Wolfgangs ChannelUnfortunately, I had to remove the "PatreonVPN" joke. I have severely underestimated people's stupidity and getting 10 comments per day saying "you say don't use vpn but ur sponsored by patreonvpn!!!!" is getting old. Patreon is not a VPN, but you can use it to support my channel (if you want)! patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel
Stop using VPNs for privacy.Wolfgangs Channel2019-11-17 | Unfortunately, I had to remove the "PatreonVPN" joke. I have severely underestimated people's stupidity and getting 10 comments per day saying "you say don't use vpn but ur sponsored by patreonvpn!!!!" is getting old. Patreon is not a VPN, but you can use it to support my channel (if you want)! patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel
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Timestamps: 00:00 Twitter Disaster Recap 03:28 The Mastodon Exodus 04:45 Why Twitter Isn't Worth Replacing 07:04 How Mastodon is Different 10:06 What Mastodon is Trying to Do 10:54 OutroBuilding a Tiny NAS for My ParentsWolfgangs Channel2022-11-04 | Follow me: Mastodon https://mastodon.technology/web/@notthebee GitHub github.com/notthebee Twitch twitch.com/notthebeee
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchasesAnswering Your Power Efficiency Questions! | Homelab Power Optimization Q&AWolfgangs Channel2022-10-22 | Follow me: Mastodon https://mastodon.technology/web/@notthebee GitHub github.com/notthebee Twitch twitch.com/notthebeee
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 How I measure power draw 01:28 Power efficient switches 02:39 Staggered HDD spinup 04:10 M1/M2 Macs in a homelab 06:08 Is my home server useless? 07:19 Do I use my server for video editing? 08:27 Do low-power CPUs lack ECC support? 09:23 Are 2.5" HDDs more power efficient? 10:05 Diagnosing bad C-States 11:05 Are power efficient mobos too pricey? 12:11 Is the Ryzen freezing bug "FUD"? 13:14 Misinformation about NVIDIA? 14:24 Are mobile mobos more power efficient? 15:12 What about AMD Eco Mode? 15:38 Debian/Diet Pi for power efficiency?Building a Power Efficient Home Server!Wolfgangs Channel2022-10-12 | WD Red Drives: westerndigital.com/en-us/products/network-attached-storage.internal
Music: Delavoh – Always With Me When Mountains Move – Alone Atlast Steve Beddall – Cuts so Deep Kitrano – Slow Evening Meod – Crispy Cone Vladislav Kurnikov – A New Time Yestalgia – Coffee Shop Jalowo – Luminism (ft. Yonderling)
Videos are edited with Davinci Resolve Studio. I use Affinity Photo for thumbnails and Ableton Live for audio editing.
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:16 Why care about power efficiency? 02:26 Platform (Motherboard & CPU) 05:34 Ultra small-form-factor PCs 06:18 miniITX Motherboards 07:41 Efficient mATX and ATX motherboards 09:22 Package C-States 10:34 Devices that prevent low C-States 11:43 Power supply 13:37 Storage 13:58 Sponsored segment 14:40 Storage (cont.) 15:27 To spindown or not to spindown? 17:30 Tiered caching 19:25 OutroWatch This If Youre Building a Plex/Jellyfin Server!Wolfgangs Channel2022-09-14 | PiKVM: github.com/pikvm/pikvm The ASUS motherboard: asus.com/de/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/P10S-E-4L
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:30 The dumbphone trend 04:21 What problem are dumbphones solving? 05:55 What should you do instead? 06:55 Screen Time & Digital Wellbeing 07:27 Focus, Do Not Disturb & Wind Down 08:33 The problem with notifications 09:12 Automated/scripted notifications 09:41 Three types of notifications 11:12 Turning your smartphone into a dumbphone 13:20 OutroSet Up Your Own VPN in 5 Minutes!Wolfgangs Channel2022-07-23 | The playbook github.com/notthebee/ansible-easy-vpn LowEndStock lowendstock.com DuckDNS duckdns.org
Other stuff that I use: Monitor amzn.to/36zNekk Standing desk https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Infinitely-Height-adjustable-Management-Integrated-Protection/dp/B07DXC73KZ Monitor arm amzn.to/3ASFKXD Laptop stand amzn.to/3eahdDJ Keyboard https://www.amazon.de/HHKB-PD-KB401W-Tastenkappen-Professionelle-Mechanische/dp/B082TXQD1S Mouse amzn.to/2Vp6NcU Audio interface amzn.to/3AS6Jmm
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Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:29 Choosing and buying a VPS 04:21 Logging in and running the playbook 08:05 Setting up two-factor authentication 09:18 Connecting to the VPN on mobile and desktop 10:51 OutroBuilding a Homelab Server Rack!Wolfgangs Channel2022-07-07 | WD Red Pro Drives: westerndigital.com/en-us/products/internal-drives/wd-red-pro-sata-hdd
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Why? 01:45 Choosing the components 03:30 Transplanting the server 06:15 New hard drives 06:53 Rack tour 10:46 OutroDO NOT Build Your Own Router! Get This $50 Thin Client Instead...Wolfgangs Channel2022-06-13 | This $50 thin client from 2015 beats the $200 router that we built in the last video... by a big margin.
Fujitsu S920 paired with a PCIe NIC is a great cheap machine for OpenWRT, OPNSense, IPFire or VyOS!
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Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:49 Why build your own router? 2:20 Can you even build your own router? 3:42 What hardware do you need? 5:49 Why not just flash OpenWRT on a cheap router? 7:18 So... What should I get instead? 7:45 Seeed CM4 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Board 10:48 Noname J4125 Router from AliExpress 12:48 Custom-built MiniITX router 16:13 What about the Wi-Fi? 17:03 OutroThe Perfect Linux/Unix Keyboard? MNT Reform Keyboard ReviewWolfgangs Channel2022-02-03 | Finally, a keyboard that speaks to all the Linux/Unix nerds, supports your Right to Repair, and looks gorgeous while doing it!
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchasesWriting Your First Ansible Playbook! | IaC Deep Dive Pt. 1Wolfgangs Channel2022-01-06 | In this new series we're going to write a perfect Ansible playbook for setting up a home server/NAS. In the first part I will show you the basics of Ansible: how to install it, how to set up your inventory, write tasks, create plain text and encrypted variables.
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:57 What is Ansible? 01:25 Requirements 02:00 Installing Ansible 02:21 Project structure and inventory 03:17 Generating an SSH key 04:32 Tasks 06:20 Variables 07:35 Encrypted variables 08:27 More tasks 10:30 Writing the playbook 11:22 Running the playbook 12:20 OutroWhats On My Home Server? Storage, OS, Media, Provisioning, AutomationWolfgangs Channel2021-12-23 | - What applications do I run on my home server? - What OS am I using? - How do I automate deploying and provisioning? - How do I secure my services from unauthorized access? ...and many other questions, answered in this video 😊
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:29 The dashboard and media applications 02:21 Nextcloud 03:20 PhotoPrism 04:15 Bitwarden/Vaultwarden 05:30 System applications 06:35 PiKVM 07:48 PiHole & Unbound 09:07 Home Automation 11:36 Other stuff 12:15 The OS 13:05 Storage and filesystems 14:38 Security 16:57 Dynamic DNS 17:59 Provisioning and deploying 19:09 IaC (Infrastracture as Code) 20:00 Why not just use shell scripts? 22:14 Ansible playbook walkthrough 23:50 Yeeting my bootdrive and reinstalling from scratch 25:48 Thoughts and considerations 26:38 Special thanks and outroThe Perfect Home Server Build! 18TB, 10Gbit LAN, Quiet & CompactWolfgangs Channel2021-10-03 | Another year, another home server build! This time I'm reusing some parts from my previous builds and cramming 18TB of storage into a 17 liter Streacom DA2 case.
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:35 What I need from a home server 02:53 Motherboard 03:27 CPU 04:09 RAM 04:43 Storage 06:45 Case 07:21 Cooling and PSU 08:05 10Gbit NIC 08:31 Remote Management 10:14 Build considerations 11:21 Cost 12:10 Alternatives 13:03 Outro🌱 Just a normal walk in a forest... enjoying the natureWolfgangs Channel2021-09-16 | PiJuice Hat for Raspberry Pi: https://www.distrelec.biz/en/pijuice-ups-hat-for-raspberry-pi-pi-supply-pis-0212/p/30163344
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Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Teardown 02:12 CPU upgrade 05:59 Storage upgrade 06:32 Screen upgrade 13:02 Keyboard modification 14:00 LVDS Adapter position & keyboard installation 16:04 Cleaning 17:04 Turning on & outroWhy I Switched to MacWolfgangs Channel2021-07-11 | Nope, it's not a late April fools joke. I bought an M1 Macbook Air, and I'm about to make it everyone else's problem.
Music: Lasii – Time Travel Vladislav Kurnikov – Saturday Morning
Timestamps: 0:00:00 Introduction 0:01:50 1. Don't reuse passwords 0:04:11 2. Use throwaway e-mail addresses 0:06:05 3. Remove old accounts 0:07:34 4. Use random nicknames 0:08:15 5. Keep your phone number secret 0:09:44 6. Don't use SMS for two-factor auth 0:10:46 7. Be careful with VPNs 0:13:13 8. Compartmentalize! 0:14:21 9. Educate your family and friends 0:15:19 OutroA $150 Linux Phone with Android App Support? Sony XA2 & Sailfish OS XWolfgangs Channel2021-04-24 | Installation instructions: jolla.com/sailfishx-windows-instructions-xa2 jolla.com/sailfishx-linux-instructions-xa2 jolla.com/sailfishx-macos-instructions-xa2
Follow me: Twitter twitter.com/notthebeeee GitHub github.com/notthebee Twitch twitch.tv/notthebeeeASMR Installing Gentoo Linux (No Talking, Mechanical Keyboard, 4K)Wolfgangs Channel2021-03-24 | The long-awaited rework of my 2018 ASMR video is finally here! This time with binaural sound, a new CPU and in glorious 4K. I cut out most of the long compilation segments, (as well as me stumbling through menuconfig), the installation itself took about 10 hours (including time for a sleep break). I used menuconfig this time instead of genkernel and cfdisk instead of gparted, so hopefully that will make you guys happy :)
P.S. Please DO NOT use this video as a guide. Refer to Gentoo AMD64 Handbook and the wiki if you want to install Gentoo Linux on your computer: wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Partitioning the drive 01:45 Downloading and unpacking the stage3 tarball 02:42 Initial Portage configuration 04:45 Chrooting 05:53 Syncing the Emerge database 06:10 Selecting the profile and emerging @world 07:59 Setting the locale 09:35 Configuring and compiling the kernel 12:21 Installing Neovim 12:33 System configuration + additional tools 13:56 Installing Grub and adding a BIOS boot partition 15:04 Adding a non-root user and configuring sudo 16:29 Additional USE flags, installing dbus 17:25 Installing KDE Plasma and X.Org 19:24 Setting up SDDM, installing VMWare Tools 20:29 Final touches, exiting the chroot 22:19 Booting up, outroSet Up Your Own VPN at Home With Raspberry Pi! (noob-friendly)Wolfgangs Channel2021-02-24 | A simple, short and easy to follow guide on setting up your own Wireguard VPN instance on a Raspberry Pi
Music: Gvidon – Body in a Half Light Tru Genesis – Burned
Stock Footage (pexels.com): Kurt Von Cottonbro Pavel Danilyuk ALL IZ WELL Tima Miroshnichenko Henrique Pressmaster Mike Kai Pilger "Inside The World's Largest Data Center" by Tech Vision (4:08) youtube.com/watch?v=g7JaN3rTK2A
TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 0:42 Common VPN use cases 1:29 Use cases for a selhofsted VPN 2:15 Why not just use a VPN service? 2:56 What skills will you need for this project 3:57 Technical requirements 6:38 TUTORIAL START – Downloading and installing Raspberry Pi 8:18 Initial setup 8:40 For monitor users 8:56 For "headless" users 10:47 Dynamic DNS 13:59 Port forwarding 14:51 Installing Wireguard VPN 15:43 Connecting to the VPN from a smartphone 16:38 Connecting to the VPN from a PC 17:57 OutroTop 5 Fonts for Terminals and ProgrammingWolfgangs Channel2021-02-10 | Can't see Ubuntu Mono anymore? You've come to the right place.
Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:58 Tweaks and optimizations 03:35 Caveats and potential problems 06:36 Hardware and software setup 07:45 Initial benchmarks (Windows vs. Linux 09:16 Switching to Openbox 09:47 Enabling GameMode 10:12 Installing Xanmod kernel 11:11 Garuda's performance-tweaks 12:00 Final results 12:46 Thoughts and considerationsBuilding A Keyboard! (For Christmas)Wolfgangs Channel2020-12-21 | Support the channel: Patreon patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel PayPal (one time donation) paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=S46R487SBMJZ8
Music: Be Still The Earth – I Want A Synthesizer For Christmas Jalowo & Yonderling – Luminism FadedAeon – Leaves Of October (Forget the Past) Jameson Nathan Jones – Grounded When Mountains Move – Onwardiodé – Privacy on Android for Normal People?Wolfgangs Channel2020-12-03 | Sponsored by iodé – https://iode.tech Pcap file – https://nc.weirdrescue.pw/index.php/s/yqXZkZgYCyoW9Cw
Music: Liquify – Afternoon Falls – Triboro Saint-Samuel – Their Thoughts Can KillMake Your Own VPN Pt.2 – Use It Correctly! Netflix, Torrenting, Wireguard, etc.Wolfgangs Channel2020-11-11 | Sponsored by Linode! Get $100 credit for your first cloud server or VPS here! (20 months free for a self-hosted VPN): linode.com/wolfgang
This video is a Part 2 of my tutorial on how to create your own DIY VPN! If you haven't seen the first part, you can check it out here: youtu.be/gxpX_mubz2A
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00:00 Introduction 00:31 Use cases for splitting VPN and ISP traffic 01:54 How does it work? 03:33 Why not just use Shadowsocks? 04:11 Sponsored segment 04:31 Switching to Wireguard (Tutorial starts here) 05:38 Installing WSL2 06:33 Installing Docker 06:49 Installing a WSL distro 07:36 Setting up the container 10:14 Working with Deluge 11:16 Working with Privoxy 12:37 Setting it up on Linux 13:32 Setting it up on macOS 14:22 OutroA Video In Which I Speak RussianWolfgangs Channel2020-10-26 | Luke is a comrade
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.Testing DX12 Games on Windows 10 AME (and... Arch Linux?)Wolfgangs Channel2020-10-19 | As a follow-up to my guide on how to debloat Windows 10, in this video I test 5 DX12 games on an "ameliorated" Windows 10 installation, compare the performance to stock Windows 10 and Linux, and come to some surprising conclusions!
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.SSH Honeypot in 4 Minutes - Trap Hackers in Your ServerWolfgangs Channel2020-10-13 | In this video I'll show you a funny way to protect your SSH server from hackers, script kiddies and Chinese botnets, using Endlessh by Chris Wellons Endlessh (GitHub): github.com/skeeto/endlessh
Music: A.M. Beef - Takama no Hara Ian Post - ElectricityDebloat and Debotnet Windows 10 Using AME Scripts!Wolfgangs Channel2020-09-07 | Linux is great, but what if you absolutely have to use Windows? Making Windows 10 bearable is not easy, but it's definitely worth it – in this video I will guide you through the process of debloating Windows 10 and removing as much spyware and telemetry as possible with the help of Windows 10 Ameliorated (AME) scripts.
LINKS Text version with all the commands and links: https://notthebe.ee/blog/windows10-ame/ The official AME documentation: ameliorated.info/documentation.html
MUSIC Michael Drake - Cycles Hale - Moment Nomadic XXL - Now is the Time FadedAeon - May Always Reminds Me
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Who is this video for? 02:18 Limitations and sacrifices 04:13 Why not just use the AME ISO? 04:51 Downloading the Windows 10 ISO (guide starts here) 06:12 Downloading tools, updates, drivers, etc. 08:11 Verifying the Windows ISO 08:50 Creating a bootable Windows USB drive 09:18 Installing Windows 10 and cleaning up the UI 10:13 Installing updates 11:36 Running the AME script and setting up users 12:42 Creating a bootable Linux USB drive 12:58 Booting into Linux and setting up the environment 13:24 Running the Linux AME script 13:54 Post-amelioration 15:20 Hardentools by Security Without Borders 15:44 Changing input language 16:13 Disabling Intel DPST 17:02 Outro14TB Home Server/NAS Build – Small, quiet & power efficientWolfgangs Channel2020-07-12 | My home server desperately needed an upgrade, since I was running out of storage and my case didn't have any more drive bays. So I rebuilt it using a power-efficient miniITX mobo+CPU combo and 12TB of additional storage.
Music Falls - Underground Lyfe Falls - Imagination King Pong - Game Recognize Tru Genesis - Burned
Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:13 My previous NAS build 01:50 Why I decided to upgrade 03:16 The components for the new NAS build 03:27 Case 04:43 PSU 05:24 Case fan 06:18 Motherboard and CPU 07:13 Hard drives 08:37 RAM 08:53 Accessories, adapters, etc. 10:41 Size comparison 11:26 Build timelapse 14:51 Build impressions, problems, etc. 16:23 Final specs and prices 17:00 Alternative budget builds 18:05 OutroFast & Minimal Blog Using POSIX Shell and MarkdownWolfgangs Channel2020-07-01 | My website (https://notthebe.ee) was long overdue for a major rework – here's how I remade it using ssg5, a static website generator written in pure POSIX shell by Roman Zolotarev.
Music: Hale - MomentRemoving Wi-Fi Whitelist on Haswell Thinkpads (T440p, T540, W540) & Unlocking Advanced BIOS SettingsWolfgangs Channel2020-06-17 | A long-awaited update on the 4th gen Thinkpad whitelist situation! Thanks to the effort of the Thinkpad community you can now mod the BIOS yourself – without paying for it and relying on other people's work. Text version: https://notthebe.ee/blog/removing-the-wifi-whitelist/
Special thanks to: Thrimbor github.com/thrimbor tonymacx86 tonymacx86.com XX and paranoidbashthot for developing the BootGuard bypass method and patches for xx40 onwards
Music: Falls - A Strange Science Fairlight - Modularity
Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Disclaimers 01:41 Special thanks 01:59 Hardware preparations (the tutorial starts here) 02:32 Software preparations 03:34 Preparing the patches 04:05 Making a BIOS dump 05:30 Patching the BIOS file 06:30 Flashing the modded BIOS 07:20 OutroHow to Make Your Own VPN (And Why You Would Want to)Wolfgangs Channel2020-06-08 | Sponsored by Linode! Get $20 credit for your first cloud server or VPS here: linode.com/wolfgang
Text version: https://notthebe.ee/blog/creating-your-own-vpn/ OpenVPN road warrior installer by Nyr: github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install
Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Everything wrong with the VPN services 05:50 What are the alternatives? 07:39 VPN services vs. Self-hosted VPNs 08:58 Choosing a VPS provider 10:43 My choice of the VPS provider 11:25 Creating an account (The tutorial starts here) 11:45 Creating a VPS 12:37 Generating SSH keys 13:46 Updating the packages 14:07 Creating a non-root user 15:04 Configuring SSH 17:14 Installing and configuring OpenVPN 20:50 Installing mosh 21:14 Two-factor authentication 23:53 Automatic updates 25:11 ConclusionRating 5 Most Popular Terminal Color SchemesWolfgangs Channel2020-04-17 | This is the only acceptable way to shill Nord.
MUSIC: Tru Genesis - BurnedIs This Weird Keyboard Any Good? Niu Mini 40% ReviewWolfgangs Channel2020-03-30 | PCBWay - Full feature custom PCB prototype service pcbway.com
MUSIC: Tide Electric - Soul ExperienceCreating a Comfy Home Office Setup! Cable management, KVM, etc.Wolfgangs Channel2020-03-17 | This video was recorded before, you know, the thing... But I feel like it would be especially relevant now, since many people will have to work from home. In this video I will fix some issues with my setup (mainly the horrible cable management) and show off some hardware that I use
MUSIC: Oboy - Rim Midnight Daydream - The Rain Fairlight - Keys and Thank You Oboy - Patriot Falls - Strange ScienceIs Distrohopping a Dangerous Addiction?Wolfgangs Channel2020-03-03 | In this video essay I will consult various scientific sources such as Jordan Peterson and your dad to find the truth.
MUSIC: Polymath - Memory TheoryBuilding A PC (Sponsored by VPN Ads)Wolfgangs Channel2020-01-21 | Hey, remember y'all were upset about the VPN ads on my anti-VPN video? Well...
This is a video response to DistroTube's video "Are Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds Good for Linux?" youtube.com/watch?v=BZuDhgQmN7U
Twitter: twitter.com/notthebeeee Patreon: patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel Github: github.com/notthebeeChinese i7-4980HQ in Thinkpad T440p – Worth it?Wolfgangs Channel2019-09-02 | In this video we're taking a look at i7-4980hq, which is the most powerful CPU that you can theoretically put into T440p. Is it worth getting over officially supported processors like i7-4712mq and 4910mq? Let's find out.