Howtos

Tip for Windows 11 on Libvirt/KVM

Getting good performance with Windows 11 Pro running under Libvirt/KVM on Linux requires some special configs, especially if one wants to enable WSL2 (which requires 'Nested virtualization'). This is a brief cheatsheet on the required configuration.

June 19, 2025 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes

Power BI M Code Date Table

For Power BI, if your data source does not already have a date dimension table, Microsoft strongly recommends adding one in Power Query M-code. Here we show how to do that for a fiscal year date table.

February 11, 2024 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes

PowerShell: Adding Privileges to a User

August 9, 2024 by Daniel F Dickinson5 minutes

Commit LBU (stores changes)

Once you are sure everything is correct for the initial boot into your configured system, commit (store) your changes.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Configure SSH to only allow pubkey logins

Disallowing SSH login with only a username and password is a well known security best practise, therefore we implement it.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson3 minutes

Add pre-mount filesystem check

Where possible it is a best practise to safely check your filesystems before mounting them. Here we add the needed packages.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Use encrypted LBU

Unless you need headless, or unattended reboots or power up, it is highly recommended to use an encrypted configuration backup.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes

Configure off-system backups

April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Enable enhanced shell prompt

Add colour and context information to the ash prompt. This makes it more 'friendly', useful, and useable.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute

Add tmux

Tmux is a handy tool that gives the ability to have multiple (text) windows in a single terminal session, as well as persisting your session in case of disconnect.

April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute