uBlock Origin
Posted: 2019-09-30 Filed under: misc | Tags: adblock, addons, block, chromium, firefox, google chrome, mozi, origin, uBlock 1 CommentI was never too happy with the different web browser Ad Blockers, but I was too busy to actively start searching for different options. There was a discussion on LQ about browsers, where uBlock Origin was discussed. So, I decided to give it a try.
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Browser fonts
Posted: 2019-06-30 Filed under: misc, network | Tags: fonts Leave a commentI have been switching between browsers lately and realised I am really tied to a certain set of fonts. So, for my own future reference here they are.
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Seven years for Slackalaxy
Posted: 2019-05-31 Filed under: misc Leave a commentYep… It has been 7 years.
I recently switched to Premium plan, that’s why I’ve been customizing a few things, messing with CSS of the theme. With this post I have 188 altogether.
Slackware financial issues
Posted: 2018-07-27 Filed under: misc | Tags: patrick volkerding, slackware, volkerdi Leave a commentThis is something regarding the future of my favourite Linux distribution. There has been this post at LinuxQuestions by Slackware maintainer Patrick Volkerding about the financial situation of the distribution (and his own). It is quite bad. The discussion is about how we can help. A couple of days later, there was another post by Patrick discussing his plans on different methods for donations. In the bottom, there is a link to his personal PayPal account.
Repology
Posted: 2018-07-01 Filed under: misc, slackbuilds | Tags: package, Repology 1 CommentAs a maintainer at SlackBuilds.org, I try to keep my scripts updated. Normally, I would just go through the list of SlackBuilds that I maintain and check each project’s website for updates. It is time consuming and (worst) really boring. I recently came across a very useful website — Repology, the packaging hub.
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