An American Retired in the Philippines
As I mentioned when I started blogging once again, getting a high-resolution computer monitor was something I needed to do. At the time, I had to resize my web browser to check the display. I finally rectified the situation by buying a portable monitor, not really designed for the Raspberry Pi computer. The GMKtec Xpanel … Read more
You can save streaming audio as files to your devices, but not with the usual download options. I can’t tell you how to do it on Windows or Macintosh computers, or even on mobile phones, but I’m sure you can find the information you need. I’m on Linux, and I’ll probably never use anything else … Read more
Mobile phones have come a long way since they first became affordable. Up until the point when Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, they were only used for voice communication and text messages. Now they’re used for almost everything imaginable. What Do You Call Mobile Phones? Back when mobile phones started becoming commonplace, most people … Read more
At more than 60 years of age, I should be forgiven for not knowing about the latest video games or the devices to play them with. All I hear is “blah blah blah blah” when anyone tries to tell me about them now. It isn’t like I wasn’t involved with them at all. It’s just … Read more
As of sometime in 2022, Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is the most widely used web server, ahead of Apache and Cloudflare Server. An application firewall designed for Nginx can enhance its capabilities and make administering the web server even easier. While there are probably infinite ways to set things up, I’m going to tell you … Read more
Using SSH can be confusing enough for Linux beginners. It can be even more confusing when you want to do something completely different from the default connection, like an SSH tunnel. What if the server is set up on a different port? What if public authentication is being used instead of a password? That’s exactly … Read more
I switched to using the Vivaldi web browser a few months ago. There are several web browsers to choose from today, completely unlike it was when I first got on the web in 1994. You can read about the evolution of web browsers here. I’m going to tell you about all the web browsers I’ve … Read more
I’ve spent my fair share of time distro-hopping. After spending hours examining other Linux distributions and desktop environments, I always return to the Cinnamon Edition of Linux Mint. Although Linux Mint has two other editions with their own desktop environments, Xfce and MATE, Cinnamon is the one I prefer. Unlike some of the people I’ve … Read more
VirtualBox allows users of non-Windows machines to run Windows 10 virtually. While Microsoft has people fixating on running Linux with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), like it’s something special, Linux users have been doing it in reverse for much longer. While I’m writing about installing Windows 10 in VirtualBox, the same instructions will probably … Read more
I never had to worry about protecting any of my electronics, other than my computers, when I lived in the United States. My computers were connected to a surge protector and an uninterruptible power supply. In the last 14 years I lived there, I only experienced one power outage of less than two hours. The … Read more