Root Loops

It’s time to give political discussions a break and turn to the tech enthusiasts. “Root Loops” is a terminal color scheme reminiscent of a bowl of Froot Loops®. Of course Open Source. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 49 words

OFGB

For anyone using Windows 11, I’d like to recommend a useful tool. OFGB, an open-source tool, effectively removes ads from various parts of Windows 11. Maddy Wilcox writes on GitHub - xM4ddy/OFGB On April 23, 2024, Microsoft released an update for Windows 11 that added ads all across the OS, including the File Explorer, Start Menu, and more. This tool changes certain keys in the Windows Registry to disable those ads. It’s written in C# and uses WPF. ...

May 29, 2024 · 1 min · 95 words

Audnexus.bundle

As an enthusiastic user of the Plex software, I find it ideal for centrally managing movies, TV shows and audiobooks on my home server. However, I run into a small problem: audiobooks aren’t indexed very well1. But thanks to the plugin Audnexus I can work around this issue. It’s been running here for about six months and has been working perfectly. So it’s my clear recommendation to anyone who wants to centralize their audiobooks in a similar way. ...

May 23, 2024 · 1 min · 136 words

MastoFeed

If you want to automatically publish content from an RSS feed to your Mastodon account, you should check out “MastoFeed”. In my experience, it works very reliably. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

May 4, 2024 · 1 min · 44 words

Hyfetch

The tool neofetch‌ displays system information attractively on the command line. After development of Neofetch had stalled, the developer archived the repository on April 26, 2024, which means the tool is no longer being actively developed. A recommended alternative is hyfetch, a fork of Neofetch that is actively maintained. For more information, see Hyfetch. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

May 1, 2024 · 1 min · 71 words