Debian GNU/Linux on a MacBook Pro 2013. For 140€, 3-5 more years of life for my MacBook Pro 2013
An 11 year old MacBook Pro can still be useful in 2025, but it needs specific care and informed technical decisions.
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How to give a MacBook Pro 2013 a new life: swollen battery, Linux optimisations and smart decisions
The initial problem My 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 13″ had been running on mains power alone for years. The battery had stopped charging a long time ago, but since I used it mainly at home, I did not worry too much.…
Packaging Stremio for Debian: A Journey to 100% System Library Integration
Stremio for Debian: A Journey to 100% System Library Integration How I replaced every bundled dependency in a complex Qt5 application—and what I learned about patch development, threading bugs, and the art of debugging r…
Optimising GNU/Linux with 8GB of RAM: Firefox + zram for better performance
My old 2013 MacBookPro Retina, with Debian GNU/Linux and 8GB of RAM, was quite slow when using Firefox with multiple tabs. These optimisations gave it a new life without spending money on hardware.
Brief History of Conquer
Conquer: Unix game history Conquest begins to be posted on comp.sources.games (October 26, 1987) v02i058: conquest – middle earth multi-player game, Part01/05http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sources.games/browse_threa…
Trying Spectrum games on Debian GNU/Linux (spectemu)
There are quite a few emulators to choose from, although today I am going to focus on spectemu. We can install it with: apt-get install spectemu-x11 And then we can run it with: xspect I decided to try one of the games produced…
Raising Money for CliniClowns
On September 9, 2023 I will participate in the Alpine tour for CliniClowns. They can ensure that more people with disabilities or dementia feel seen and understood. Will you also help and sponsor me?
Setting up two-finger touch on the touchpad (Debian)
Here is another cheat sheet for Debian. Lately I have been using KDE/Plasma(X11) on my Debian GNU/Linux and I noticed that the pointer did not scroll the content up or down in windows when using two fingers on the…
Installing GNU/Linux on a Windows 10
I have a Windows 10 on the partition of an old laptop. The requirement to run an embedded GNU/Linux distribution is: Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux I recommend you follow this article, which explains the…
Connecting to IRC with GNU Emacs and ERC.
⚠️ Update October 2025: Freenode ceased to exist in 2021 after a hostile takeover of the network (announcement from the original staff).
Configuring Mutt with Gmail
Recently, I found myself in the position of having to send a patch to the linux kernel, specifically, a minor documentation fix.