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PHP Laravel UUID

Laravel - Use UUID For Model ID

This tutorial will show you how you can quickly add a UUID trait, which you can then add to your models, so that they are using a UUID for their primary key/identifier.

exfat filesystems

Ubuntu 20.04 - Add Exfat Support

Adds support for exfat filesystem on Ubuntu and use it to format a partition.

Docker Python Jupyter

Open Jupyter Notebooks Using Docker

Open a Jupyter notebook using Docker.

LibreOffice conditional-formatting

LibreOffice Calc - Conditional Formatting

Apply conditional formatting rules in LibreOffice Calc.

Debian Docker install Bullseye

Debian 11 - Install Docker

Install Docker on Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Debian KVM cloud-init

Create Debian 11 (Bullseye) KVM Guest From Cloud Image

Create a Debian 11 KVM guest using the cloud image.

FFmpeg

FFMPEG - Output Progress To File

Get FFmpeg to output the progress of an encoding job to a text file that can be easily parsed.

SAML SSO

Deploy A Test SAML Identity Provider

Learn how to quickly deploy an example SAML identity provider that you can develop/test your service provider against.

SSL tls

Create Your Own Private SSL/TLS Certificates

Learn how to create your own private SSL/TLS certificates.

fonts

Install Iosevka Fonts

Install the Iosevka font on Ubuntu.

Mailtrain newsletter

Deploy Mailtrain v1 With Docker

Learn how to deploy your own Mailtrain server with docker. Mailtrain is an open source alternative to Mailchimp.

Mailtrain newsletter

Mailtrain 2 - Configure Generic SMTP

Configure Mailtrain 2 to send emails through your SMTP provider.

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