I ordered Jolla Phone in early 2026. In this blog post, I'm going to write my experience in this journey, from ordering to first impression of the hardware. This is my experience, and as usual, your mileage may vary.
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Here are my suggestions on how to improve the experience with Guix. This post will get updated every now and then when I have something to add.
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There is often the need to submit a PDF/A to an online form. Most office suites have a way to export to a PDF that cplies with the PDF/A standards (yes, plural!), but it is often hidden somewhere or the user may forget how the have created that. Also none of these office suites let the user to choose which standard they want to have. In this blog post I'm writing the ultimate solution I found after a lot of trial and error with various software, to validate if a given PDF file is complient or not, and if it is, which version of PDF/A.
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There are many things that a command line user can do, and also there are bunch of graphical application that can help user to boos their productivity.
But of course the beauty of CLI software is that they can be chained together in a logical order to drastically improve workflow and reduce potential mistakes.
In this post I am going to share some of these quick scripts that I personally use. All these use fzf as the title also suggests.
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I used vim and Neovim for about a decade, and then during the past two years I have switched to Emacs (initially Doom Emacs, and now my own config). There are perhaps some things that I have brought with myself subconsciously from [neo]vim to my Emacs config. But in this article I want to briefly touch upon the thing that I wish Emacs, and especially package.el can adopt/learn from Neovim's Packer.
Read MoreIn this post I'm going to list some of the Free and Libre OpenSource games that I have found interesting.
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In this short article I will explain how and what to install on an Arch-based distro to have a system to run some VMs. It is usually a controversial topic, but this is what I use. It does not mean it is the most correct way, but it means this setup has worked for me.
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In this post I list some tips to help maintain your Flatpaks and have them in control. In general Flatpaks are much easier and straightforward to use compared to Snap (and from personal experience faster), but still there are few things that are good to have in mind when using them.
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This is not an article but rather a list of the software/tools I have found interesting either from feature aspect or design. These software are under my radar and are listed here as a shortlist for my own future reference and potentially introduce them to those who checkout my website.
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In this post I will briefly touch upon some of the handy commands that can help new Emacs users like myself to have a smoother transition to Emacs and easier adoption and integration of it in to their workflows. The aim is NOT to teach Emacs, but it is to mention things that took me some times up to some hours of searching to find online. I'll update this blog post every now and then to add more content instead of creating new blog posts. This would make this blog post a one-page cheatsheet for myself and others.
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