugly default fonts.

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Minor Miracles

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The last six months at work have been really stressful, so to finally get a week off for Swedish Midsummer celebrations was really what the doctor ordered! I’ve managed to wind down and relax, spend time with my kids and my family, and even put in some time on my personal software projects! Three years ago I forked thttpd and began merging patches I’d found scattered around the net. I’ve also added a few features of my own, and to avoid any confusion with the original (bug free!
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The original PIM-SM daemon

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Protocol Independent Multicast, PIM, allows existing networks to route IP multicast, regardless of what unicast routing protocol is in use. It is designed to use existing routing tables to make its multicast routing decisions. PIM-SM is suitable for sparsely located multicast subscribers, for dense mode operation mrouted is recommended, and for static multicast routing smcroute may be used. pimd is a lightweight standalone PIM-SM/SSM v2 multicast routing daemon. It is the original USC (netweb/catarina.
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Multicast HowTo

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This HowTo attempts to give some insight into the basics of setting up multicast routing. Both static multicast routing, with SMCRoute, and dynamic multicast routing, with mrouted and pimd. For some use-cases, in particular link-local multicast, it may not be possible to use multicast routing, then I recommend trying out: Bridging networks, see bridge(8) or Linux bridge - how it works igmproxy, mcproxy, or OpenVPN in Layer-2, bridged mode Make sure to check out the FAQ for the most common problems.
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FLOSS Progress

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This post is an update of what’s happened since last I posted about my many pet projects. As usual nothing fancy. If you want to know more I suggest you find one on GitHub you’re interested in. File an issue, or better yet, post a pull request to scratch that itch you have deep down: 👉 https://github.com/troglobit

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