This is a collection of good-to-have-online notes. - OpenVPN - Quick-and-Dirty for running openVPN on a Linux Client Install openvpn Download the files(ca.crt, client.ovpn & tls.key) from the provider Start the connection as root or with sudo # openvpn --config client.ovpn (The client.ovpn can be placed in another folder as long as you supply the path to it.) - ArchLinux - Install quickie (BIOS) # loadkeys sv-latin1 # wifi-menu # timedatectl set-ntp true # fdisk /dev/sdX Make sure to set the first partition as bootable. # mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 # mkswap /dev/sda3 # swapon /dev/sda3 # mkdir /mnt/boot # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt # pacstrap /mnt base dialog wpa_supplicant (dialog and wpa_supplicant to get wifi-menu working after installation.) # genfstab -L /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab (Change -L to -U if you wish to use UUID instead of Labels.) # arch-chroot /mnt # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Stockholm /etc/localtime # hwclock --systohc # locale-gen (Uncomment sv_SE.UTF-8 in the /etc/locale.gen) # echo LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf # echo KEYMAP=sv-latin1 > /etc/vconsole.conf # echo hostname > /etc/hostname # nano /etc/hosts (add the following:) 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost 127.0.0.1 hostname.localdomain hostname # mkinitcpio -p linux # passwd # pacman -S grub # pacman -S intel-ucode (for AMD: amd-ucode) # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg - Debian - - FreeNAS - - pfSense - - z/OS - - Weechat How to add global filter to hide connect/away/quit messages: /filter add joinquit * irc_join,irc_part,irc_quit *