Mikrotik Winbox linux .desktop file

A minor annoyance, but the linux version of Mikrotik winbox, while possibly the best network interface GUI around, has some quirks. If you want the icons to look correct, do the following (via Jerald Worthington) This file assumes that the .zip from MikroTik is extracted to /opt/WinBox If putting in another location, edit the Exec= and Icon= to match the correct locations Place the WinBox.desktop file in /usr/share/applications Create a symlink in /usr/local/bin to point to /opt/WinBox/WinBox (or wherever you extract the file to) Then whenever you launch from the Application launcher it’ll show the proper icon in the dock.

It’s always MTU, unless it’s DNS

One of the most common questions I hear from small and even medium sized ISPs is “why should I run my own DNS resolver(s)?” The perception that DNS is hard, complicated, or even unnecessary is often cited as a reason to just farm it out to one of the “free” anycast resolver services available across the internet. Now, there are many reasons to be wary of DNS, both from the professional and the consumer side - it is a huge treasure trove of personal information about behavior, and is easily monitized by entities large enough to consume and process it.