Tips & Tricks

AI is everywhere. In fact, it has become a bit of an unwanted party guest – everyone is talking about it, but not everyone wants to invite it in. And I get it – it’s here to stay but its presence raises privacy concerns. This article explains how to run […]

Running AI on your Raspberry Pi – A privacy respecting ...

July 12, 2025 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged AI / install / LLM / pi / raspberry / raspberrypi by DailyCompute

For the last 10+ years I have been using a bunch of Google services in my day to day life, including: However, the thought of my entire online presence relying on a multi-billion dollar company and their good will to not abuse their power has been lingering in the back […]

The tedious process of de-google-fying your online presence

March 19, 2025 in Tips & Tricks tagged de-google-fying / gmail / google by DailyCompute

This article will give you an overview of how you can capture network data from an iOS device with a MacBook. Prerequisites If you do not have Xcode installed, you can download the latest version from Apple’s website or the App Store. Setup You are now ready to capture network […]

Capturing iOS network traffic with a MacBook

June 19, 2024 in Tips & Tricks tagged capture / iOS / network / ssl / tls / traffic / wireshark by DailyCompute

In this article, you will learn how to securely wipe your old hard drives before getting rid of them. Introduction If you are like me you probably have a good amount of old hard drives taking up space and collecting dust. You may also ask yourself how to securely erase […]

How to securely wipe old hard drives

March 26, 2024 in Tips & Tricks tagged dban / erase / hard drive / hdd / Linux / macos / secure / usb / windows / wipe by DailyCompute

In this guide, you will learn how to create beautiful and unique QR codes with Stable Diffusion and the ControlNet plugin. Prerequisites You will need to following tools: Install Stable Diffusion Install ControlNet Creating a baseline QR code Stable diffusion cannot encode text into QR codes on its own, so […]

Create beautiful QR codes with Stable Diffusion

July 5, 2023 in Tips & Tricks tagged beginner / code / controlnet / diffusion / install / installation / qr / stable by DailyCompute

In this article, you will learn a simple way to upscale old videos using QualityScaler (BSRGAN) & RealScaler (Real-ESRGAN). You will also find a quality comparison between the different AI models. Introduction In the last few years, camera quality has improved a lot and with that, our expectation towards video […]

Video upscaling made easy (BSRGAN vs. Real-ESRGAN)

June 16, 2023 in Reviews / Tips & Tricks tagged AI / bsrgan / qualityscaler / real-esrgan / realscaler / upscaling by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate an easy way to start cracking wifi passwords using the Bettercap web UI and aircrack-ng. Difficulty: MediumTime: n/a YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8W6vojgK8 Prerequisites In this article you are going to learn the easiest method of cracking wifi passwords using Bettercap with it’s web UI and aircrack-ng. Please note […]

Wifi hacking for beginners (Bettercap / aircrack-ng)

June 6, 2023 in Tips & Tricks tagged aircrack / beginner / bettercap / cracking / hacking / ng / passwords / pi / pwnagotchi / wifi by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate how to set up PiAware (FlightAware) on a Raspberry Pi. Difficulty: EasyTime: 20 minutes Prerequisites Installation The installation process of PiAware is very simple and straight forward. (Optional) Activate Wireless LAN On the prepared micro SD card you will find a file called “piaware-config.txt“. In this […]

Track planes with a Raspberry Pi (PiAware w/ MLAT)

May 22, 2023 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged beginner / flightaware / install / installation / pi / piaware / raspberry / raspberrypi / tracking by DailyCompute

This article shall demonstrate the performance difference between Parallels and UTM running Windows 11. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HqtJq7ikPQ Prerequisites All tests are run on a 14″ Macbook Pro with the Apple M2 Pro processor (10 Core CPU, 16 Core GPU), 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD. Both virtual machines are set up […]

Windows 11 | Parallels vs. UTM

April 17, 2023 in Tips & Tricks tagged parallels / performance / utm / windows 11 by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate how to set up Kali Linux on Apple Silicon Macs for free using UTM. Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 20-30 minutes Prerequisites Since Apple has made the switch from Intel-based processors to Apple Silicon, running virtual machines on your Mac is not as simple as it used to be. […]

Kali Linux VM on Apple Silicon (Free)

March 31, 2023 in Reviews / Tips & Tricks tagged apple / beginner / install / installation / Kali / Linux / M1 / M2 / M2 Pro / silicon / vm by DailyCompute

This guide shall explain how to set up a dockerized Folding@Home instance on a Raspberry Pi 4. What is Folding@Home? Folding@home is a distributed computing project that uses the idle processing power of personal computers to perform protein folding simulations and other scientific calculations. The project was developed by the […]

Dockerized Folding@home on Raspberry Pi 4

January 4, 2023 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged folding / install / installation / pi / raspberry / raspberrypi by DailyCompute

GoBuster is a versatile enumeration tool for domains and websites. This guide shall give an overview on how to use GoBuster. GoBuster Homepage: https://github.com/OJ/gobuster Directory Scanning Almost every website consists of multiple pages and directories. Let’s take the Pentesterlab website as an example. The landing page is located at https://pentesterlab.com/. […]

Scan web servers for hidden content with GoBuster

December 5, 2022 in Tips & Tricks tagged beginner / gobuster / guide / hacking by DailyCompute

This guide will explain how to set up a Nessus installation on a Linux server. This guide will use Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 LTS but most Linux servers should work just fine. Time: 15 minutesDifficulty: Beginner Prerequisites This guide is going to assume that you have already set up a Linux […]

Set up Nessus on Linux Server

November 1, 2022 in Tips & Tricks tagged hacking / how-to / nessus / pentest / security by DailyCompute

Most of us “IT guys” know top and htop as the default process viewers on Linux. Top is the simple version without mouse support or graphical details and htop is the more fancy tool with mouse interactions and basic graphics. But what if I told you that these tools fade […]

BASHTOP is the superior process viewer

October 23, 2022 in Tips & Tricks tagged alias / bashrc / bashtop / htop / install / installation by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate how to set up “Portainer” on a Raspberry Pi. Difficulty: EasyTime: 20 – 30 minutes YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NfUIKDbrrw Prerequisites For this guide, I will assume that you already know how to set up a headless Raspberry Pi. If not, please read the following article before you […]

Setup Portainer on Raspberry Pi OS

October 14, 2022 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged beginner / container / docker / install / pi / portainer / raspberry / raspberrypi by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate how to install and run “Stable Diffusion” locally and run it with a Web UI. Difficulty: EasyTime: 30 minutes What is Stable Diffusion Stable Diffusion is a deep learning, text-to-image model released by startup StabilityAI in 2022. It is primarily used to generate detailed images conditioned […]

Install and run Stable Diffusion locally with Web UI on ...

October 1, 2022 in Tips & Tricks tagged AI / art / beginner / cpu / diffusion / download / gpu / how / howto / image / images / install / KI / run / stable / text / to / windows by DailyCompute

This short guide shall give a detailed explanation of how to install Pimox on a Raspberry Pi 4. Difficulty: Beginner – IntermediateTime: 30-45 minutes Prerequisites Raspberry Pi SD Card (min. 16GB) + Reader –> A bigger SD card is strongly recommended! Access to a laptop with an internet connection Monitor […]

Proxmox on Raspberry Pi 4 (Pimox Install)

September 26, 2022 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged beginner / container / machine / network / pi / pimox / proxmox / rasbperrypi / raspberry / virtual / vm by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate how to download log data of all your Tado devices from the undocumented Tado API with a simple python script. Prerequisites Tado is a well-known manufacturer of smart thermostats and air conditioning controls. Their devices are connected to a cloud service via a “bridge” device. All […]

Access TADO API with Python

August 14, 2022 in Tips & Tricks tagged API / code / download / log / python / smarthome / tado by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate the setup process for NextCloudPi. I will go over the initial installation and useful post-setup steps. Prerequisites Raspberry Pi SD card Computer with internet access For the purpose of demonstration, I will be using a Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB). This guide should work on basically any […]

NextCloudPi Setup Guide

November 23, 2021 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged guide / installation / nextcloud / nextcloudpi / raspberry / raspberrypi / setup by DailyCompute

This guide shall demonstrate how to mine the cryptocurrency “Monero” with a Raspberry Pi using the tool “xmrig”. Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 20 – 30 Minutes Prerequisites Raspberry Pi SD Card Acces to a computer with an internet connection I will be using a Raspberry Pi 4 in this demonstration, however, this […]

Crypto Mining with your Raspberry Pi

November 17, 2021 in Raspberry Pi / Tips & Tricks tagged 64bit / beginner / crypto / mining / pi / raspberry by DailyCompute

This short article shall explain an easy way to blur the background of your webcam using Nvidia Broadcast. Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 5-10 minutes Prerequisites Nvidia Broadcast Configuration Recording tool configuration Depending on your recording/meeting tool the configuration will be different. All you need to do is select “Camera (NVIDIA BROADCAST)” as […]

Blur your background with the power of AI [RTX only]

September 12, 2021 in Tips & Tricks tagged AI / background / blur / broadcast / google / meet / nvidia / obs / rtx by DailyCompute

Consent Management Platform by Real Cookie Banner