Articles and posts I wrote

These articles contain some of my opinions on the current state of technology, how to protect your privacy and security online, art and prose or even some random musings that didn't fit anywhere.

Feel free to read, download, reproduce and reuse them anywhere else. I would appreciate getting a link back if it has helped you anyhow.

• kzimmermann's take on the 2024 Old Computer Challenge - last update July 28 2024

• How to install all manpages in Alpine Linux - last update July 17 2024

• Reaching an "end of the line" regarding proprietary OSes - last update July 12 2024

• kzimmermann's State of the Distro 2024 Q2 - last update June 21 2024

• Taking it to the next level: Linux for a corporate work laptop - last update May 09 2024

• Playing Counter-Strike 1.6 on Wine on Linux - last update April 17 2024

• Resizing an encrypted swap partition in Linux - last update March 20 2024

• Safely updating to Kernel 6.6.9 in Devuan Ceres - last update January 09 2024

• kzimmermann's State of the Distro - December 2023 - last update December 29 2023

• Installing FreeBSD 14.0 on a USB drive - last update December 18 2023

• Using TOTP Two-factor Authentication like a pro - last update November 19 2023

• Running graphical applications as root with doas - last update November 06 2023

• Spooktober 2023 scare stories: the scariest moment of my history using Linux - last update October 28 2023

• Daily-driving Debian Sid (and Devuan too) - last update September 26 2023

• Fixing Gajim on the FreeBSD desktop - last update May 31 2023

• Notes on installing Arch Linux via archinstall for the first time - last update January 22 2023

• Saving your offline server with... irssi! - last update January 21 2023

• Bring Back Blogs! And a sprinkling out a few New Year's Resolutions out there - last update January 10 2023

• Spooktober Scary Computing Stories: The Night of the Living Dead Computer - last update October 26 2022

• Alice and Bob go Public: when a touch of art can help make a point - last update October 25 2022

• Time for #AskFedi: what should I about the CCC congress before going? - last update October 17 2022

• For a want of Boot, or: Secure Boot sucks, period. - last update October 12 2022

• What distro do I recommend for the Raspberry Pi in 2022? - last update August 30 2022

• Tracking the world in about 80 lines of Javascript - last update August 24 2022

• Playing free software Doom with FreeBSD and Alpine Linux - last update August 21 2022

• 30 days on a Raspberry Pi - last update June 23 2022

• Wrestling with the most stubborn and locked-down machine I've ever used - last update March 03 2022

• Removing unneeded runtimes and dependencies from Flatpak - last update January 26 2022

• Making OpenArena work again on Ubuntu 20.04 and Linux Mint 20 - last update January 15 2022

• Journey through enabling an EPSON MFD to print and scan via network on Linux - last update December 29 2021

• What has happened to basic computer knowledge? - last update October 09 2021

• Dumpster diving as a hacker: a consumerism-driven treasure trove - last update September 27 2021

• Rediscovering Puppy Linux as Raspup on the Raspberry Pi - last update September 01 2021

• Updating to Debian 11 Bullseye - last update August 28 2021

• Protonmail isn't (and has never been) a silver bullet - last update August 04 2021

• kzimmermann's take on the Old Computer Challenge! - last update August 02 2021

• Frankensteining a Salvaged Laptop to boost another (more Dumpster Diving shenanigans) - last update July 28 2021

• Teaching an old laptop some new tricks - last update July 25 2021

• Lessons learned from saving my Artix Linux install - last update July 23 2021

• Fixing the Desktop on Alpine Linux 3.14 - last update June 23 2021

• Throwback to when I first started using Linux - last update June 10 2021

• Where does your personal data go after the trash? - last update June 08 2021

• Please notice you've been pwned, Senpai. - last update June 08 2021

• "We caught you 'Pirating' Linux!" is more than a bad joke. - last update May 26 2021

• Alpine Linux on the desktop: awesome feat or fool's errand? - last update May 21 2021

• Are smartphones becoming more Faraday Cage-resistant? - last update May 04 2021

• Upgrading to FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE - last update April 23 2021

• Free Software: We are (not) sorry to see you go - last update April 17 2021

• FreeBSD on the Desktop: the Saga continues - last update April 09 2021

• The lack of Free Software OSes on mobile isn't a software issue... - last update April 07 2021

• Enabling Fullscreen on a FreeBSD guest VM - last update April 05 2021

• Things to check when buying a laptop - last update March 22 2021

• "If you're not paying, you're the product" goes literal - last update March 19 2021

• A Linux veteran tries out FreeBSD for the first time - last update February 26 2021

• Living in the Linux terminal - is it possible in 2021? - last update February 15 2021

• Project 128: how much space do you really need? - last update February 10 2021

• A beginner's guide to the Arch User Repository - last update February 04 2021

• Self-hosting a Git service: an easy way to more personal freedom - last update January 28 2021

• The battle for privacy implies metadata protections... - last update January 16 2021

• List of alternative frontends to popular web sites and services - last update January 06 2021

• Good news: I'm a (temporarily) Free Man! - last update December 02 2020

• Is this app by Google the world's first legal ransomware? - last update November 16 2020

• Is Digital Minimalism a thing? Or: why bloatware today means files - last update October 24 2020

• When you use a walled garden, the gardeners are your wardens - last update October 13 2020

• Fuck WhatsApp - last update October 02 2020

• A tale of Distributed Social Networks - last update September 26 2020

• Buy DRM or just pirate? - last update September 21 2020

• Don't like it? Make it or change it! The Power of Free Software - last update September 21 2020

• Internet Messaging done right - last update September 18 2020

• The good web and the bad web - last update September 18 2020