What makes Matrix uniquely different from other messaging platforms is the ability to have bridges to other chat services. Matrix has all the signs of being the great chat unification platform that adequately reduces complexity in communication. Element feels complete, well polished and is enjoyable to use so using Element as my front-end, I should … Continue reading Send and Receive Text Messages SMS with Element
All the kids have been talking about the wonders of Matrix as the future of decentralized, secure communication. I have known about it, seen bridges being used in the openSUSE discord and Telegram rooms. Most of my experience has not been great, generally there were significant delays. I have used a few clients, Riot.im on … Continue reading Element | Matrix Chat Client on openSUSE
Every once in a while, I am in the position where I am tethering my computer to my phone and lazy me doesn't like to interface with the phone when my fingers are on a real keyboard. I can't say exactly why I am so anti-mobile at times but it's just how it is sometimes. … Continue reading Scrcpy on openSUSE | Display and Control Android devices over USB
To squeeze one more blathering in before the end of the year, here are a few things I am noodling around currently. The 10th Noodling arriving, not because anyone asked for it... Christmastime Activities Post Christmas Day shopping yielded me a really nice find, specifically something pretty fantastic from Lowe's that allows me to fix … Continue reading Noodlings 10 | Christmastime, xLights, Exploring Media Servers and Computer History
As a kind of Christmas gift to myself, I spent the 5th day of Christmas disassembling and installing a new battery into this "shelved" phone of mine. It is something I have wanted to do since the battery started fading and I finally got to it. I bought a battery replacement kit on eBay for … Continue reading Restoring my Nexus 6P To Working Order
After working with Plasma Mobile on the Nexus 5X and although it is not quite ready for prime time, it is nearly there. It is so close, I can taste it and I am very ready to see Plasma Mobile as all I see on my mobile. I am also continually seeing interest on the … Continue reading HP Touchpad with Plasma Mobile and openSUSE — Fall Time Blathering
I have been watching Plasma Mobile for a little while and have tested it in a virtual machine but haven't made it a priority to get some real hardware to test it on until now. I recently broke my Samsung Galaxy 5S... again... but in many ways it was falling apart. I could not unlock … Continue reading Plasma Mobile installation on Nexus 5X
