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Oliver Pifferi

Hi! I’m Oliver, 👋

an IT-guy and restless spirit!

I am a Dad and a Cloud-Addict with a strong focus on Security and Free Software. I prefer Apple at Home and Linux all around. Thus spoken, I am a convinced but critical Cupertino-Fanboy, and, besides, love Metal of all kind, Travelling, Photographing, Reading and Blogging.

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The Binary Journal

How to migrate your Nextcloud database-backend from MySQL/MariaDB to PostgreSQL

How to migrate your Nextcloud database-backend from MySQL/MariaDB to PostgreSQL

From the early beginnings, I used MySQL and - later - MariaDB as my database of choice. Backing my Nextcloud-installation as a standard database, MariaDB is...

Installing the latest version of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu Linux

Installing the latest version of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu Linux

While Ubuntu Linux is — besides Debian — the Linux-distribution of my choice, some packages could be more up-to-date. In this scenario given, my Ubuntu 20.0...

Even with a new name, Facebook won‘t be 'The Metaverse'

Even with a new name, Facebook won‘t be 'The Metaverse'

According to a report from The Verge, Facebook is reportedly planning to rename the company to better underline its focus on „The Metaverse“. We all know th...

Apple: iCloud’s custom domain feature is — secretly — available now!

Apple: iCloud’s custom domain feature is — secretly — available now!

Nearly two months after the feature of using custom E-Mail-domains in iCloud has been revealed, it can already be configured while Apple’s September-event is...