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Home computing goals for 2025

Posted on vr 27 december 2024 in desktop

Looking at my list I wrote last January, things did not turn out quite as planned. Apple TV is still king, the nas was not replaced and home assistant use has increased somewhat, but nothing spectacular. Never mind, we did buy another house and moved in. That ofcourse, took quite …


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Nieuwe printer met verrassing

Posted on zo 26 mei 2024 in desktop

Hoe vaak heb je hem nou echt nodig anno 2024? De Printer. Dus we hebben al een tijd geleden geaccepteerd dat de kwaliteit van de prints onder de maat was. Leuk voor eigen gebruik en de kleurplaten, maar daar kun je niet mee naar buiten. Sinds het begin van de …


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Using my Dymo label printers running Linux

Posted on zo 21 januari 2024 in desktop

According to the receipts I've owned my Labelwriter 450 since 2015 and my Labelmanager PnP since 2018. Both are very good at producing labels for all sorts of uses. The only thing that has always annoyed me is the official Dymo software and its updates. It would change the interface …


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Home computing goals for 2024

Posted on vr 12 januari 2024 in desktop

As I was not as satisfied with proprietary solutions as I used to be, it was time to reconsider some past choices. Some of the choices have suited me very will for quite some time, but circumstances have changed so I'm open to other options.

Switching to more open solutions …


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Creating custom desktop launchers on the linux desktop

Posted on zo 24 december 2023 in desktop

Right now I'm switching out some flatpak installed apps in favor of manually downloaded and installed apps on my Debian12 desktop. Main reasons are inconsistent window decoration, some bug when switching external displays where some flatpak based windows are borked and performance.

This adds the 'burden' of having to manually …


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