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Hugo static site generator

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Updated 19-May-2026 Uses Golang. Installation and Configuration sudo apt install hugo Resources https://github.com/ashishb/wp2hugo https://github.com/nantipov/wordhugopress https://github.com/palaniraja/blog2md https://gohugo.io/getting-started/directory-structure/ https://github.com/SchumacherFM/wordpress-to-hugo-exporter https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/wordpress-to-hugo-scripts/ https://gethugothemes.com/migration-from-wordpress-to-hugo https://davidjusto.com/articles/form-mailer/

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Android devices

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Updated 15-May-2026 See also Samsung buds core bluetooth Android devices Android apps disable One UI 7/8 battery indicator Android hardware At this point, I feel that Chromebooks are non-starters. Either Android or Linux (Debian) are the proper OSes of choice, and decent hardware that can support these platforms. We have moved to Samsung devices from ... Read more

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Reaper (DAW)

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Updated 18-Jun-2026 Reaper is the DAW I've decided on based on a combination of functionality and affordability. Reaper is not open source, but it does have a reasonable and affordable license. I'm fine with supporting them, up until enshittification (which isn't 100% guaranteed in any case). See also Generative AI in Music The main thing ... Read more

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Generative AI in Music

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Updated 20-Jun-2026 I have several different thoughts on AI music. Note: Over the past 4 months November 2025 - February 2026) I have created over 6 hours of songs in a variety of genres, and this music has and is enjoyed by my friends and family. Overall a positive experience. Copyright and infringement Generative A.I. ... Read more

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Krita

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I use Inkscape for nearly all visual projects, but do have GIMP for the odd task. Many folks use and like Krita, so I took a look at it. Even though recently I've seen how to do 2d animation in Blender, it seems that in Krita it is a bit easier. And so I've decided ... Read more

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Games on Linux

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Turns out there are a large number of games that can be played on Linux, without crap like WINE (though some still use it). 0ad A great open-source game that has had continued ongoing development. Downloadable via apt: sudo apt install 0ad -t trixie-backports Roblox Roblox can be installed via flatpak (sadly) using a tool ... Read more

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Roblox on Linux

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Roblox is the only reason my children run Windows on their computers. What an annoying operating system, which regularly tries to sneakily install and configure more bloatware and suveillance. Well, the wait is over to axe these operating systems and install Linux (namely, Debian Trixie 13). Roblox can be installed and used by emulating Android ... Read more

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Kobo Clara BW

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This is about the Kobo Clara BW 6". Some Issues Some settings are hard to reach (or very hard to reach) without some customization (using Nickelmenu). For example: Dark mode requires: More > Settings > Reading Settings > Dark Mode (compare with Kindle which is Swipe Down > Dark Mode Restarting the device reuqires holding ... Read more

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My learning journey with AI

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Good morning judges and audience members. My name is Benjamin McNeill. I am a representative 4th grade student from Tessabaan Hangdong Prachkomsangsan. Today I am honored to present briefly on the subject: My learning journey with AI. What is a journey When first informed of this topic, it took a bit of time to understand ... Read more

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regex – regular expressions

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Updated 26-Sep-2025 A regular expression (shortened as regex or regexp), sometimes referred to as a rational expression, is a sequence of characters that specifies a match pattern in text. Usually such patterns are used by string-searching algorithms for "find" or "find and replace" operations on strings, or for input validation. See also regex101 for helpful ... Read more

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Open Source

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Updated 23-Aug-2025 This is an ongoing collection of Open Source stuff. Some of this I haven't used but have heard about enough to become interested, and therefore want to keep track of it in some way. Some of this stuff I use daily, and prize highly (some I use daily and prize moderately -- looking ... Read more

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Fail2ban

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Fail2ban is a security service that monitors the logs of common services (usually sshd and nginx). It uses a filter to identify an abnormality, then passes the IP address of the intruder to a firewall program (iptables or ufw, commonly). Files and configuration Install Fail2ban with sudo apt install fail2ban. The context for this configuration ... Read more

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Debian 13 Trixie

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Updated 03-Oct-2025 Note: It's out, and looking good. Backports repositories now available. Trixie is release 13 of Debian GNU/Linux. It will be officially released likely sometime in August. It is common to answer the question: When will Debian (number) be released? with When it is ready. And so, an exact date cannot be predetermined, until ... Read more

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Neofetch -> Fastfetch

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Updated 03-Aug-2025 The venerable Neofetch hasn't been updated since 2020 (and was archived last year). Fastfetch is it's reasonable replacement (with a bit more info). Fastfetch is available in apt repositories and also from the git repository (latest editions). Fastfetch was last updated 18-July-2025 and gets ongoing support. The version in apt lags a bit ... Read more

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Disable One UI 7/8 Battery Indicator

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Updated 19-Apr-2026 See also Samsung buds core bluetooth Android devices Android apps disable One UI 7/8 battery indicator The One UI 7 and One UI 8 battery indicator -- One UI 7 is now available in Asia -- which is part of the Android 15 release for various Samsung devices, in a word, sucks. In ... Read more

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Nova video player (Android)

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Updated 03-Aug-2025 Originally this was a post about Kodi but it has become about NOVA, since NOVA is much better at what it does, that is being a video player front end and library organizer for video. We use this on our Android TV and it also works on mobile devices. Some old KODI info ... Read more

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Symfonium – Android Music Player

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Updated 18-Jun-2026 Any future music player needs: Chromecast Auto-mix (random function, some limit to number of songs Share (album cover, album, song) Don't mess with files directly, beyond liking them (turn off external artist info import) Normalize across collection (Symfonium does not appear to have this) Equalizer Android Auto support (an icon and interface, not ... Read more

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KOReader ebook reader

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Updated 03-Aug-2025 See also Ebooks and where to buy them which discusses DRM from each ebook seller. Kindle and other Ebook Readers Calibre Ebook Library, De-DRM, Conversion Jailbreak Kindle KO Reader open source ebook reader It appears that KOReader is the leading open source ebook reader, and besides being able to run on Kindle, Kobo, ... Read more

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Jailbreak Kindle

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Updated 03-Aug-2025 See also Ebooks and where to buy them which discusses DRM from each ebook seller. Kindle and other Ebook Readers Calibre Ebook Library, De-DRM, Conversion Jailbreak Kindle KO Reader open source ebook reader Update May 2025 It is still possible to decrypt (de-DRM) Kindle ebooks, just not possible to download them from Amazon. ... Read more

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Open source project sustainability

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Updated 03-Aug-2025 See also: Part 1: Stop using their stuff For me, both open source (defined below) and sustainability (some kind of appropriate life-span and level of health) are both important, together. Though also I believe that reasonable business models around closed source (proprietary) should also be sustainable (in a non-rapacious sense). What is Sustainability? ... Read more

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