setup

This section contains information about how to install and configure GNU/Linux.

setting the system and hardware clock

created onAugust 13, 2025
last modified onAugust 14, 2025
TLDR? Head straight to putting it all together. time formats UTC and local time; time zones The world’s primary time standard is UTC, which is short for Coordinated Universal Time. UTC is defined as the time at the meridian with a longitude of 0°. It is the successor of GMT, Greenwich Median Time (Greenwich, UK, is located at the meridian with longitude 0°). ...

XDG Base Directory Specification

created onMarch 29, 2023
last modified onDecember 24, 2023
XDG stands for X Desktop Group, a project to work on interoperability for free-software desktop environments for the X Window System (X11) and Wayland on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It eventually evolved into freedesktop.org. freedesktop.org produces specifications for interoperability, but it is not a formal standards body. Projects are not required to implement the specifications and there is no certification. ...

installing your own Root CA certificate

created onAugust 20, 2025
Before you can install your own Root CA Certificate you need to set up your own CA (Certificate Authority). ...