ansible-k3s-on-vms updated to Debian 13 (Trixie)

November 13, 2025 less than 1 minute read

I use the lightweight Kubernetes K3s on a 3-node Raspberry Pi 4 cluster.

And created a few ansible roles to provision the virtual machines with cloud image with cloud-init and deploy k3s on it.

I updated the roles below to be compatible with the latest Debian release: Debian 13 Trixie.

With this release comes a new movie ;-)

Lookat 2.1.0 released

September 14, 2025 less than 1 minute read

Lookat 2.1.0 is the latest stable release of Lookat/Bekijk, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages.

The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support.

News

14 Sep 2025 Lookat 2.1.0 Released

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2 has been released as Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0

3 Aug 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc2 Released

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0

ChangeLog

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2

• Corrected italic color
• Don’t reset the search offset when cursor mode is enabled
• Renamed strsize to charsize ( ansi_strsize -> ansi_charsize, utf8_strsize -> utf8_charsize) to be less confusing
• Support for multiple ansi streams in ansi_utf8_strlen()
• Update default color theme to green for this release
• Update manpages & documentation
• Reorganized contrib directory
  • Moved ci/cd related file from contrib/* to contrib/cicd
  • Moved debian dir to contrib/dist
  • Moved support script to contrib/scripts

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 released

August 3, 2025 less than 1 minute read

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of release of Lookat/Bekijk 2.1.0, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages.

The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support.

News

3 Aug 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc2 Released

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0

ChangeLog

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2

• Corrected italic color
• Don’t reset the search offset when cursor mode is enabled
• Renamed strsize to charsize ( ansi_strsize -> ansi_charsize, utf8_strsize -> utf8_charsize) to be less confusing
• Support for multiple ansi streams in ansi_utf8_strlen()
• Update default color theme to green for this release
• Update manpages & documentation
• Reorganized contrib directory
  • Moved ci/cd related file from contrib/* to contrib/cicd
  • Moved debian dir to contrib/dist
  • Moved support script to contrib/scripts

Using OpenTofu/Terraform to create a disposable Tails virtual machine

June 22, 2025 1 minute read

OpenTofu

Terraform or OpenTofu (the open-source fork supported by the Linux Foundation) is a nice tool to setup the infrastructure on different cloud environments. There is also a provider that supports libvirt.

• https://github.com/dmacvicar/terraform-provider-libvirt

If you want to get started with OpenTofu there is a free training available from the Linux foundation:

• https://training.linuxfoundation.org/express-learning/getting-started-with-opentofu-lfel1009/

I also joined the talk about OpenTofu and Infrastructure As Code, in general, this year in the Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure DEV Room at FOSDEM this year:

• https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6057-the-iac-tooling-multiverse-and-the-future-of-iac/

Lookat 2.1.0rc1 released

June 8, 2025 less than 1 minute read

Lookat 2.1.0rc1 is the latest development release of Lookat/Bekijk, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages.

The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support.

News

8 Jun 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc1 Released

Lookat 2.1.0rc1 is the first release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0

ChangeLog

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc1

• ANSI Color support