Pure Beauty: “the glow” “IT JUST WORKS” 🙂 wifi works two-finger-scroll touchpad works sound works (hey! startup sounds are important 🙂 admitted: the keyboard will need some time of getting used to X-D (per default Macbook Pro A1278 would run […]
“Linux has made it to Mars” “The Red Planet runs on Linux” (src: theverge.com) just hope the #Perseverence Mars rover ain’t running Windows 🙈 (then it is lost already X-D) it will start a flight in the next 2-3 months […]
first always say something positive: runs Ubuntu per default (can also run Win10 for Win based games) THE DESIGN IS GREAT the controller seams to be good (sold separately?) THE HARDWARE is (performance wise) okay Atari seems to ship updates […]
v1.6 https://dwaves.de/software/familypicshare.de_v1.6.tar.gz https://dwaves.de/software/familypicshare.de_v1.6.tar.gz.sha512sum.txt released: improvements: thumbnail generator thanks to ImageMagick PHP extension can now also resize large image files (10MBytes and more) for slideshow it now uses resized versions of 1024px instead of the original file (which might be too […]
EDIMAX EW-7612UAn V2 THE ONLY (?) GNU Linux WIFI WLAN Adapter that works OUT OF THE BOX on all GNU Linux systems (ODROID RASPBERRY AND Desktop GNU Linux) https://www.mediatek.com/products/broadbandWifi/mt7662u hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: lenovo t440 Operating System: Debian […]
is a powerful and fast paper scanner, up to now it is really a great work horse 🙂 (make sure to buy the N (Network!) version) after round about 200.000 pages (!) it quits each job with “Scheduled Maintenance” alert… […]
for this low price (below 10 Bucks) it performs well as an “overall” webcam with fish eye optics. Camera module was purchased on Amazon, in search for something that could be used in Medical scenario to take LED illuminated close […]
… this Atari TT030 is 30 years old… and it still works X-D TOS (The Operating System; also Tramiel Operating System, from Jack Tramiel, owner of Atari Corporation at the time) is the operating system of the Atari ST range […]
update: 2024-04: having problem connecting to camera with vlc? (rstp not well documented or not working at all? try this: easy camera stream identification with ONVIF: it is a DAMN hussle, because EVERY camera vendor does it’s own rstp://user:password:ip.ad.dr.ess:/some/url/stream and […]
to recover the data: how to mount luks2 encrypted volume also check out alternative: GNU Linux – create new encrypted partition harddisk – how to open encrypted harddisk partition possibility: remove harddisk, attach to sata2usb adapter, then mount on different […]
update 2022: next to the good old (non-destructive if used correctly) “dd” is still the way to go for benchmarking harddisks under GNU Linux. a simpler one is “gnome-disk-utility” also interesting but not very simple in installation & usage (complicated! […]
contains advertisement. to be honest, it is hard to keep up the speed at which cyber incidents are reported. here is the latest take on “Russian IT Sec Updates”. have phun! SecurityLab, [28.09.20 08:20] Last month, TikTok developers rolled […]
JavaScript can compromise the user’s network devices! pretty evil are devices/routers with security problems, that can be exploited from javascript. so basically opening a webpage with a browser that has javascript enabled (which most browsers have) might scan the user’s […]
finally summer and climate change have both reached Europe and had several weeks of 30 C straight… without ventilation, anything above 30 is just “too much to think” (so maybe the brain CPU also would need active cooling?) of course […]
today installed (1:1 copy with USB2IDE Adapter) Debian 8 32Bit aka ideal linux on Compaq “Evo D500” and: IT JUST WORKS 🙂 works slow but it works (it is a Single Core Celeron, what do users expect?) X-D 512 MB […]
“The function resets the cache not only when necessary, but also on the “order” of any application. Linus Torvalds, the Creator of the Linux kernel, opposed the addition of the L1 data cache reset function when context switching to the […]
“first Benchmarks of the KX-6780A. China just developed it’s own x86 CPU with the performance of a Intel Core i7 2600 (4C/8T, 1,401 points) from 2011 the eight-core CPU-Z achieves 171 points in single-core and 1,396 points in Multi-Core comparison […]
for good overview it makes sense to label the harddisk partitions according to functionality (what is their purpose?) GNU Linux bash – how to label partitions tune2fs (xfs & ext4) all infos about one’s harddisk: # tested on: hostnamectl Static […]
low and high quality tools: how to tell if a screwdriver is “low quality” (no matter what the label claims where it is from, everybody knows where such tools are produced): test: it can be bend by hand also look […]
apologize! games = windows, still ? (although there are 6000 steam games running on linux) the very first “Open Source GPU” is in the making: https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class “The Libre RISC-V M-Class is a RISC-V chip that is libre-licensed to the bedrock. […]
every once and a while… laptops and notebooks run out of battery… and when one manages to plug them in just 1% before stalling… the wifi on Debian might already be in hibernation and hardware on off does not help […]
Make an impact! (just not on impact) how can everyone help build the city on Mars? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 write about it! spread the news! set the focus of the discussion! computer rendering of SpaceShip 2020-12: SpaceShip SN8 […]
“In the popular series of wireless keyboards Fujitsu LX390 found two dangerous vulnerabilities. According to researchers from the company SySS, exploitation of vulnerabilities allows nearby attackers to “spy” passwords entered on the keyboard, or even to seize control of the […]
what IT can learn from nature: (src) mostly US users affected. Big Business: Big Companies and Big Money can afford Big Staff to maintain and secure their products, but they also provide Big Infrastructure (AWS, Office) and thus a single […]
https://dwaves.de/2023/08/07/looking-for-a-new-soc-or-sbc-new-version-of-starfive-visionfive-2-risc-v-sob-soc-battle-rages-on-raspberry-pi-4-vs-odroid-n2l/ Update: 2023: there seems to be a new version “StarFive VisionFive 2 JH7110 64bit SoC” with 4GB RAM for 84,49 Bucks or 114,49 Bucks for the 8GB RAM version CPU performance is between Raspberry Pi3 and Pi34 also remarkable: price-wise it […]
got the server cheap from ebay. has unfortunately only 4x 2.5″ SAS (3.5″ would be better = more storage) one SAS drive already faulty. using the native Hardware RAID10 (4x 75GByte Hitachi HGST Ultrastar C10K600 450GB (HUC106045CSS600) 2,5″ SAS2 64MB […]
Why is quantum computing important: optimization Update: Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy The tech giant unveiled its x-quantum computer chip Bristlecone in March 2018 (src: cnet) original nasa paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lv8p1fB47z1pEZVlfDXhop082Lc-kdD/view book: https://deepai.org/machine-learning/researcher/eleanor-g-rieffel https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-Introduction-Engineering-Computation/dp/0262015064 Scott’s Supreme Quantum Supremacy FAQ! […]
screw Qualcomm, what one wants is should work out of the box with recent Linux kernels on Open Source drivers only: https://dwaves.de/2019/07/03/recommended-tested-hardware-superb-wifi-wlan-adapter-chipset-atheros-ar9285-mini-pcie-for-gnu-linux-debian-10-ubuntu-and-trisquel-8-0-test-run-on-lenovo-t440-and-librebooted-lenovo-x60s/ as far as i understand this… if you are concerned about the security of your phone… (banking apps… […]
while not officially supported no drivers here: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/bamboo-support works out of the box on CentOS7/Rhel7, Kernel 4.15.9 THIS WORKS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 🙂 THANKS ALL INVOLVED! # what os do i have? hostnamectl Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS […]
My Guide to free as possible do it yourself laptop, tested an worked on two x60s: 1. get a Lenovo x60s https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ebay+Lenovo+x60s 2. a fresh battery (they still produce replacement batteries) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ebay+Lenovo+x60s+battery 3. get Atheros ar5b95 Wireless WiFi g42 cq42 […]