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Funding Free / open source software: what can I, personally, do differently?

Warning: this is a bit of a long one. Skip to the end if you just want to see what I think I will do. I use Free / open source software a lot. Directly, it powers pretty much every system we use for Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 12 December 2021 Category Software Tags FOSS Free software open source payments sustainability donations Linux

Brave browser: less privacy-respectful than I was expecting

In my ongoing attempt to use Microsoft Teams on Debian 11, I thought I'd would give Brave a go, as a replacement for Chrome. Teams works in Chrome on Linux; I've not yet got to test it in Brave. Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 3 November 2021 Category Software Tags linux debian 11 Microsoft Teams brave browser privacy surveillance

YouTube (and other video sites) without the irritations: integrating yt-dlp and jellyfin, with a web interface

Fed up with YouTube's constant adverts and, on some platforms, the inability to do picture-in-picture easily? Me too. I didn't fancy paying a significant monthly fee and being tracked through a login Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 30 October 2021 Category Software Tags youtube yt-dlp jellyfin linux nginx debian 11

Raspberry Pi, pihole, unbound, nginx, doh-server: some quick notes

Some quick thoughts, mainly to remind me, as I run through a pi-hole migration. Install pihole Here. Change the password to something stronger: pihole -a -p Install unbound Here. Install nginx Here. Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 30 October 2021 Category Software Tags networking raspberry pi pihole unbound nginx doh dns over https DNS

Migrating mastodon to a Raspberry Pi 4

I have had a mastodon server running for a couple of years now, and I enjoy a very different social media experience on mastodon than I do on Twitter. Both are good, but they are different. I Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 28 October 2021 Category Software Tags mastodon debian 11 raspberry pi

There is no "i" in Teams. And rarely a "Neil"

Update November 2021: the best solution I've found so far is to run it in-browser, in either Brave or Chrome. That - mostly - "just works". Basically, trying to get Microsoft Teams working reliably Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 6 October 2021 Category Software Tags Microsoft Teams Teams debian debian 11 surface pro 6 linux video jitsi

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++

Installing Chitubox (3d printer slicing software) on Debian 11

I wanted to install the 3D slicing software for my Elegoo Mars 2 3D printer on my Surface Pro 6, running Debian 11. Chitubox has an application for Linux, which is a brilliant start. But it is a pain Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 30 August 2021 Category Software Tags debian 11 3d printing

Debian 11 and printing on a Samsung ML-2525W

This was harder than it should have been, and yet easier than I was expecting. Install software apt install cups cups-browsed libcupsimage2 -y Didn't work using the GNOME 3 Printer UI. Remember to Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 20 August 2021 Category Software Tags Debian 11 printing samsung ml-2525w CUPS
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