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This article is ideal for anyone who uses KDE and its so-called ‘Plasma’ interface as their desktop and suffers from consistently high processor (CPU) utilisation. It describes a way to reduce high system utilisation. I spent a long time searching the internet for the solution myself, so I would like to save my readers the … Read more
The release of another AI model has already generated widespread media coverage. What compels me to add my two cents now? I think we are experiencing a truly disruptive moment this time, not the kind that clever “techbros” desire. This disruption is bringing down business models, especially those of Western tech companies, before they’ve properly … Read more
Choosing the Right E-Commerce Framework: WooCommerce or PrestaShop? If you’ve thought about considering your own online shop as a practical side business, then it’s certainly not surprising if you’ve decided on a solution that is both easy to administer and based on a well-known platform like WordPress. WooCommerce is a popular choice, but before you … Read more
Ollama is an environment for running so-called LLMs (large language models) on Linux. It is a secure and, above all, data-efficient way to try out various models on a local computer. Additionally, a system service is installed that runs automatically with every start. So what to do if you want to remove Ollama? The developers … Read more
Since release of Debian stable release codenamed “bookworm” up until today the distribution is not officially supported by the Estonian governments official installation script of their mandatory digital ID software. You would think Debian’s usually longer release cylce would make it easier to catch up with software releases, but here we go again. Fortunately, installation … Read more
The accumulation of logs and temporary file junk can cause the root partition to fill up noticeably. If the storage space is exhausted, the system can no longer install updates, for example, and in some cases this is the first perceptible sign that something has gotten out of hand. A completely full root partition mainly … Read more
The release of the new version of Ubuntu with long-term support, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and in particular the KDE variant (Kubuntu), prompted me to reconsider the issue of file encryption on cloud storage services. In particular, the methods built into the KDE desktop (Plasma) for creating so-called ‘vaults’ using EncFS or CryFS surprised me somewhat, … Read more
The network of public WiFi access points is becoming increasingly dense. Travelers in particular like to take advantage of this option. Unfortunately, there’s often a problem: while the connection is established smoothly and the signal strength is more than sufficient, there is still no access to the internet. Unfortunately, there’s no one-hundred-percent solution, but I’d … Read more
Regardless of the purpose for which a Raspberry Pi is primarily used, a shared directory is a basic function in any home network, and a continuously operating Pi is excellently suited to handle this task on the side. This short guide is suitable for creating a shared directory using Samba on the network, which can … Read more
What is this guide for? With just a few steps, this guide will show you how to transform a Raspberry Pi (a credit card-sized single-board computer) into a music server that can be connected to speakers or your stereo system and play music in almost all formats from a USB stick, a network, or directly … Read more