Linux and vintage tech
You are being constantly tracked, surreptitiously, through the web. Various sites are tracking you with the intent of selling you products or selling your information. It's one thing if a website inquires basic information when you are visiting, it is another thing when a website stalks you across the internet. I believe this to be, … Continue reading Ad-Blocking and Why You Should
Our first distro exploration for 2023 was GeckoLinux, a series of spins of openSUSE that makes an easy on-ramp to get into openSUSE with the desktop of your choice. You have the option of going with the static core of openSUSE Leap or the rolling Tumbleweed with these desktops: Cinnamon XFCE GNOME Plasma MATE Budgie … Continue reading Linux Saloon | GeckoLinux Distro Exploration
The first computer "love" is the Commodore 64 and I get real excited about new developments and uses of modern tech to allow the 40 year old computer to persist. it's really quite amazing what is now an obscure, old, 8-bit machine has what is arguably a more flourishing existence than it ever has. I … Continue reading Modern SRAM Memory Replacement for the Commodore 64
Originally I was going to make a video of applying a screen protector to the SteamDeck but... why? It's not like it would be all that interesting and would probably be another turd of a video so just a blathering is just as well. The production time for writing something out is far, far less … Continue reading JSAUX Screen Protector for the SteamDeck
I was doing some preparation for my weekly tutoring activity and when I realized I misspelled "science" on a particular file that I end up sharing with parents. Somehow, I spelled "scoence" and almost published the file spelled as such. I realized that somewhere along the line, Dolphin, the most amazing file manager wasn't doing … Continue reading Spell Check in KDE Plasma | Specifically Dolphin File Manager
The second Linux Saloon Live was a News Flight Night with a flight of topics sourced from all around the internet from the Linux Saloon bunch. The main topic of the show revolved around a Strawpoll that Aris made asking, "Have you ever built a desktop." A simple question that made for some incredibly interesting … Continue reading Linux Saloon | News Flight Night 9
After almost a year of having my Ender3, it has received a lot of new parts, fixes and upgrades. The great thing about the Ender3 is that you can do so much with it and truly personalize it for your use case. One area that needed to be addressed was the power supply situation that … Continue reading Raspberry Pi OctoPrint Powered by Ender3 3D Printer
The latest Linux Saloon went off without a hitch, from a technical perspective. No issues during the streaming process, the bitrate was stable, OBS worked without issues and Zoom was crash free. It was a great way to start off the New Year. Of course, I did mess up the very beginning by forgetting to … Continue reading Linux Saloon | Linux New Year
Tearing down a piece of technology that is no longer working is something of a hobby of mine. I like to see if I can figure out why something is no longer working and then figure out if it is worth my time fixing it. This Kobalt 20v Drywall Cut-Out Tool was not something I … Continue reading Kobalt 20v Drywall Cut-Out Tool Test & Tear Down
I don't ever like to talk negatively about a project as I never want to demotivate anyone with their labor of love. I also don't want to ignore when something isn't ready and Wayland isn't ready, for me. I very much want it to be for the obvious performance increases in certain areas but there … Continue reading Wayland is So Close | Back on X11