Using a Raspberry Pi, create a Retro Gaming device that can connect to a TV or computer monitor (HDMI or RCA). Equipment needed: *Raspberry Pi 3 B+ or Raspberry Pi 4 with Power Adapter *Micro SD Card & Reader *PC to setup the SD Card *USB Keyboard *HDMI Cable or 3.5MM Video AV Component Adapter
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Install Brave Browser in Debian-based system like Ubuntu
Brave is a great privacy-focused browser with built-in (optional) crypto functionality. It blocks trackers and ads without an extension and it’s the only browser I know of that blocks Youtube ads. Very useful! There’s only an X86 version as of now, so it will not work with Raspberry Pi yet. I am running it on… Continue reading Install Brave Browser in Debian-based system like Ubuntu
Migrate from Windows to Ubuntu with 3 lines in a terminal
You can obviously tailor this list to your needs, but with this post you can install at once these programs in a Debian-based distribution (x86 or Raspberry Pi!): FTP, audio editor/streamer/player/tagger, office suite, radio streamer, remote desktop client, video editor, web browser, social media, disc utility, bit torrent client, email client, virtual machine, photo editor,… Continue reading Migrate from Windows to Ubuntu with 3 lines in a terminal
Install nifty Raspberry Pi Imager program on any Debian distro
The Raspberry Pi Image program that comes with Raspberry Pi OS allows you to install an OS (similar to Etcher but with Pi images incorporated into it) to SD card, SSD, etc. Has lots of stock images, including Retropie, several Ubuntu variants, Raspberry Pi OS and more. You can also flash a custom image and… Continue reading Install nifty Raspberry Pi Imager program on any Debian distro
My next cellphone
My next cellphone will not be an Apple iPhone. I will not be using Google either. After the app store app removals, de-personing, de-platforming, labeling, banning, demonizing, data-sharing, general manipulation and censorship by big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, Amazon and others, I’m OUT. Once my current phones (an iPhone 11 and a… Continue reading My next cellphone
Mount an Apple APFS drive in Ubuntu
Mount an Apple APFS drive in Ubuntu Install ‘fsapfsmount’: sudo apt install libfsapfs-utils List your drives: sudo fdisk -l Look for the drive you want to mount. Example: Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdb1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI System… Continue reading Mount an Apple APFS drive in Ubuntu
Protonmail in eMail client
So far, Protonmail has evaded us with eMail client support. Now the option exists via the Protonmail Bridge, which is available for Mac OSX, Windows 10 and GNU/Linux. Here’s how I set it up in Ubuntu: From the protonmail.com/bridge/install page, click on the GNU/Linux to download the .deb file. Double-click on it and launch the… Continue reading Protonmail in eMail client