Linux & Open Source

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My Blog Got Hacked, and That's a Good Thing

My blog has not been updated for several months. Indeed, I was peacefully enjoying an ice cream in front of The Simpsons when I received this email from WordPress French notification text, shown as received : 1. Initial…

💬 0 Comment 📅 23/09/2026 ✍️ Eoran

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PHP / WEB DEV – Sending Emails Without SMTP

When developing a web application, you may sometimes need to simulate email sends: validating email addresses, notifications, password recovery, etc. In a development environment, sending real emails is pointless: it’s…

💬 0 Comment 📅 23/09/2026 ✍️ Eoran

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Running MailHog on Debian 12

MailHog is an essential tool for intercepting emails sent by a development application. But I don't want to manage its startup and shutdown manually; it needs to be always available at system boot, especially in my dev…

💬 0 Comment 📅 22/09/2026 ✍️ Eoran

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Apache 2, PHP 8.4, MariaDB, phpMyAdmin setup

How to Install Apache, PHP, and MariaDB on Debian 13 (Trixie)

💬 0 Comment 📅 21/09/2026 ✍️ Eoran

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Set Up an Apache VirtualHost on Debian 13 for Local PHP Projects

When developing multiple PHP applications on a Debian machine, using only quickly becomes impractical. Apache VirtualHosts allow you to associate a local domain name with each project. For example: Each name can point t…

💬 0 Comment 📅 12/09/2026 ✍️ Eoran

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Install Firefox Developer Edition (non-ESR) on Debian 13

By default, Debian includes the ESR Extended Support Release version of Firefox. This is a more stable version but doesn't receive the latest feature updates as quickly as regular Firefox. I always have two versions of…

💬 0 Comment 📅 11/09/2026 ✍️ Eoran

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