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USB dock gets slower over time

2019-06-09

hardware, Linux, misadventures, projects, troubleshooting, USB hardware, zombie

In Linux, in particular in Debian 9.9.0-i386-xfce-CD-1, file operations will grow inevitably slower until the speed is unusable.

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How to use the same webcam in two different scenes in OBS Studio

2019-03-11

dead, HOWTO, projects

Software >
Open Broadcaster Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://obsproject.com/

OBS has a terrible interface and fundamental limitations for making multiple scenes. I had to take quite a lot of time to go through the process, with nobody giving clear instructions. So I'm making them.

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Using fbpanel with two monitors

2018-12-20

dead, HOWTO, projects

fbpanel >

How to create a bottom bar for both monitors.

I'm certain these instructions work with three displays, but any more than three would get weird.

Note that it isn't possible to have two trays (for things like a status icon). I don't know why.

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Encryption without LVM on Devuan

2018-11-24

computer security, dead, Devuan, HOWTO, projects, security

These instructions were tested, and re-tested multiple times on devuan_ascii_2.0.0-rc_i386_dvd-1 on bare metal. They worked fine, but they magically stopped working, and so I'm giving up on this technology; it's too fucking hard to use.

Computer security: Devuan + dm-crypt >

Devuan's installer has an encryption feature, but it formats your whole hard drive and uses LVM, neither of which I want.

Given a hard drive which has regular partitioning and not LVM.
Where a / (root) partition is encrypted (dm-crypt) and in use.
- Such as with an earlier release of Devuan
Install Devuan, re-using the encrypted partition without re-encrypting/formatting from scratch.
Note - I will be writing separate instructions on how to manually make and manage encrypted partitions.

For more information on encryption, see dm-crypt.

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Improving e-reader speeds for Internet Archive books

2018-10-08

HOWTO, projects, reading, Usability, zombie

Problem: Given an item in the Internet Archive, e.g. The works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, you may be tempted to download the PDF for its exactness. Admirable! However, my e-reader is horribly slow for opening it and turning pages. I find slow page turning aggravating; it makes me lose my train of thought and strains my reading comprehension.

This extra work is well worth it for me.