There is a great set of articles in the Ubuntu Server guide about how to achieve an unattended installation of Ubuntu Server: Automated Server installation Automated Server install quickstart Automated Server installer config file reference And I followed those to test my minimal autoinstall file as follows.

I intentionally spent the holidays by keeping myself busy with some technical stuff because I knew I would regret it if nothing had been done since there was no trip planned during the period.

A custom and global shortcut key to mute / unmute yourself in Zoom or Google Meet Just like everyone else, 2020 was the year of having more and more video-conference calls.

EDIT: I have migrated one of my domains to Google Domains so I’m using protocol=googledomains these days. When I searched for a way to configure ddclient for No-IP.com, some pages mention protocol=dyndns2 with a custom URL.

With Livepatch support in Linux kernel and Livepatch service for Ubuntu, reboots are no longer necessary even when kernel vulnerabilities are found. You can avoid and postpone unplanned reboots to whenever convenient for you, such as scheduled maintenance windows (Well, there are some corner cases which still require reboots though).