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Ervaringen Clevo NL51GU met Debian 10

Posted on za 06 juni 2020 in desktop • Tagged with debian

De afgelopen jaren heb ik al meerdere stappen gedaan / pogingen ondernomen om (weer) Linux op mijn laptop gebruiken. Rond 2005 heb ik de overstap gemaakt naar MacOS, maar de omstandigheden en de markt zijn ondertussen zo veranderd dat ik nu ook weer andere opties zie. Eerst heb ik eerste geprobeerd …


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Debian 10 on my laptop

Posted on za 22 februari 2020 in desktop • Tagged with debian

Today I set up Debian 10 on an older Macbook. This for most part just worked, but it did involve a couple of extra steps when compared with Ubuntu. This is just a small note to future self to document the basic setup.

  • OS install via Debian DVD 1 on …

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Objective by the Sea 2 preparations

Posted on di 22 oktober 2019 in desktop • Tagged with ubuntu

So now the I registered for the Objective by the sea conference in June, there are a couple of preparations to take care off.

Objective by the sea is a MacOS security conference by Patrick Wardle. I’ve been a supporter of his work via Patreon for quite some time …


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Removing DRM from iTunes movies using Tuneskit M4V converter

Posted on di 22 oktober 2019 in desktop • Tagged with freedom

Tuneskit screenshot

People who have known me for longer then ten years may remember me wearing a pirate bay t-shirt. Pirating movies has since become mostly irrelevant for me when it comes to getting access to content. Al lot of paid services have popped up providing different types of ways to access …


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Hello OpenBSD, my old friend

Posted on vr 03 mei 2019 in desktop • Tagged with openbsd

Around the turn of the millennium I was introduced to OpenBSD. It was probably via the gateway drug of the time : OpenSSH. OpenSSH is everywhere now, but then it was new, shiny and free/libre.

Armed Puffy image

It was not exactly love at first sight. As a longtime Linux user, the learning …


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