A response to this thread on Twitter. Suppose someone posts a verbal/written/image message (through channels/publishers/navigators, detailed below) with content that is: a) lawful but awful b) Read more
Data protection, privacy, and other bits for personal websites
This is not a proper blogpost, but rather some hastily-scribbled thoughts in response to a question on Twitter, which would be better held in one place than in a series of tweets. This is not legal Read more
Wi-Fi on a 2012 Mac Mini, running Debian 11
I experimented a little using a Raspberry Pi 4 as a desktop Linux machine (a future blogpost), but it was not to be: it was far too slow to be usable, even if I did manage to make it work correctly Read more
Aztine 15.6" Portable Monitor with Debian 11 on a Surface Pro 6
I'm still travelling occasionally for work. Far less than I used to, of course, and frankly still more than I would like, but there we go. The screen on the Surface Pro 6 is nice, but I am more Read more
Auto-unlocking a LUKS volume on an SD card on boot with Debian 11 Bullseye
I am booting Debian 11 on my Surface Pro 6 from a LUKS-encrypted volume. I have a 256GB microSD card in the slot, and I want that to be encrypted with LUKS too. For convenience, I want the SD card's Read more
Making a Mac Mini power up when power is restored: Debian 11 version
Yesterday, I wrote about getting Debian 11 running on an old Mac Mini. It wasn't much of a write-up, as it was very easy. Since I am running it as a server, I'd like it to reboot automatically if Read more
Installing Debian Bullseye and VirtualBox on a Mac Mini
Goal Get Debian Bullseye and VirtualBox running on an older (2012) Mac Mini. Installing Debian Bullseye This was very easy. As in "plug in the installation medium, boot with Option key held down, Read more
Handwriting, and annotating PDFs: a stylus on Debian 10 on Surface Pro 6 compared with an iPad
I do not often take handwritten notes, as (a) my handwriting is not great, and (b) my typing is quick and accurate. But I do sometimes like to do hand-written mind-mapping or spider diagrams, to get Read more
Removing the default games in GNOME 3 on Debian 10
I’m enjoying using GNOME 3, but I don’t need the 15 or so games which came bundled with it. I’m not going to play them, and they clutter up the list of applications. Fortunately, they are very Read more
Installing Debian 10 Linux on a Microsoft Surface Pro 6
I have been on the hunt for a portable, travel-friendly, not-too-expensive, computer running Debian for a while now, and it has led me to Microsoft's Surface Pro. A Surface Pro 6, to be exact, as I Read more