oh my Posh

If you can’t make much use of starship1 or oh my zsh2, you might find a better alternative in oh my Posh3. There are several predefined themes that let you adjust the prompt in seconds. The program is compatible with BASH, PowerShell, CMD, Fish, Zsh and nushell. It is written in Go and can be installed on GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows and Termux (Android). Of course, ist auch diese engine open source. ...

July 10, 2024 · 1 min · 91 words

Schöne Fensteranimationen

Linux users should take a look at “Burn-My-Windows” by Simon Schneegans. This extension offers nice window animations. It’s also worth checking out Simon’s repositories in general. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

July 4, 2024 · 1 min · 43 words

Modchips mit proprietärer Software

In 2006 I upgraded my Xbox with a modchip and a larger hard drive. My goal wasn’t to play cracked games on it, but to install the Xbox Media Center (XBMC). XBMC later evolved into today’s Kodi Media Center. The modchip was necessary to install Linux and a custom launcher. That made it possible to switch between the original BIOS and XBMC or a homebrew BIOS. Why am I telling you this? Back then I didn’t know there were only modchips with proprietary software. It wasn’t until 2024 that some hackers developed a modchip based on the Raspberry Pi Pico with open-source firmware. The video “Why You Need To Put A Raspberry Pi Pico Inside Your XBOX Right Now!” by @MachoNachoProductions explains how the installation works and why it’s really exciting. ...

July 3, 2024 · 1 min · 148 words

BananaBin

The app »BananaBin« looks nice at first glance, but ultimately it’s just a gimmick that consumes system resources and is buggy. It’s basically a recycle bin for files — something even flies wouldn’t be interested in. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

July 1, 2024 · 1 min · 53 words

Helle und dunkle Layouts

I learned something new: the repository “scarmuega/choose-your-side” explains how to define images differently for light and dark layouts on GitHub. Basically, you append ?sanitize=true#gh-light-mode-only to the image URL for the light layout and ?sanitize=true#gh-dark-mode-only for the dark layout. ## Light Theme ![Yoda](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scarmuega/choose-your-side/master/yoda.svg?sanitize=true#gh-light-mode-only) ## Dark Theme ![Vader](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scarmuega/choose-your-side/master/vader.svg?sanitize=true#gh-dark-mode-only) The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

June 23, 2024 · 1 min · 63 words