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Using Polar M460 on GNU/Linux
In short: Use Garmin if you can afford it. The problem with Polar devices is that they are not only proprietary themselves but you can’t operate them without using additional proprietary software. If you don’t like the default Polar M460 sport profiles and screens (and no, you won’t like them), you must find someone with […]
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25 years of Linux
The 25th anniversary of Linux has been celebrated recently. I can’t remain silent about it because Linux has been playing an important role in my life. In 1980’s, Richard Stallman started a heroic and successful effort to create a free operating system in response to the unfortunate dominance of proprietary operating systems. But in 1990’s, […]
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Fairphone owner
I own a Fairphone now. When I first heard about the Fairphone project it looked interesting to me, but I haven’t thought about it seriously for two reasons: 1. price, 2. I wanted the phone to be fair not only in the production chain but also to its users. When I recently started looking for […]
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Who cares about Web accessibility?
I was at a Web development presentation some time ago. The presenters from certain company talked about many competencies needed for development of complex Web applications, such as knowledge of Web standards, JavaScript toolkits, Java programming, databases, photo editing, etc. Many things were mentioned, but one important competency was completely omitted: understanding Web accessibility, i.e. […]
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Turris Omnia router
Turris Omnia is an open hardware & free software high performance home router. You can still get it for a reduced price for a few days if you contribute to its Indiegogo campaign. I think this is a good deal. Although the router is not cheap, it’s worth the money. There are not many alternatives. […]
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Software Freedom Conservancy needs our help
Software Freedom Conservancy makes useful work for free software. One of their important activities is GPL enforcement. Whether you think the principle “I give you my source code and if you further distribute it, do so under the same conditions you originally received it” is right or wrong, the fact that some organizations care a […]
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Capturing Web content from Firefox to Org
Emacs is a powerful tool but it’s better to use other means for Web browsing, such as Firefox. Now the question is how to transfer pieces of Web content from Firefox to Org mode. Org mode already provides means for communication with external applications. org-protocol.el is a general mechanism for importing information to Org mode […]
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Privacy Badger
Privacy Badger 1.0 has been released some time ago. If I could install a single Firefox extension only, it would be this one. It’s very easy to use, effective (AFAICT) and doesn’t cause problems; much better than the other privacy extensions I used (although they can still be useful for special purposes). I can recommended […]
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I think I want that keyboard (and mouse)
KeyMouse keyboard looks interesting. It seems to be better than any of the other ergonomic keyboards I looked at as it provides all of the following: Everything seems to be reasonably reachable (maybe after remapping some keys). It’s curved. The left and right parts of the keyboard are completely separated, permitting to position the hands […]
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Debian 8 released and Microsoft celebrates
Debian 8 was successfully released yesterday. Good news, reason to celebrate and I look forward to upgrade my machines during the next weeks (and also wonder how some things will work with systemd). But there is another interesting news: Microsoft celebrates Debian 8 release too. The company makes some good steps under the new management. […]