Category: Linux

Posts about and around the operating system Linux and all open source stuff I use or write

  • Cory Doctorow: You Bought It, They Break It

    I have followed Cory Doctorow’s work for a long time, so much of this conversation with Trevor Noah was amazing. One of the clearest and most entertaining explanations of why…

  • finishing the job

    Today I finally cleaned up the machinery behind this website. Over the years, elkin.de had accumulated around 26 WordPress plugins, several generations of old formatting and a lot of content…

  • Get photos from google+ using the command line in linux

    I used to have picasawebsync.py as my prefered tool in getting a backup copy of my photos and videos from google+, but it stopped working (for me). GoogleCL to the…

  • LogicMachine telnet user script

    The following code enables you to open a telnet connection and send commands. I use it to connect to my Pioneer sound system. Add it to a user script. –…

  • Intel NUC and the P2270HD from Samsung color problem

    I found a solution to my Samsung monitor looking like shit using the Intel NUC over HDMI. It turns out that you have to enter the menu of the Samsung…