LUKS2 + YubiKey Bio
Recently I got myself a YubiKey Bio which I wanted to replace the YubiKey 5 with in terms of unlocking my LUKS2 encrypted drive(s). In this setup you can t...
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Linux
Installing Nextcloud All-in-One docker image in rootless mode
Running your own instance of Nextcloud is probably one of the best solutions for reclaiming some privacy and avoiding services hosted by Google, Apple or M...
Fedora 38
With version 38 just being released I decided to give Fedora a try again. From time to time I’d like to check out how things are going with other distribut...
Installing Nextcloud on a Synology NAS system
Since my Android of choice “CalyxOS” comes with a neat little backup utility called “Seedvault” which will create encrypted backups to Nextcloud I of course ...
Using a Yubikey to unlock LUKS encrypted disks (with Debian)
In probably most cases encrypting the local filesystem might not really be required. However once you tend to take your notebook with you to all kinds of p...
Manjaro Linux
Since I last posted about a Linux distribution it’s been a while and it was all about Arch Linux. Well, four years later it’s again about Arch - more or le...
Arch Linux
Though I was tempted to switch to Ubuntu’s latest release on my “main” computer I decided to give Arch Linux the promotion. Not that there’s anything wrong...
Debian Wheezy
Recently the Debian project released the first beta of it’s to be Debian 7.0 aka “Wheezy” installer. Reason for me - of course - to check it out! So I grabbe...
Pimping Unity’s indicator panel
With Unity becoming Ubuntu’s default desktop we had to say goodbye to all those nice applets we got used to (or at least I did) while running Gnome 2.x. I’m ...
EncFS & Dropbox for Linux/Android/Windows/MacOSX
Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities of storing documents online - which is quite handy if you need to have stuff available on different devices or shar...
Kernel-remover for Fedora
Once you have Fedora running for while you’ll gather a bunch of kernel updates on your harddrive - and it’s likely you’ll need none of the old ones anymore. ...
Fedora 16
Fedora 16 has been released for quite a while but I just now decided to make use of my old Acer Aspire 5572 notebook again and install the latest Fedora rele...
Debian Squeeze & bluetooth audio
As I just got my hands on a new bluetooth headset - a Sennheiser MM100 - I wanted to make it work with Debian Squeeze (worked like charm with my Android phon...
Conky with Debian Squeeze & Samsung R780
I wasn’t aware of this nice little tool called “Conky” until I stumbled upon the Pinguy OS website and saw the screenshot of it’s default desktop. To make Co...
VMware with kernel 2.6.38 [updated for kernel 2.6.39]
Running Debian Squeeze with the latest kernel 2.6.38 from Debian Backports I had some trouble getting VMware Player to work. Once started it complained about...
Debian is back…
Updated Nvidia installation howto on May, 22nd 2012 …on my computer! What is (in my opinion) the greatest of all operating systems is back: Debian 6.0 aka “...
HTC Desire
Since about 3/4 of a year now I’m the proud owner of an Android powered smartphone: I decided to go with HTC’s Desire which is kind of a rebuilt of Google’s ...
Samsung R780 with Ubuntu 10.10
I wanted to replace my desktop computer by a laptop for quite a while now and as it started to randomly freeze - no matter which OS it ran - I decided the ri...
“googlecl” RPM for Fedora
Recently Google released a command line tool to manage it’s many different services: googlecl. This might be handy for those who want to script some operatio...
Lucid desktop install with lvm2
As I recently “reorganized” the partitioning scheme on my desktop system to gain some space for my flac music files I also changed the linux partitions to fu...
WLAN with Asus Eeepc 1000H and Lucid Lynx
Ubuntu’s latest release “Lucid Lynx” is out for a while now so I decided that this would be the right choice for my netbook “Asus Eeepc 1000H”. I went for th...
Ubuntu’s Ambiance/Radiance gtk themes for Debian
(EDIT Sep, 2010: now with updated packages, see below!) Running Debian Lenny on my Acer Aspire 5572 notebook I wanted a more “up-to-date” look for it’s Gnom...
Grub2
The grand unified bootloader (grub) not being updated since 2006 Canonical announced to release the next Ubuntu version 9.10 - also known as “Karmic Koala” -...
sidux 2009.2
On July 15th sidux 2009.2 was released. I was looking forward to this release because it’s the first one with KDE4 and I didn’t wanted to go through the ha...
Vanilla kernel for Debian Lenny
The default Linux kernel of Debian Lenny is of course very stable - but a little outdated. If you’re the more adventurous type (or just need support for newe...
Lenny: VirtualBox 1.6.6 & current kernel 2.6.29
Debian is one of the best Linux distros out there (if not the best). The latest stable version called Lenny was released about a month ago, but as always, De...
Fedora desktop with Dust theme and Murrine svn gtk engine
Running Ubuntu 8.10 on my laptop I enjoyed it’s Dust theme a lot - not officially part of Ubuntu 8.10, but you can get it here. So I wanted to install it on ...
Switching from mp3 to ogg
When it comes to multimedia software most Linux distributions have one thing in common: no proprietary codecs - and this might include MP3 playback. I have n...
WBT-201 & Fedora 10 (building RPMs)
Of course I wanted my Wintec WBT-201 gps logging device to work with Fedora as it did with Debian/Ubuntu (see this post). And after playing around a little i...
Installing and configuring Fedora 10
I still like Debian and Debian based distros like sidux or Ubuntu most, but - as always, if something works too well - I want something new… As I recently jo...
Debian with lame, mencoder, transcode, xvid & dvd::rip
Debian has one of the largest software repositories around but also has a very strict policy (which I respect) when it comes to legal stuff concerning free s...
Fedora 9 & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi with encrypted file systems
This HOWTO is listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones A year has passed since installing Ubuntu Feisty on my Acer Aspire 55...
sidux 2008.02 “erebos” released!
Since yesterday the new sidux release “erebos” is available! As sidux follows a rolling release cycle you can always update your running sidux to the latest ...
“gpsbabel 1.3.5” for Ubuntu Hardy
Ubuntu Hardy Heron is out but sadly it comes with a rather old version of gpsbabel: 1.3.3. To read data from my Wintec WBT-201 I need at least gpsbabel versi...
Ubuntu 8.04 aka Hardy Heron (beta)
It isn’t for long, until the new Ubuntu Linux “Hardy Heron” will be released. Time for me to have at least a short look at it and provide some screenshots. S...
libmtp7 for Ubuntu Gutsy (Creative Zen & Ubuntu Gutsy)
As already mentioned in my last post, Ubuntu Gutsy does not come with a current version of libmtp which is required if you want to get your Creative Zen runn...
Creative Zen & Debian
Since I recently became the proud owner of Creative’s Zen (8GB) mp3 player I wanted to make it work with Linux. So I prepared myself for some hours of google...
WBT-201 & Debian/Ubuntu
As I liked the idea of geo tagging my pictures I decided to buy Wintec’s WBT-201 GPS logger. It’s a neat little device and fits into every pocket - so no pro...
Linux Documentation: Management Style ;-)
Recently my attention was brought to a small snippet of the kernel documentation which was really funny. It was about “taking the blame”. I then installed th...
(K)Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
About two months ago Ubuntu 7.10 aka “Gutsy Gibbon” was released and I couldn’t resist… So I first gave the KDE flavored amd64 version of Kubuntu a chance wh...
Etch & Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS
As Linux is my main OS I always wanted to make my USB DVB-T stick work with it. Luckily this worked and thanks to some very good HOWTOs (look here and here) ...
Installing sidux
As already mentioned, sidux is a pretty nice Linux distro and I’m beginning to like it a lot! I’m running sidux for quite a while now and thought I’d share s...
sidux - the “easier” sid
I was playing a little distro-hopping lately and - having a big favor for Debian - came across “sidux”. This distro is released by former “Kanotix” develop...
Installing Nvidia driver in Debian Lenny
If you’re running Debian testing (aka “Lenny”) which brings no Nvidia driver packages - only the legacy ones - or like to install the latest drivers by Nvidi...
Beryl with Feisty & Nvidia
I’d like to start by pointing out that there’s no logical reason to use Beryl as your default window manager - except for fun and eye candy! As Ubuntu Feisty...
Pidgin for Ubuntu Feisty
Ubuntu Feisty comes with a beta of Gaim 2 and I as tried to compile “MusicTracker” plugin for Pidgin (formerly Gaim) I ran into errors complaining that Pidgi...
Qemu with Debian Etch
Recently, I wrote something about installing VMware server on Ubuntu Edgy, which should basically work with Debian’s Etch, too. There is an alternative to VM...
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi
This HOWTO was listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones (Now replaced by: Fedora 9.) I recently couldn’t resist in buying a ...
Upgrading to “Lenny”
With “Etch” being released as new Debian stable I decided to upgrade to “Lenny”, Debian’s new testing branch. By the time of writing the difference between s...
Etch amd64: installing 32bit apps
If you’re running Debian Etch for amd64 you might want to install some 32bit applications, too. As some browser plugins (like Adobe’s Flash oder Sun’s Java) ...
Configuring Debian Etch
Grub As mentioned in my last post, installing Etch was very quick and easy. If you need to boot the installation CD/DVD with special kernel options, they wi...
Back to the roots!
Installing Vista did of course (and not surprisingly) overwrite the MBR so I couldn’t boot into Ubuntu anymore. I took this as an excuse for doing a clean ...
Installing Feisty in VMware
The main goal of installing VMware of course is installing Feisty in VMware. Installing other operating systems in VMware doesn’t differ from the method desc...
Installing VMware Server on Edgy
With VMware Server being free now, there’s a great tool available for testing different operating systems, which is very good if you like to have a sneak at ...
Edgy: recent kernel update & nvidia driver
The recent security fixes for Edgy included a kernel update to version 2.6.17-11, which left me with a non starting X server. However, I booted the old kerne...
Exaile! media player
A few weeks ago I stumbled over Exaile!, an excellent media player for Linux which aims to be the GTK pendant to KDE’s Amarok and it fit’s great into Ubuntu’...
Customizing “Edgy” HOWTO
Ubuntu Edgy is installed - but that’s only half the way! Here are some tips and tricks on how to customize your installation of Edgy. As I’m using a rather c...
Installing “Edgy” HOWTO
Ubuntu is a fine and easy to install Linux distro but of course it doesn’t lack some small bugs or other little issues, but they are easy to overcome - if yo...
Ubuntu it is - again
So, I went for Ubuntu Edgy. Fedora Core 6 gave me some hard times updating because yum couldn’t resolve some dependencies - I never had this kind of troubl...
DVD playback with SUSE 10.1
As already mentioned, getting Linux to playback DVDs is a little tricky, because in some countries (including Germany) it’s illegal to use the needed library...
Compiling Gaim2 on SUSE 10.1
Recently I couldn’t resist installing Gaim2. As there are no rpm’s for SUSE 10.1 (you could take a look at Guru’s repository, but that would be the easy wa...
A short glimpse at “Edgy”
Recently I couldn’t resist (those voices in my head told me to…) and give Kubuntu’s Edgy a try. I downloaded the “desktop install” iso for amd64 ignoring the...
Using “smart” with SUSE 10.1
As already mentioned SUSE’s ZENworks package management doesn’t do it’s job and YOU (Yast Online Update) isn’t really better. The alternative is smart. If yo...
Installing SuSE Linux 10.1
I’d like to write a short HOWTO on installing SuSE Linux 10.1 for amd64. It’s how it worked for me and my computer and doesn’t mean to be THE way. So first ...
Ubuntu and SUSE
As I already mentioned I recently changed from Ubuntu to SUSE. Why? To sum it up: I was up for a change! :-) And I liked the way SUSE integrated 32bit Softwa...
Linux and me
With “SuSE Linux 5.3” I gave Linux the first try. I just got quite familiar with Windows 95 and was up for something new. I didn’t really know what I was doi...
HOWTO
New phone - new OS
Google’s support for my current Pixel phone will end in a couple of weeks and though CalyxOS will probably still release updates for quite a while, it will...
LUKS2 + YubiKey Bio
Recently I got myself a YubiKey Bio which I wanted to replace the YubiKey 5 with in terms of unlocking my LUKS2 encrypted drive(s). In this setup you can t...
Installing Nextcloud All-in-One docker image in rootless mode
Running your own instance of Nextcloud is probably one of the best solutions for reclaiming some privacy and avoiding services hosted by Google, Apple or M...
Fedora 38
With version 38 just being released I decided to give Fedora a try again. From time to time I’d like to check out how things are going with other distribut...
Installation of Prosody XMPP server
Choosing “the” right messenger is not an easy task as you (or at least I do) want to pick one with a good balance of usability on the one side and security/p...
Installation of Jitsi Meet
Once I took care of my Matrix-Synapse server I also wanted to upgrade the OS of my Jitsi Meet server - which of course would force me to re-install everythin...
Re-installing Matrix-Synapse server and migrating data
I was running a Matrix-Synapse server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and recently noticed that it did not receive any updates anymore. It would not have come as a surpr...
Migrating from Wordpress to Jekyll
This blog has seen a couple of Wordpress releases and for a short period was even hosted on Blogger. Since comments are disabled it’s a pretty static website...
Installing Nextcloud on a Synology NAS system
Since my Android of choice “CalyxOS” comes with a neat little backup utility called “Seedvault” which will create encrypted backups to Nextcloud I of course ...
Replacing the “Steuerpimpel” of a Dual 626 record player
My very first (music) record was played on my father’s Dual 626 record player some 35 years ago. This record player is part of my HiFi equipment since a co...
Using a Yubikey to unlock LUKS encrypted disks (with Debian)
In probably most cases encrypting the local filesystem might not really be required. However once you tend to take your notebook with you to all kinds of p...
Android without Google (Part 2: Moving to CalyxOS)
Once you’ve installed CalyxOS on your (Pixel) phone you’re ready to play with settings and preinstalled apps. If you’d like to give it a clean start you ca...
Android without Google (Part 1: Installing CalyxOS)
For a couple of years already I like to get rid of Google on my Android powered smartphone. Though I think that technically Google’s services cannot be outma...
Manjaro Linux
Since I last posted about a Linux distribution it’s been a while and it was all about Arch Linux. Well, four years later it’s again about Arch - more or le...
Arch Linux
Though I was tempted to switch to Ubuntu’s latest release on my “main” computer I decided to give Arch Linux the promotion. Not that there’s anything wrong...
EncFS & Dropbox for Linux/Android/Windows/MacOSX
Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities of storing documents online - which is quite handy if you need to have stuff available on different devices or shar...
Fedora 16
Fedora 16 has been released for quite a while but I just now decided to make use of my old Acer Aspire 5572 notebook again and install the latest Fedora rele...
Debian Squeeze & bluetooth audio
As I just got my hands on a new bluetooth headset - a Sennheiser MM100 - I wanted to make it work with Debian Squeeze (worked like charm with my Android phon...
Conky with Debian Squeeze & Samsung R780
I wasn’t aware of this nice little tool called “Conky” until I stumbled upon the Pinguy OS website and saw the screenshot of it’s default desktop. To make Co...
VMware with kernel 2.6.38 [updated for kernel 2.6.39]
Running Debian Squeeze with the latest kernel 2.6.38 from Debian Backports I had some trouble getting VMware Player to work. Once started it complained about...
Debian is back…
Updated Nvidia installation howto on May, 22nd 2012 …on my computer! What is (in my opinion) the greatest of all operating systems is back: Debian 6.0 aka “...
Samsung R780 with Ubuntu 10.10
I wanted to replace my desktop computer by a laptop for quite a while now and as it started to randomly freeze - no matter which OS it ran - I decided the ri...
Lucid desktop install with lvm2
As I recently “reorganized” the partitioning scheme on my desktop system to gain some space for my flac music files I also changed the linux partitions to fu...
WLAN with Asus Eeepc 1000H and Lucid Lynx
Ubuntu’s latest release “Lucid Lynx” is out for a while now so I decided that this would be the right choice for my netbook “Asus Eeepc 1000H”. I went for th...
Grub2
The grand unified bootloader (grub) not being updated since 2006 Canonical announced to release the next Ubuntu version 9.10 - also known as “Karmic Koala” -...
Vanilla kernel for Debian Lenny
The default Linux kernel of Debian Lenny is of course very stable - but a little outdated. If you’re the more adventurous type (or just need support for newe...
Lenny: VirtualBox 1.6.6 & current kernel 2.6.29
Debian is one of the best Linux distros out there (if not the best). The latest stable version called Lenny was released about a month ago, but as always, De...
WBT-201 & Fedora 10 (building RPMs)
Of course I wanted my Wintec WBT-201 gps logging device to work with Fedora as it did with Debian/Ubuntu (see this post). And after playing around a little i...
Installing and configuring Fedora 10
I still like Debian and Debian based distros like sidux or Ubuntu most, but - as always, if something works too well - I want something new… As I recently jo...
Debian with lame, mencoder, transcode, xvid & dvd::rip
Debian has one of the largest software repositories around but also has a very strict policy (which I respect) when it comes to legal stuff concerning free s...
Fedora 9 & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi with encrypted file systems
This HOWTO is listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones A year has passed since installing Ubuntu Feisty on my Acer Aspire 55...
“gpsbabel 1.3.5” for Ubuntu Hardy
Ubuntu Hardy Heron is out but sadly it comes with a rather old version of gpsbabel: 1.3.3. To read data from my Wintec WBT-201 I need at least gpsbabel versi...
libmtp7 for Ubuntu Gutsy (Creative Zen & Ubuntu Gutsy)
As already mentioned in my last post, Ubuntu Gutsy does not come with a current version of libmtp which is required if you want to get your Creative Zen runn...
Creative Zen & Debian
Since I recently became the proud owner of Creative’s Zen (8GB) mp3 player I wanted to make it work with Linux. So I prepared myself for some hours of google...
WBT-201 & Debian/Ubuntu
As I liked the idea of geo tagging my pictures I decided to buy Wintec’s WBT-201 GPS logger. It’s a neat little device and fits into every pocket - so no pro...
Updating phpBB2 forum to phpBB3 via local installation
Recently I upgraded a phpBB2 powered forum to the new phpBB3. I theory, this shouldn’t be a problem as the new version provides a script which transfers the ...
(K)Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
About two months ago Ubuntu 7.10 aka “Gutsy Gibbon” was released and I couldn’t resist… So I first gave the KDE flavored amd64 version of Kubuntu a chance wh...
Etch & Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS
As Linux is my main OS I always wanted to make my USB DVB-T stick work with it. Luckily this worked and thanks to some very good HOWTOs (look here and here) ...
Installing sidux
As already mentioned, sidux is a pretty nice Linux distro and I’m beginning to like it a lot! I’m running sidux for quite a while now and thought I’d share s...
Installing Nvidia driver in Debian Lenny
If you’re running Debian testing (aka “Lenny”) which brings no Nvidia driver packages - only the legacy ones - or like to install the latest drivers by Nvidi...
Beryl with Feisty & Nvidia
I’d like to start by pointing out that there’s no logical reason to use Beryl as your default window manager - except for fun and eye candy! As Ubuntu Feisty...
Pidgin for Ubuntu Feisty
Ubuntu Feisty comes with a beta of Gaim 2 and I as tried to compile “MusicTracker” plugin for Pidgin (formerly Gaim) I ran into errors complaining that Pidgi...
Qemu with Debian Etch
Recently, I wrote something about installing VMware server on Ubuntu Edgy, which should basically work with Debian’s Etch, too. There is an alternative to VM...
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi
This HOWTO was listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones (Now replaced by: Fedora 9.) I recently couldn’t resist in buying a ...
Upgrading to “Lenny”
With “Etch” being released as new Debian stable I decided to upgrade to “Lenny”, Debian’s new testing branch. By the time of writing the difference between s...
Etch amd64: installing 32bit apps
If you’re running Debian Etch for amd64 you might want to install some 32bit applications, too. As some browser plugins (like Adobe’s Flash oder Sun’s Java) ...
Configuring Debian Etch
Grub As mentioned in my last post, installing Etch was very quick and easy. If you need to boot the installation CD/DVD with special kernel options, they wi...
Installing Feisty in VMware
The main goal of installing VMware of course is installing Feisty in VMware. Installing other operating systems in VMware doesn’t differ from the method desc...
Installing VMware Server on Edgy
With VMware Server being free now, there’s a great tool available for testing different operating systems, which is very good if you like to have a sneak at ...
Exaile! media player
A few weeks ago I stumbled over Exaile!, an excellent media player for Linux which aims to be the GTK pendant to KDE’s Amarok and it fit’s great into Ubuntu’...
Customizing “Edgy” HOWTO
Ubuntu Edgy is installed - but that’s only half the way! Here are some tips and tricks on how to customize your installation of Edgy. As I’m using a rather c...
Installing “Edgy” HOWTO
Ubuntu is a fine and easy to install Linux distro but of course it doesn’t lack some small bugs or other little issues, but they are easy to overcome - if yo...
DVD playback with SUSE 10.1
As already mentioned, getting Linux to playback DVDs is a little tricky, because in some countries (including Germany) it’s illegal to use the needed library...
Multimedia in SUSE 10.1
As for all major Linux distributions SUSE comes with almost no support for multimedia. At least mp3 playback is possible via Real Player or amaroK if you ins...
Compiling Gaim2 on SUSE 10.1
Recently I couldn’t resist installing Gaim2. As there are no rpm’s for SUSE 10.1 (you could take a look at Guru’s repository, but that would be the easy wa...
Using “smart” with SUSE 10.1
As already mentioned SUSE’s ZENworks package management doesn’t do it’s job and YOU (Yast Online Update) isn’t really better. The alternative is smart. If yo...
Installing SuSE Linux 10.1
I’d like to write a short HOWTO on installing SuSE Linux 10.1 for amd64. It’s how it worked for me and my computer and doesn’t mean to be THE way. So first ...
Software
Installing Nextcloud All-in-One docker image in rootless mode
Running your own instance of Nextcloud is probably one of the best solutions for reclaiming some privacy and avoiding services hosted by Google, Apple or M...
Creating your own custom CA
As the constant security warnings displayed by my browser when accessing my local infrastructure annoyed me already for a long time I decided to look into th...
Snowflake
Countries which heavily censor internet access usually have a non-democratic and oppressive government - and thus very likely no free press (s. currently Ira...
UnifiedPush and ntfy
Running an Android phone without Google’s proprietary Play Services - which drain your phone’s battery like mad - comes with the downside of not being able t...
Installation of Prosody XMPP server
Choosing “the” right messenger is not an easy task as you (or at least I do) want to pick one with a good balance of usability on the one side and security/p...
Installation of Jitsi Meet
Once I took care of my Matrix-Synapse server I also wanted to upgrade the OS of my Jitsi Meet server - which of course would force me to re-install everythin...
Re-installing Matrix-Synapse server and migrating data
I was running a Matrix-Synapse server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and recently noticed that it did not receive any updates anymore. It would not have come as a surpr...
Migrating from Wordpress to Jekyll
This blog has seen a couple of Wordpress releases and for a short period was even hosted on Blogger. Since comments are disabled it’s a pretty static website...
Installing Nextcloud on a Synology NAS system
Since my Android of choice “CalyxOS” comes with a neat little backup utility called “Seedvault” which will create encrypted backups to Nextcloud I of course ...
GTK G-Rays2: Debian/Ubuntu packages
Still I like to make use of my WBT-201 GPS logging device by Wintec. (I might have mentioned this before ;-) ). Wintec does not provide software for Linux an...
Pimping Unity’s indicator panel
With Unity becoming Ubuntu’s default desktop we had to say goodbye to all those nice applets we got used to (or at least I did) while running Gnome 2.x. I’m ...
EncFS & Dropbox for Linux/Android/Windows/MacOSX
Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities of storing documents online - which is quite handy if you need to have stuff available on different devices or shar...
Kernel-remover for Fedora
Once you have Fedora running for while you’ll gather a bunch of kernel updates on your harddrive - and it’s likely you’ll need none of the old ones anymore. ...
Conky with Debian Squeeze & Samsung R780
I wasn’t aware of this nice little tool called “Conky” until I stumbled upon the Pinguy OS website and saw the screenshot of it’s default desktop. To make Co...
VMware with kernel 2.6.38 [updated for kernel 2.6.39]
Running Debian Squeeze with the latest kernel 2.6.38 from Debian Backports I had some trouble getting VMware Player to work. Once started it complained about...
“googlecl” RPM for Fedora
Recently Google released a command line tool to manage it’s many different services: googlecl. This might be handy for those who want to script some operatio...
Ubuntu’s Ambiance/Radiance gtk themes for Debian
(EDIT Sep, 2010: now with updated packages, see below!) Running Debian Lenny on my Acer Aspire 5572 notebook I wanted a more “up-to-date” look for it’s Gnom...
Switching from mp3 to ogg
When it comes to multimedia software most Linux distributions have one thing in common: no proprietary codecs - and this might include MP3 playback. I have n...
Debian with lame, mencoder, transcode, xvid & dvd::rip
Debian has one of the largest software repositories around but also has a very strict policy (which I respect) when it comes to legal stuff concerning free s...
“gpsbabel 1.3.5” for Ubuntu Hardy
Ubuntu Hardy Heron is out but sadly it comes with a rather old version of gpsbabel: 1.3.3. To read data from my Wintec WBT-201 I need at least gpsbabel versi...
Updating phpBB2 forum to phpBB3 via local installation
Recently I upgraded a phpBB2 powered forum to the new phpBB3. I theory, this shouldn’t be a problem as the new version provides a script which transfers the ...
(K)Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
About two months ago Ubuntu 7.10 aka “Gutsy Gibbon” was released and I couldn’t resist… So I first gave the KDE flavored amd64 version of Kubuntu a chance wh...
WP Theme “MDAGM” released
This is the release of my first Wordpress theme: “Modernpaper Dark And Green Mod”. As already mentioned, it’s based on “Modernpaper 1.0” by Performancing, so...
A new theme - again
I was still looking around for a new Wordpress theme and finally found one which I liked: “Modernpaper” by Performancing. The layout is simple and clean and ...
Pidgin for Ubuntu Feisty
Ubuntu Feisty comes with a beta of Gaim 2 and I as tried to compile “MusicTracker” plugin for Pidgin (formerly Gaim) I ran into errors complaining that Pidgi...
Qemu with Debian Etch
Recently, I wrote something about installing VMware server on Ubuntu Edgy, which should basically work with Debian’s Etch, too. There is an alternative to VM...
Installing VMware Server on Edgy
With VMware Server being free now, there’s a great tool available for testing different operating systems, which is very good if you like to have a sneak at ...
New design
After upgrading to the latest WordPress release I felt for change in my blog’s layout. The upgrade itself was painless as ever following these instructions. ...
Jabber IM
There are a lot of instant messengers out there but most of them are sponsored by big companies like Microsoft (MSN/Live Messenger), AOL (AIM, ICQ) or Yahoo ...
Exaile! media player
A few weeks ago I stumbled over Exaile!, an excellent media player for Linux which aims to be the GTK pendant to KDE’s Amarok and it fit’s great into Ubuntu’...
Compiling Gaim2 on SUSE 10.1
Recently I couldn’t resist installing Gaim2. As there are no rpm’s for SUSE 10.1 (you could take a look at Guru’s repository, but that would be the easy wa...
New Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 has just been officially released! I’m using Firefox since the days of version 0.4 where it was still called “Phoenix” and I like where i...
Hardware
Installing Nextcloud on a Synology NAS system
Since my Android of choice “CalyxOS” comes with a neat little backup utility called “Seedvault” which will create encrypted backups to Nextcloud I of course ...
Replacing the “Steuerpimpel” of a Dual 626 record player
My very first (music) record was played on my father’s Dual 626 record player some 35 years ago. This record player is part of my HiFi equipment since a co...
Debian Squeeze & bluetooth audio
As I just got my hands on a new bluetooth headset - a Sennheiser MM100 - I wanted to make it work with Debian Squeeze (worked like charm with my Android phon...
HTC Desire
Since about 3/4 of a year now I’m the proud owner of an Android powered smartphone: I decided to go with HTC’s Desire which is kind of a rebuilt of Google’s ...
Samsung R780 with Ubuntu 10.10
I wanted to replace my desktop computer by a laptop for quite a while now and as it started to randomly freeze - no matter which OS it ran - I decided the ri...
WLAN with Asus Eeepc 1000H and Lucid Lynx
Ubuntu’s latest release “Lucid Lynx” is out for a while now so I decided that this would be the right choice for my netbook “Asus Eeepc 1000H”. I went for th...
WBT-201 & Fedora 10 (building RPMs)
Of course I wanted my Wintec WBT-201 gps logging device to work with Fedora as it did with Debian/Ubuntu (see this post). And after playing around a little i...
Fedora 9 & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi with encrypted file systems
This HOWTO is listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones A year has passed since installing Ubuntu Feisty on my Acer Aspire 55...
libmtp7 for Ubuntu Gutsy (Creative Zen & Ubuntu Gutsy)
As already mentioned in my last post, Ubuntu Gutsy does not come with a current version of libmtp which is required if you want to get your Creative Zen runn...
Creative Zen & Debian
Since I recently became the proud owner of Creative’s Zen (8GB) mp3 player I wanted to make it work with Linux. So I prepared myself for some hours of google...
Creative Zen (& Explorer problems…)
My Creative Zen Xtra (30GB) is a little big so I was up for a new and smaller MP3 player. I decided to buy Creative’s Zen (8GB). It’s a quite handy device an...
WBT-201 & Debian/Ubuntu
As I liked the idea of geo tagging my pictures I decided to buy Wintec’s WBT-201 GPS logger. It’s a neat little device and fits into every pocket - so no pro...
Etch & Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS
As Linux is my main OS I always wanted to make my USB DVB-T stick work with it. Luckily this worked and thanks to some very good HOWTOs (look here and here) ...
BIOS “F8” for GA-M55S-S3 :-(
Gigabyte released a new BIOS for their GA-M55S3 motherboard and I couldn’t resist updating. To make it short: if you’re running Linux, don’t… After updating ...
Installing Nvidia driver in Debian Lenny
If you’re running Debian testing (aka “Lenny”) which brings no Nvidia driver packages - only the legacy ones - or like to install the latest drivers by Nvidi...
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi
This HOWTO was listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones (Now replaced by: Fedora 9.) I recently couldn’t resist in buying a ...
BIOS “F6” for GA-M55S-S3
Already available since March 20th, I just recently decided to update my Gigabyte motherboard “GA-M55S-S3 (rev 1.0)” with the latest BIOS, which is by the ti...
My Vista Experience, Pt. 2
Vista and current hardware should be no problem. But what about some more ancient piece of hardware? Before installing Vista I upgraded my motherboard’s BIO...
Back again!
I’m back - finally! I got a new computer (no, not for Christmas, bought the parts myself a few weeks ago and assembled it myself) and until now it works grea...
My computer died…
Last week my computer died… I’m writing this using one of my old boxes. I don’t know what happened, it just left me with a small bang and died. I think there...
My computer
I got my computer about a year ago and assembled it myself. Though I like playing around with hardware from time to time, I’m always really glad when it’s al...
Ubuntu
Installation of Prosody XMPP server
Choosing “the” right messenger is not an easy task as you (or at least I do) want to pick one with a good balance of usability on the one side and security/p...
Installation of Jitsi Meet
Once I took care of my Matrix-Synapse server I also wanted to upgrade the OS of my Jitsi Meet server - which of course would force me to re-install everythin...
Ubuntu 8.04 aka Hardy Heron (beta)
It isn’t for long, until the new Ubuntu Linux “Hardy Heron” will be released. Time for me to have at least a short look at it and provide some screenshots. S...
libmtp7 for Ubuntu Gutsy (Creative Zen & Ubuntu Gutsy)
As already mentioned in my last post, Ubuntu Gutsy does not come with a current version of libmtp which is required if you want to get your Creative Zen runn...
(K)Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
About two months ago Ubuntu 7.10 aka “Gutsy Gibbon” was released and I couldn’t resist… So I first gave the KDE flavored amd64 version of Kubuntu a chance wh...
Beryl with Feisty & Nvidia
I’d like to start by pointing out that there’s no logical reason to use Beryl as your default window manager - except for fun and eye candy! As Ubuntu Feisty...
Pidgin for Ubuntu Feisty
Ubuntu Feisty comes with a beta of Gaim 2 and I as tried to compile “MusicTracker” plugin for Pidgin (formerly Gaim) I ran into errors complaining that Pidgi...
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn & Acer Aspire 5572 ZWXMi
This HOWTO was listed at TuxMobil - Linux on Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Phones (Now replaced by: Fedora 9.) I recently couldn’t resist in buying a ...
Installing Feisty in VMware
The main goal of installing VMware of course is installing Feisty in VMware. Installing other operating systems in VMware doesn’t differ from the method desc...
Edgy: recent kernel update & nvidia driver
The recent security fixes for Edgy included a kernel update to version 2.6.17-11, which left me with a non starting X server. However, I booted the old kerne...
Exaile! media player
A few weeks ago I stumbled over Exaile!, an excellent media player for Linux which aims to be the GTK pendant to KDE’s Amarok and it fit’s great into Ubuntu’...
Installing “Edgy” HOWTO
Ubuntu is a fine and easy to install Linux distro but of course it doesn’t lack some small bugs or other little issues, but they are easy to overcome - if yo...
Ubuntu it is - again
So, I went for Ubuntu Edgy. Fedora Core 6 gave me some hard times updating because yum couldn’t resolve some dependencies - I never had this kind of troubl...
A short glimpse at “Edgy”
Recently I couldn’t resist (those voices in my head told me to…) and give Kubuntu’s Edgy a try. I downloaded the “desktop install” iso for amd64 ignoring the...
Ubuntu and SUSE
As I already mentioned I recently changed from Ubuntu to SUSE. Why? To sum it up: I was up for a change! :-) And I liked the way SUSE integrated 32bit Softwa...
Debian
Vanilla kernel for Debian Lenny
The default Linux kernel of Debian Lenny is of course very stable - but a little outdated. If you’re the more adventurous type (or just need support for newe...
sidux 2008.02 “erebos” released!
Since yesterday the new sidux release “erebos” is available! As sidux follows a rolling release cycle you can always update your running sidux to the latest ...
Creative Zen & Debian
Since I recently became the proud owner of Creative’s Zen (8GB) mp3 player I wanted to make it work with Linux. So I prepared myself for some hours of google...
WBT-201 & Debian/Ubuntu
As I liked the idea of geo tagging my pictures I decided to buy Wintec’s WBT-201 GPS logger. It’s a neat little device and fits into every pocket - so no pro...
Etch & Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS
As Linux is my main OS I always wanted to make my USB DVB-T stick work with it. Luckily this worked and thanks to some very good HOWTOs (look here and here) ...
Installing sidux
As already mentioned, sidux is a pretty nice Linux distro and I’m beginning to like it a lot! I’m running sidux for quite a while now and thought I’d share s...
Installing Nvidia driver in Debian Lenny
If you’re running Debian testing (aka “Lenny”) which brings no Nvidia driver packages - only the legacy ones - or like to install the latest drivers by Nvidi...
Qemu with Debian Etch
Recently, I wrote something about installing VMware server on Ubuntu Edgy, which should basically work with Debian’s Etch, too. There is an alternative to VM...
Upgrading to “Lenny”
With “Etch” being released as new Debian stable I decided to upgrade to “Lenny”, Debian’s new testing branch. By the time of writing the difference between s...
Etch amd64: installing 32bit apps
If you’re running Debian Etch for amd64 you might want to install some 32bit applications, too. As some browser plugins (like Adobe’s Flash oder Sun’s Java) ...
Configuring Debian Etch
Grub As mentioned in my last post, installing Etch was very quick and easy. If you need to boot the installation CD/DVD with special kernel options, they wi...
Back to the roots!
Installing Vista did of course (and not surprisingly) overwrite the MBR so I couldn’t boot into Ubuntu anymore. I took this as an excuse for doing a clean ...
Windows
My Vista Experience, Pt. 3
Lately, I had some trouble installing a new Nvidia display driver: During installation of this driver Vista told me that “Age of Empires II Update 2” was not...
My Vista Experience, Pt. 2
Vista and current hardware should be no problem. But what about some more ancient piece of hardware? Before installing Vista I upgraded my motherboard’s BIO...
My Vista Experience, Pt. 1 ½
Today only two screenshots made with Vista’s “Snipping Tool” (by the way, very cool)… This is the new Windows Control Panel with all new icons and the new “W...
My Vista Experience, Pt. 1
I finally did it… The voices in my head told me to… I couldn’t resist any longer… So I ordered “Windows Vista Home Premium” at Amazon and installed it. In th...
“Zune” Theme for Windows
Due to the upcoming release of Microsoft’s Zune-Player they released a new theme for Windows XP. Looks nice if you like black and it kind of fits to the new ...
New Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 has just been officially released! I’m using Firefox since the days of version 0.4 where it was still called “Phoenix” and I like where i...
Android
New phone - new OS
Google’s support for my current Pixel phone will end in a couple of weeks and though CalyxOS will probably still release updates for quite a while, it will...
Android without Google (Part 2: Moving to CalyxOS)
Once you’ve installed CalyxOS on your (Pixel) phone you’re ready to play with settings and preinstalled apps. If you’d like to give it a clean start you ca...
Android without Google (Part 1: Installing CalyxOS)
For a couple of years already I like to get rid of Google on my Android powered smartphone. Though I think that technically Google’s services cannot be outma...
Mobile messenger apps
The thing about trust is it’s a very individual matter. For example I do trust Google (to a certain degree), however I do not trust WhatsApp or even less Fac...
EncFS & Dropbox for Linux/Android/Windows/MacOSX
Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities of storing documents online - which is quite handy if you need to have stuff available on different devices or shar...
HTC Desire
Since about 3/4 of a year now I’m the proud owner of an Android powered smartphone: I decided to go with HTC’s Desire which is kind of a rebuilt of Google’s ...
SUSE
DVD playback with SUSE 10.1
As already mentioned, getting Linux to playback DVDs is a little tricky, because in some countries (including Germany) it’s illegal to use the needed library...
Using “smart” with SUSE 10.1
As already mentioned SUSE’s ZENworks package management doesn’t do it’s job and YOU (Yast Online Update) isn’t really better. The alternative is smart. If yo...
Installing SuSE Linux 10.1
I’d like to write a short HOWTO on installing SuSE Linux 10.1 for amd64. It’s how it worked for me and my computer and doesn’t mean to be THE way. So first ...
Ubuntu and SUSE
As I already mentioned I recently changed from Ubuntu to SUSE. Why? To sum it up: I was up for a change! :-) And I liked the way SUSE integrated 32bit Softwa...
Music
Replacing the “Steuerpimpel” of a Dual 626 record player
My very first (music) record was played on my father’s Dual 626 record player some 35 years ago. This record player is part of my HiFi equipment since a co...
Music streaming services and sound quality
Back when I was a teenager I spent a lot of time listening to music. I mean really listening to it - not just keeping it running in the background while doin...
Switching from mp3 to ogg
When it comes to multimedia software most Linux distributions have one thing in common: no proprietary codecs - and this might include MP3 playback. I have n...
“Martyr”
A little “nerd-off-topic”, but as I’m a big fan of Depeche Mode since the days of “Master and Servant” and “People are People” back in 1984, I’d like to ment...
Mac
EncFS & Dropbox for Linux/Android/Windows/MacOSX
Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities of storing documents online - which is quite handy if you need to have stuff available on different devices or shar...
Me and a Mac…
I finally did it and got myself a MacBook. Gone those years I made fun of Mac users? Well no, I guess not… ;-) The main reason why I bought the MacBook was c...
Switching from mp3 to ogg
When it comes to multimedia software most Linux distributions have one thing in common: no proprietary codecs - and this might include MP3 playback. I have n...
Wordpress
WP Theme “MDAGM” released
This is the release of my first Wordpress theme: “Modernpaper Dark And Green Mod”. As already mentioned, it’s based on “Modernpaper 1.0” by Performancing, so...
A new theme - again
I was still looking around for a new Wordpress theme and finally found one which I liked: “Modernpaper” by Performancing. The layout is simple and clean and ...
Linux - SUSE
Multimedia in SUSE 10.1
As for all major Linux distributions SUSE comes with almost no support for multimedia. At least mp3 playback is possible via Real Player or amaroK if you ins...
Blogger
10 years…
…well, kind of. I’ve started this blog 10 years ago but I did not contribute a word during the last 4 years. Beginning last year I moved from Wordpress to Bl...
iOS
Mobile messenger apps
The thing about trust is it’s a very individual matter. For example I do trust Google (to a certain degree), however I do not trust WhatsApp or even less Fac...
Web
Migrating from Wordpress to Jekyll
This blog has seen a couple of Wordpress releases and for a short period was even hosted on Blogger. Since comments are disabled it’s a pretty static website...