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The bare minimum to keep dot files in git
What do you do to backup files in your home? How do you share them and keep track changes? Version control to the rescue! ...
How to do 4k on Linux in 22
High resolution displays are great. Not just to count pixels but because you get real good font rendering and graphics without aliasing. Sadly it’s still something requires a bit of tinkering. ...
Running standandalone tests with isotovideo
Did you know? isotovideo is the tool at the heart of openQA. You can actually use it without the whole scheduler, and it’s easier than you think! ...
Inclusive language - English vs Spanish
They? Them? elle? le? Why is gender neutral Spanish so difficult and how do you make it work? ...
Inclusive language - English vs French
They? Them? iel? ellui? Why is gender neutral French so difficult and how do you make it work? ...
Inclusive language - English vs German
They? Them? xier? dier? Why is gender neutral German so difficult and how do you make it work? ...
Smart galaxy watch 4 is smart
The Galaxy Watch 4 is a bit of an upgrade for me. Notifications with unicode, emojis und videos on the watch. I’m used to Xiaomi - I expect to trade two weeks worth of battery for apps. ...
Do perspectives matter
When you live in the desert with barely food or water, you must be patient? Or are you desperate to try strange foods? And what about the curiosity? ...
How to live on containers
Presuming that one could very hypothetically use something like MicroOS for immutable servers, development machines and regular desktops for non-technical users, let’s see how that dream would look in practice. ...
Decent picture in meetings with Anker PowerConf C300
What I needed was a webcam with a decent picture that can sit on top of a monitor at a sensible angle. Usable out of the box rather than tweaked to taste. And ideally not too annoying to look at. Here’s what I found. ...