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Archives: September 2021

Using freeradius to assign VLANs for UniFi Wi-Fi

This is another post which is as much for me as for anyone else. Using freeradius to assign VLANs for UniFi Wi-Fi I have a UniFi-based Wi-Fi setup, with different VLANs for different things. The Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 25 September 2021 Category Networking Tags UniFi freeradius VLAN VLANs

A change of plan: why you won't be able to vote for me for the Nominet board

A lot has happened in the last week. Not just in terms of Nominet stuff, as the volume of Internet regulatory issues crossing my inbox has seeming turned up another notch or two, but perhaps Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 16 September 2021 Category Tech Tags Nominet DNS domains Internet

Adjusting the scroll speed of an Apple Magic Mouse on Debian 11

It might be heresy to use an Apple mouse and keyboard on Linux but, well, I like my Apple keyboard (and I might be the only person in the world who does...) and my Apple Magic Mouse. The keyboard Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 12 September 2021 Category Tech Tags debian 11 linux mouse keyboard scroll speed Apple

Wayland, clipboards and wl-clipboard

Okay, dull even by my standards. I have a bash function which I use to generate a meeting URL for our jitsi video conferencing system. I type the function name in the terminal, and it generates the Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 12 September 2021 Category Tech Tags Waynand debian 11 clipboard

Surface Pro 6, Debian 11 Bullseye, Gnome 3, Wayland, and two 4k@60 external monitors

In case the title is not enough, I am trying to drive two 4k monitors, at 60Hz each, from my Surface Pro 6 running Debian 11 Bullseye, with Gnome 3 as the desktop environment, using Wayland. Perhaps Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 11 September 2021 Category Tech Tags debian 11 surface pro 6 dock graphics gnome wayland monitors

I am standing for election as a Nominet non-executive director

Nominet - the body responsible for the .uk namespace - has vacancies for two non-executive directors. I have registered my interest with Nominet in standing for one of these vacancies. There are a Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 10 September 2021 Category Tech Tags Nominet Internet regulation DNS domains

Microsoft Surface Pro with Debian 11 Bullseye: emulating right-click on Type Cover trackpad

I've been fighting for a while with emulating a right-click using the Microsoft Type Cover under Debian 11 with GNOME 3. Apparently, clicking using two fingers at the same time works, but it has Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 5 September 2021 Category Software Tags linux debian 11 surface pro 6 trackpad

Moving from macOS to Debian 11 Bullseye Linux: applications

I've been working towards a move from macOS to Linux for a while now, and the very concerning announcement from Apple that it intended to write code to scan content on users' private devices hastened Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 4 September 2021 Category Software Tags debian bullseye linux macOS wireguard xournal++

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