I was momentarily ecstatic that you could resize the Steam subscriber agreement
Such a rare occurrence, how nice that I can resize it, I thought. Until I actually tried to resize it. Read more.
KOReader 2018.11 “An die Freude”
A new stable release, with support for BQ/Fnac devices! Read more.
KOReader beta 20181007 “don’t read alone tonight”
Fixed OTA updates and Sony PRSTUX support. Read more.
Is Thunar the first Gtk file browser to implement breadcrumbs almost right?
Everything to the right of the breadcrumbs is a giant button to activate location entry. Very elegant. Read more.
kdenlive: use a background color clip for composite and transform transition
To use the composite and transform transition it needs something to composite to. Read more.
Three-finger middle click on modern touchpads in Xfce
The simplest way is to add synclient TapButton3=2 to your ~/.bashrc. Read more.
Mimic Windows Touchpad Gestures in Xfce with libinput-gestures
Windows and Mac have added some conveniences over the past decade that I'm missing to some degree. Read more.
Sort Folders Before Files in the Gtk3 Filechooser
It's quite simple to do but surprisingly hard to find. Read more.
How To Play Mark of the Ninja on Debian Stretch
Resolve the weird "ERROR: Missing required OpenGL extensions." Read more.
Mimic Windows Snap Hotkeys in Xfce
It's quite simple. Open Settings → Window Manager → Keyboard. Read more.
KOReader Beta 20180410
Usability on non-touch devices, an automatic setting for warmth, Pocketbook Inkpad 3 and an AppImage for Linux desktop computers. Read more.
Fix “sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation”
Thanks to gnome-keyring you won't get a useful error message. If you uninstall it, you'll get the real culprit right where it matters, but in retrospect ssh-add gives you the same error message. Read more.
Less Noise and Louder Voice from Low Quality Microphone in Audacity
The basic problem: the various mics I own are all pretty terrible in their own way. This is how to lift it from unacceptable to bad, but similar principles apply to better mics as well. Read more.
Twitter and Facebook Don’t Support SVG Yet
Facebook's OpenGraph and Twitter Cards are mostly an annoying duplication of standardized metadata. Their main and perhaps only redeeming feature here is that they allow you to specify images to display. Alas, that's where the fun ends. Read more.
MariaDB Fix “Can’t init tc log” Error
I messed up my automation of backups, meaning that after two years my entire VPS had secretly filled up. This lead to MariaDB being unable to initialize. After taking care of the root cause MariaDB still refused to start. Read more.
Improving Gource Videos with Background and Audio
Gource is very cool, but a touch boring without a few minor touch-ups. Read more.
