Thinkpad E15 G2 and linux
I recently bought a thinkpad E15 G2, with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processor, 16GB RAM and 512 SSD. I use it as my main computer and installed Fedora 32 on it right after unboxing (windows only booted once on this…
Jellyfin and docker a Plex alternative on Synology NAS
I am using Plex package on my Synology DS918+ for a long time now with a paying plex pass. I wanted to find an open source alternative which provides me a some features like user management, a decent mobile client,…
Filelight to check disk usage
Filelight is a great application to see instantly your computer’s disk usage. With few clicks you can check where are the biggest files and directories and clean what you want to save disk space.
Black image with skype for linux on macbook and ubuntu
This kernel module enables the macbook webcam on linux. On my Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Cheese works perfectly with the webcam. Skype for linux works also but the video shows the “facetimehd” camera name with a black image. The problem is…
Jitsi private video conferencing on synology NAS
New updated article available here: In these days of physical isolation I wanted to spend my free time to check and implement a videoconferencing solution for my private use. After googling I found Jitsi and in few minutes I was…
Homebrew install on Catalina
Homebrew can be install easily on catalina: xcode-select –install Accept the installation of the command line developer tools. /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL )" Check the installation with: brew -v
Clamav for Nextcloud on Docker
I am using a Nextcloud docker container for several years on my own NAS to synchronize my files and stay away from dropbox, google drive, etc… I share this nextcloud installation with some family members and I want to make sure…
How to change Ubuntu gdm login resolution on a macbook
After installing ubuntu 19.10 on my macbook, I changed the resolution to 2560×1600 and scaling to 100% instead of the default 200%. Ubuntu supports very well the retina screen but the login screen was still at the old resolution after reboot.…
docker does not run on fedora 31
When installing docker-ce on fedora 31 it does not work out of the box as Fedora 31 uses cgroups v2 by default and docker doesn’t yet support cgroupsv2. To solve this, edit grub config: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Add the parameter…
Plex error s4032 with firefox and fedora 31
After installing Fedora 31 I had some issues playing movies from Plex with the following error message: plex error s4032 (manifest) I solved the issue buy activating the RPM Fusion repositories: sudo dnf install {free/fedora/rpmfusion-free,nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree}-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm and installing ffmpeg compat libs:…