Ubuntu started to enable telemetry in recent versions on an opt out basis, so if you don’t want to send data to Ubuntu here is a script from Github. Instead of running the script you can manually add the domains…

Continuing on with replacing Google products and getting away from their tracking and data collection, I was looking for a notes replacement. There are products like Joplin and Standard Notes where you can use their cloud service or self host…

A collection of Wyoming Wallpapers I’ve been using on various VM’s and computers, courtesy of Wallpapercave.com.

I’ve tolerated Google for some of their free services as they do give you control over your data with the option to delete it, opt out, or have it self delete after 90 days. And some of their services like…

After playing around with Snap, I thought I’d take a look at Flatpak with the intention or writing up how to install and use it. These Linux version agnostic application systems with containerization and sandboxing sound good, but are they…

The Raspberry Pi’s can easily be overclocked but this all depends on your cooling solution. If you have a good heatsink, preferably with a fan or two, you can turn up the Pi and improve performance and still keep the…

On several of my Linux operating systems I found that Btop++ wasn’t in the repositories, but was available via Snap package. Consequently, I only recently started using Snap after Ubuntu only included Firefox via Snap package. Snap is an interesting…