Paul Sutton – personal blog
Guide to the fediverse
With the Fediverse expanding it is really nice to have some great resources to explain how both the Fedivese ad in this case Mastodon work. This explanation is from torresjrjr
There is also a video on Peertube below.
More resources will be posted shortly, in the mean time you can sign up here
After which this website useful to help you find people with similar interests.
Mastodon toot client
Tip of the day
if using the toot command line client, you can toot the contents of a file.
Lets say 'text.txt' contains the following
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
If you login to toot, then type
toot post < text.txt then the contents of that file will be posted to Mastodon.
Please feel free to follow me on Mastodon here
#mastodon,#toot,#tips,#hints,#commandline,#cli,#client, #text,
Physics and cosmology videos
So day after xmas day and we have some rather nice, if not mind bending videos, on the world of Quantum physics etc.
Similar to what is on the PBS Space Time on you tube. But these are on Peertube. Produced by Fermilab on Physics, Astronomy, Cosmology etc.
Have fun
De google your internet.
Ok. firstly Merry Christmas, Todays post does seem rather apt given that people will be getting new devices today. However it is not the intention.
I found this on Mastodon, a nice set of links to privacy friendly alternatives to many common, mainstream internet services, such as cloud, search, social media.
#internet,#services,#privacy,#alternatives
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Libhandy 1.0.3 released
Gnome team have announced the released of Libhandy 1.03
Most of the update appears to be a few bug fixes, but this is very welcome all the same.
Search libhandy on Mastodon for more details. you can follow me here or sign up and with this link here.
Link is set to last for 1 week then expire.
#gnome,#gtk,#libhandy,#release,#mobile,#app, #development,#update,#software,#library
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Auto starting applications
Using Deluge as an EXAMPLE
Menu —> Settings —> Session and Startup
In the video I am looking to see if the application is listed, (which it wasn't) then I click add and then fill in the details.
2. Off screen I used the Menu Editor application
Menu —> Settings —> Menu Editor
to find the executable binary file I needed to copy and paste in to the command field
#debian,#xfce4,#autostart,#applications
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Thunderbird 78 Email tags
If like me you get a lot of e-mail, then being able to sort in to folders is a good thing. However if you have important e-mail, then you can use number keys 1-5 to tag the e-mail
1 = Important 2 = Work 3 = Personal 4 = To do 5 = Later
Each is colour coded, This video shows how to set up additional tags.
#email,#tags,#sort,#colorcode,#thunderbird78
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Subscribe to Librelounge podcast with vlc
In today's video, I do a quick run through on how to subscribe to the Librelouge podcast using the vlc media player.
I am already subscribed to this, so before I paste the link in I remove the existing entry. But this also illustrates that it is just as easy to remove subscriptions.
#podcast,#vlc.#subscription,#rss,#media,#howto,#help, #support,#LibreLounge
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Contribute to f-droid
This was originally shared on Mastodon, so am sharing here for any of my followers who may be interested.
The contribution page is also here
Looks like lots of opportunities to get involved. If you are interested you can also get in touch with IzzyOnDroid.
You can join Mastodon here then connect with IssyOnDroid and ask how to get involved.
I am on Mastodon here
#freesoftware,#fdroid,#contribution,#foss,#repository, #android,#technology,#programming,#testing,#docs, #development,#software
Basic hexchat setup
Hexchat is a GUI client for Internet Relay Chat, this is still very popular despite it's age.
This video shows how to connect to the Freenode network but does not cover how to set your account up.
Once you have chosen a nickname and connected you should register your nickname with nickserv, then ID.
Further information on this can be found in the freenode knowedge base
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