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Hi there! I am yttrinis, a tech enthusiast with a deep interest in Linux, open-source software, and system administration. You will usually find me tinkering, breaking things, fixing them, and figuring out how to improve them.
In my free time …
… I like to refine (sometimes even revamp) my riced1 system.
My biggest project …
… Definitely my homelab. It’s many things:
- sandbox to test new ideas in a VM
- tool to automate parts of my life
- NAS
- media server
And it also runs a variety of open-source tools and services as alternatives to mainstream, closed-source solutions.
This helps me stay in control of my data and protect my digital privacy (looking at you, Google and Microsoft), all while learning new things each day.
Right now, I am …
… Learning a bit of Rust, I got interested in the language.
My favorite OS is …
… Arch!
It’s been with me the longest and the one that stopped my distro-hopping back when I was trying new distributions each week in the search for something I liked. I recently saw an uprise of NixOS users and decided to try it, but … after 10 months of usage, I decided to stick with Arch.
Although I do not regret the little trip. I learned a lot, especially because it’s so different from your usual Linux distro.
The past
How did I get here?
Well, my first step into the IT world was when I rooted a Galaxy S2 just to be able to modify games and acquire free in-game currency - y’all remember Lucky Patcher? (I just looked it up, and that thing is still going, damn).
Sometime later, I wanted to do more and looked into things like changing the boot image, flashing custom ROMs, customizing every aspect of the UI, manipulating CPU settings, etc. From then on, it was just a series of “What else can I do?” Everything that was possible, I tried, until my options ran out.
On the desktop side of things, I used Windows starting with XP and went through every version until I reached Windows 10 in late 2015 (10 whole years ago … time flies), but it really bore the hell out of me; besides a few things like regedit, gpedit, or PowerShell, there wasn’t much else I could have fun with.
On that day, I discovered Linux distros, and like every sane person, I chose Arch as my first … yeah.
*Queue about 3 days of excruciating pain and non-working Wi-Fi/Bluetooth drivers.*
Turns out that jumping straight into installing another OS through the CLI for the first time ever - not even knowing basic terminology and with it not being a beginner-friendly OS - was not my brightest idea.
After that, I kept on using Windows but went on a distro-hopping journey since I wanted to try new OSes and settled for Debian + Xfce for about a year.
I came back to Arch once I actually started to understand what I was doing, and have been using it since.
At some point, I decided to build my Homelab and my interest in system administration grew with it. That’s when I decided to challenge myself with the LFCS exam.
After passing it, I thought about writing a post on Reddit with some tips to help others. Why? Because I looked for advice and resources online myself during preparation but - while there were some helpful Reddit posts and blog articles already - most of them were outdated since the Linux Foundation revamped the exam in 2023.
On top of that, I already had been thinking about documenting my Homelab. So I figured, why not add everything together, turn it into a digital garden, and make a website out of it?
And here we are!