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Missing the Point, PinePhone KDE Community Edition

16/11/202007/12/2020 Paul FLOSS, KDE, phones, plasma mobile, privacy

If you expect the PinePhone to match up to your current pocket supercomputer/surveillance device, you don’t get it.

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First 5 Things to Do After Booting Your KDE Slimbook II

05/03/201815/02/2019 Paul KDE, Plasma, Slimbook

You unboxed your KDE Slimbook II, posted the pics to Instagram, and logged into the desktop. What you are seeing

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Video: Installing Coreboot — HOWTO & WHYTO

03/02/2016 Paul bios, coreboot, firmware, libreboot, uefi

That the UEFI firmware should die in a fire and that its instigators for its adoption should hang their collective

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3 Days of Networking Troubleshooting – Day 1: Hardware, Modules and the Network Subsystem

18/10/201503/06/2018 Paul connection, ethernet, net, networking, problem, troubleshooting

Most Linux distros today will automatically configure your network as soon as you boot. Indeed, most will set up networking

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Freedom in a Box: What to look for in a Truly Free Laptop

04/10/2015 Paul bios, coreboot, free software foundation, fsf, laptop, libreboot, taurinus, uefi

If you like your computers with an extra dash of Freedom, Libiquity and Ministry of Freedom have something you may

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CLI Quickies (II): Fiddling with Sound

25/09/2015 Paul audio, bash, command line, configuration, sound, SoX, terminal, troubleshooting

The same way you can use the GNU/Linux command line to troubleshoot the brightness of your laptop backlight, it is

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Fixing the Throwaway Society

14/01/2015 Paul community, technology

A new breed of makers – the fixers, is subverting the status quo by doing something that not so long

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Hardware 

3 Free 3D Printers Compared

29/12/2014 Paul 3D printing, open source

If you’re thinking of getting a 3D printer, check out the three machines we look at below. They are all

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A LED at the End of the Tunnel

09/12/2014 Paul robotics

What does it take to turn a group of initially indifferent adults into open hardware enthusiasts? Turns out not that

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A Very Open Xmas! – Part I: Hardware

25/11/2014 Paul linux, open source, technology

Yes, ’tis time to drink, dance and go shopping. To satisfy the compulsive Christmas shopper we all carry within ourselves,

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