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Nerd Fonts - https://www.nerdfonts.com/ includes many monospaced fonts that are especially well suited to terminals and code editors. Nerd Fonts adds a large set of icons that can display the glyphs used by git, programming languages and CLIs. After downloading you’ll see a lot of font files. Take the MesloLG font that I commonly use as an example: MesloLGMDZNerdFontMono-Bold MesloLGMDZNerdFontMono-BoldItalic MesloLGMDZNerdFontMono-Italic MesloLGMDZNerdFontMono-Regular The naming carries a lot of meaning: ...

I bought a used ASRock server motherboard online and wanted to use its IPMI feature, but the password had already been changed, so I looked online for a way to reset it. First, boot into any Windows install and download Supermicro’s IPMICFG tool: https://www.supermicro.com/SwDownload/SwSelect_Free.aspx?cat=IPMI ipmicfg -user list Maximum number of Users : 10 Count of currently enabled Users : 1 User ID | User Name | Privilege Level | Enable --------|-----------|-----------------|------- 2 | admin | Administrator | Yes ipmicfg -user setpwd 2 admin Or reset it to factory defaults: ...

Notes on my environment; I’ll update with anything I missed later. Fonts Monospace fonts monaco sourcecode pro Bitstream Vera Sans Mono ubuntu mono Hardware I set up a home server running Debian; total power draw stays under 30 watts — very power-efficient, great value!!! The only downside is there are only 2 SATA connectors and the motherboard doesn’t support RAID. mb:asus N3150M-E ram:8G storage:120G SSD + 1T Keyboard Ducky One 80% with brown switches; I swapped in PBT keycaps. PBT feels a bit powdery to the touch, and I bought ones that are easy to clean, at Cherry OEM profile height. It felt OEM at first but I got used to it after a few days. ...