All Linux systems have a number of options built into their power management at kernel level. Unwary users – eg. like me – tend to neglect their meaning and use. But they are useful options though. Time to explain. Generally
Krusader update trouble
Constantly updating your system is a basic requirement if you want to keep things running safely. However, the word ‘patch‘ can give good sysadmins really bad feelings, especially in the common Windows world. And so they wait for the opportune
Sorry
Het kan zijn dat er de laatste week enige overlast was bij het bezoeken van mijn website. Mijn excuses daarvoor. Het probleem was een overijverige virusscanner op de server. Weer opgelost dankzij Sonad. There may have some trouble visiting my
Kontact pecularities
On Linux systems running KDE as desktop manager Kontact is the default application for handling email, address books, calendar, and more. Kontact integrates different applications to work together seamlessly, eg. KMail (email), KAddressbook (contacts) and KOrganizer (calendar). Others can be
Bluetooth simplicity
To make my PC talk over bluetooth I need a wee USB adapter, aka ‘dongle’. It sits on a USB port and does its job in utter silence. Until it just stops working. Usually without any prior warning, and it
Microsoft fonts outwith Windows
To get out a word you need Word. That is how things usually work at most desktops around the globe. To be more specific: Microsoft’s Word, not God’s… So, even if you happily work on LibreOffice, or another open-source office
Veilig berichten versturen
Al eerder schreef ik over veilig berichten uitwisselen, ofwel ‘WhatsApp vs Telegram’ (hier en hier – in het Engels). Recent heeft WhatsApp zijn gebruiksvoorwaarden aangepast, waardoor account-informatie en andere metadata nu worden gedeeld met ‘de Facebook-familie’. Er wordt niet gevraagd
Strange characters
The other day I wrote about inserting special characters into text documents, advertising the use of KCharSelect for those happy users of the KDE desktop (or CharacterMap, its GNOME equivalent). Let me advertise it a bit further, because it has
LibreOffice startup tweaks
In the good old LibreOffice days, when versions 3.x or 4.x were all around, I used to have the Quickstarter icon in my system tray. Twas useful to quickly open a (new) document or start from a template. Alas! tis
LibreOffice minor misfortunes
No-one is perfect, not even the most widely used open-source office suite, LibreOffice. It does have its small annoyances. From not printing a simple dash, to making your whole KDE desktop crash. How to deal with it? The first problem