Tag: Debian

Linux audio

This is my small rant/ramble about my recent experience with Linux audio. Warning to the reader: I am not claiming there is anything of interest in the following - just getting it off my chest. I have been a Linux user since about 2000 or so, having performed countless installs. With few exceptions–I did waver from the path from about 2005 to 2007–I have always relied on Linux for my primary home/personal computing needs. Read more...

Traveling with a light digital footprint

Prepping for destination UB, I have decided to travel with a low cost digital devices with a more limited feature set, rather than leaving my electronic life exposed to loss, search, or seizure. To that end, I am taking with me a low-cost Mobal Phone [sic] and a cheap laptop, albeit reconfigured to run a premium operating system, Debian. The laptop is suitably tagged with the things that keep me running these days, R, Rutgers, and D Music. Read more...

Installing Debian/XFCE (Linux) on Dell XPS 13 9350

Well, this is off topic for the theme of the blog, but I felt the urge to record an expurgated version of my recent installation of Linux on a new Dell XPS 13 (9350), for the potential edification of the populace. I will try to make it brief, by my standards 🙂 (but I guess I failed..) This is not in any way an objective post, but I am just blowing off steam and letting my opinions fly. Read more...