Baikal as calendar server
Calendar and Tasks Like a lot of people, I’ve been more or less stuck with some parts of the Google ecosystem ever since the Gmail Beta times (an era when Gmail was truly an exciting turn of events as opposed …
Category: General thoughts
Dovecot backups with doveadm
As everything is a file in the linux world, migrating or backing up email boxes can be as simple as moving those files around in one way or another. But if you’re using the Dovecot/Postfix combination to handle your email, …
Observium alerts not working
I’ve been running an instance of Observium for a couple of years now. I had set it up for the VPS which I’m running this blog on or for my home NAS, it’s really nice to be able to see …
Early RHEL 9/CentOS 9 Stream
Even if it’s still in pre-Beta, it has been publicly known that RHEL 9.0 development is well under way for some time now. But that’s not all there is to it – not only is this information public, the development …
SoundWire: Android as a remote speaker
I was having issues with my desktop PC and connection of Bluetooth headphones via a generic dongle. This was probably caused by poor driver support of those Bluetooth dongles in Linux, I tried two of them but the result was …
MATE and bluetooth headset problem
Some time ago, I bought wireless headphones Bose QuietComfort 35 II, they have nice sound, great noise cancelling and I have to say I immediately took to the comfort of having no wires attached. They connect seamlessly with Android phone, …
Disable automatic Flatpak updates
I have to say I feel slightly ambiguous about Flatpak. On one hand, I’m really glad it allows me to run applications like Spotify, Zoom or Skype on my computers in a convenient way. Applications that are not open sourced, …
Systemd problem
At home, I’ve been using rolling release of Debian for my desktop for quite some time. The good thing about it is that years go by and you need not worry about the end of life of this or that …
Hardware repairs
I’ve been tinkering with my computers ever since the days of ZX Spectrum, more or less. In the last eight years or so, however, people would come to me with their broken laptops and computers every now and then. It …
Skype in Docker
Although jabber is my preferred IM protocol, sometimes I have to communicate with people who, for some reason, only use Skype. On Debian, that can be quite a problem, supposing you are not particularly keen on weed infestation of your …