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Getting Started with OhMyDebn — My New Daily Driver

Doug Burks, the creator of Security Onion, has built something special. OhMyDebn combines Debian stability with a curated security-focused toolset. Here's my first look at the setup...

What you're looking at is a fully loaded OhMyDebn workspace — Alacritty terminal running a directory listing, btop monitoring a Ryzen 9 5900HX with 15.6GB RAM at only 15% usage, and Claude Code running inside VS Code on the right. The OhMyDebn splash screen says it all. This is my new daily driver alongside Kali Linux in my home lab.

OpenCode — The Open Source AI Coding Agent Built for the Terminal

If you're running Linux you need to check out OpenCode. Built by the open source community as a terminal-first AI coding agent, OpenCode is provider agnostic — meaning it works with Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, and more. It features a built-in vi-style editor, session management, and MCP server support. I'm just getting started exploring it and plan to document my experience here.

Security Onion 3.0 Install: Lessons Learned from a NordVPN DNS Nightmare

Installing Security Onion 3.0 in VirtualBox should have been straightforward. NordVPN had other plans. Here's the full breakdown of the DNS issues I hit and how I fixed them...

Salt Typhoon: Inside China's Most Sophisticated Telecom Espionage Campaign

Salt Typhoon has been one of the most discussed threat actors of 2025-2026. Using MISP Galaxy and open-source intel, here's what the TTPs tell us...