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Read more about the article How IPFire protects your Family on the Internet

How IPFire protects your Family on the Internet

  • Post author:Cogtropolis
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Caregivers need Help If you are a caregiver for others then we know first-hand that you need help. The children or senior citizens in your life are a huge challenge…

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Read more about the article Pi-Hole on Lightsail with 5 Million Blocked Sites

Pi-Hole on Lightsail with 5 Million Blocked Sites

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I decided to take my own advice and deploy Pi-Hole on Amazon LightSail. I made a couple of changes to the deployment that make it easier and more efficient. The…

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2-Day Outage

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You may have noticed Cognitive Metropolis was offline for 2 Days. Yeah, that was my fault... It was that time of the year and NetworkSolutions wanted to gouge me again…

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Read more about the article X-Windows, LILO, and Slackware Upgrade

X-Windows, LILO, and Slackware Upgrade

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Upgrading Slackware Recently I made the innocent mistake of updating Slackware (to include Kernel updates) without making any allowances for LILO and the X-Window startup process. That is the third…

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Read more about the article Build a Custom Firewall and WiFi Access Point with IPFire

Build a Custom Firewall and WiFi Access Point with IPFire

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What is a Custom Firewall? "Flash Routers" are another term for a custom firewall and WiFi Access Point. They are a form of custom firewall and WiFi access point that…

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Read more about the article IPFire/AMENDMENT1 with Web Filtering Parental Controls

IPFire/AMENDMENT1 with Web Filtering Parental Controls

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IPFire is the new Operating System we are testing for the AMENDMENT1 and this version is tuned for Web Filtering Parental Controls. What are Web Filtering Parental Controls? Web Filtering…

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Read more about the article Using the IPFire URL Filter Configuration

Using the IPFire URL Filter Configuration

  • Post author:Cogtropolis
  • Post category:Dev/OS

This is a simple video walk-through of the IPFire URL Filter Configuration in the new IPFire/AMENDMENT1 downloadable image file. IPFire is a great OS that we have been experimenting with…

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Read more about the article Slackware 15 RC2 Install and Review

Slackware 15 RC2 Install and Review

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Slackware 15 RC2 was released not long after we posted a quick review and installation how-to for RC1. In our experience with the installation process nothing has changed since RC1…

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Read more about the article IPFire Build for Raspberry Pi 3B+

IPFire Build for Raspberry Pi 3B+

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Since the great "supply chain disruption" of 2021 has hit computer chips, and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts in particular, we've been working on an alternative for the AMENDMENT1 in a downloadable…

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Read more about the article Log4J shows we must all learn to understand our software

Log4J shows we must all learn to understand our software

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This week has led to yet another major vulnerability being discovered in major corporate software stacks, leading to a massive effort to discover, patch, and update. I remember the first…

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