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

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

I wanted to install the 3D slicing sofhttps://neilzone.co.uk/2021/08/3d-printed-microsoft-surface-pro-6-cable-strain-relieftware for my Elegoo Mars 2 3D printer on my Surface Pro 6, running Debian Read more

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

Linux support for the Surface Pro 6 is quite superb, thanks to the people working on the linux-surface project. One of the last hold-outs was support for the cameras. The Surface Pro 6 seems to have Read more

tl;dr: much as I love the idea of Ubuntu, or non-Android Linux, on a phone as my day-to-day phone, right now, there are just too many compromises with Ubuntu Touch. Installing Ubuntu via UBports on a Read more

I have an old Mac Mini which does just two things: it acts as a storage server, to which other machines back up automatically, and it runs the software for our Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner. The Read more

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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

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