I replaced my standard Nginx Proxy Manager instance with NPMPlus (an enhanced fork) and integrated CrowdSec for automated threat detection and blocking — including Cloudflare Turnstile captcha challenges. The whole stack runs in Docker, managed via Dockge, and sits behind itself as a reverse proxy. Here’s exactly how I did it, including the gotchas I hit along the way
A practical, step-by-step guide on wiping a Windows NTFS hard drive and preparing it for native Arch Linux use. The post walks you through using cfdisk to recreate the partition table, forcing a format with mkfs.ext4 to overwrite stubborn NTFS signatures, configuring auto-mounting via /etc/fstab, and resolving the common ext4 root-ownership permission block so that the drive is fully usable by your user account
After growing tired of Microsoft’s aggressive pop-ups and forced features, the author shares their experience migrating their primary AMD gaming rig (Ryzen 7 7700X, Radeon 7900 GRE) from Windows 11 to CachyOS, an Arch-based Linux distribution known for speed and performance. The post details the smooth gaming experience (easily hitting 165 FPS in EVE Online out of the box), adapting to KDE Plasma and package managers like Flatpak, and a clever workaround using a Proxmox-hosted Windows 10 VM via Remmina for their daily work needs. Ultimately, the author highly recommends the switch for enthusiasts looking to take back control of their hardware.