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Use What You Already Have to Get a “Dumbphone”
As I discussed in a few previous posts, I’ve made attempts to simplify my life before starting with my smartphone. Humorously, I remember being a younger Mr. Hyde around 2010 when Android phones were really starting to pick up traction, when the idea of digital convergence was truly exciting. The future looked so bright to Read more
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Switching from Thunderbird to Betterbird
I’m still largely getting small things back together from my previous installation of Arch Linux. That includes how I had Thunderbird set up with all of my email accounts. However, I decided on a whim, instead of merely typing in sudo pacman -S thunderbird and calling it a day, I decided to search for anything Read more
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How to Theme Qt Applications in a WM on Arch Linux
As I detailed in my recent reinstallation of Arch Linux, I had quite a bit to set up all over again for the first time. That also included my keeping Qt5 applications consistent with my GTK equivalents. While I do prefer some GTK-based apps, I happen to enjoy a good handful of Qt apps too. Read more
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Friendship Ended With openSUSE
I detailed as much a few days ago, and it’s part of why I haven’t written quite as much as I was hoping I would this past few days, but I spent a massive amount of time troubleshooting my PC where I accidentally my Arch installation (not a typo). Reinstalling Arch was no big deal, Read more
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How I Accidentally My Arch Installation
Good Night, Sweet Prince I installed Arch back in the spring of 2020 for the first (serious) time on a VM within Kubuntu. After falling in love with how lightweight and fast it was, I decided to wipe Kubuntu and reinstall Arch from scratch there instead. I ran the very same install for the longest Read more
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Switching to a “Dumbphone”: Challenge Failed
This is a humbling post to make, but as stated in the title: I failed to make the successful switch to a simpler phone. I’ve already spent a week using this phone, the Xiaomi Qin F22 Pro. I previously discussed my attempt to make the full switch a short while back, so I’ll go ahead Read more
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Transitioning to a “Dumbphone”
I’m not somebody addicted to using a smartphone. In fact, I sort of adopted the digital minimalist mindset around six months ago and started using my existing smartphone, a OnePlus 10 5G, with the amazing Before Launcher. But something told me that wasn’t enough. I felt like I needed to do even more to make Read more
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My Top 3 Linux Color Schemes
As a Linux user for the past three years (soon to be four), one of my absolute favorite aspects of using the OS is how much I can “rice” my system. I can tweak and customize everything to my liking down to shades and colors of applications. I can make my computing experience feel fresh Read more
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Quitting QWERTY: Exploring Alternative Keyboard Layouts
It was around mid-2017 when I finally considered switching away from QWERTY. I was a rather accomplished typist who could push 95 to 100 WPM on most days, but I felt I could do more when it came to overall typing efficiency and ergonomics. Emphasis on ergonomics. My wrists would suffer from carpal tunnel when Read more
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How to Set Up OnlyOffice Docs Self-Hosting
I love using my personal instance of Nextcloud to host and move files around between machines. It comes in handy for letting me sync my documents, photos, wallpapers, and much more. However, at some point several months ago, I really wanted to get the OnlyOffice integration working correctly with Nextcloud. There was a hacky solution Read more
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