- Starshield: Situational Awareness for the Star Labs StarBook
26 Nov '24
Going off-the-grid with an add-on for the Star Labs StarBook – and pretty
much every other laptop – that adds situational awareness through various
sensors and removes the need for privacy-invasive cloud services for things
like GPS positioning and current temperature.
- Ultra-Portable Data Center: Part Two
10 Oct '24
After over four years, I am simplifying the UPDC to make it more lightweight,
more portable, and less in the way. This is a status update on the
Ultra-Portable Data Center.
- Throwback Thursday: KDE 2 on SuSE Linux 7.3
3 Oct '24
“Do you pine for the days when men were men and wrote their own device
drivers?”
– Linus T.
- Minimalist and Functional Desktop Environment without Xorg
18 Jul '24
A brief write-up on how I’ve set up my Linux desktop environment to be minimal
yet functional, to let me work and use the computer as efficiently as
possible. All without using Xorg.
- Updates 2024/Q2
1 Jul '24
Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on
the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this
interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
- Run Your Privacy-Respecting AI on Gentoo Linux
6 Jun '24
Would you like to have ChatGPT summarize YouTube videos for you, but without
OpenAI knowing the lewd content that you’re watching, or paying them an arm
and a leg for it? You can, and it’s actually fairly straightforward.
- Build Your Own Decentralized Dropbox with Syncthing
7 Mar '24
In the world of file synchronization, most people are familiar with services
like Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive. These centralized cloud solutions are
convenient but come with privacy concerns and potential security risks.
What if I told you that to synchronize files between individual devices, you
don’t need the cloud™ ?
- Hardened Gentoo with Full Disk Encryption on the Star Labs StarBook Mk VI
22 Feb '24
A brief guide on installing Gentoo Linux with Full Disk Encryption and the
hardened profile, with SELinux, on the Star Labs StarBook Mk VI.
- A Brief Review of the Star Labs StarBook Mk VI Ryzen Ultrabook
25 Jan '24
As announced back in the
update of Q4/2023, I went ahead
and ordered a Star Labs StarBook Mk VI with an AMD Ryzen processor to finally
replace my
previous laptop and eventually my
workstation. This is a brief review of the device
itself, without going too much into software details.
- Updates 2023/Q4
19 Jan '24
Project updates from the previous consecutive three-month period, with info on
the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this
interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
Going off-the-grid with an add-on for the Star Labs StarBook – and pretty much every other laptop – that adds situational awareness through various sensors and removes the need for privacy-invasive cloud services for things like GPS positioning and current temperature.
After over four years, I am simplifying the UPDC to make it more lightweight, more portable, and less in the way. This is a status update on the Ultra-Portable Data Center.
“Do you pine for the days when men were men and wrote their own device drivers?”
A brief write-up on how I’ve set up my Linux desktop environment to be minimal yet functional, to let me work and use the computer as efficiently as possible. All without using Xorg.
Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
Would you like to have ChatGPT summarize YouTube videos for you, but without OpenAI knowing the lewd content that you’re watching, or paying them an arm and a leg for it? You can, and it’s actually fairly straightforward.
In the world of file synchronization, most people are familiar with services like Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive. These centralized cloud solutions are convenient but come with privacy concerns and potential security risks. What if I told you that to synchronize files between individual devices, you don’t need the cloud™ ?
A brief guide on installing Gentoo Linux with Full Disk Encryption and the hardened profile, with SELinux, on the Star Labs StarBook Mk VI.
As announced back in the update of Q4/2023, I went ahead and ordered a Star Labs StarBook Mk VI with an AMD Ryzen processor to finally replace my previous laptop and eventually my workstation. This is a brief review of the device itself, without going too much into software details.
Project updates from the previous consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.