Reviving the 2015 Macbook Air

Apple is a company with big goals and ambitions: they are the largest smart phone marketshare in the United States, they have been dumping money into AR headsets and electric cars people might not want, and to kill off the right to repair! That’s right everyone, we’re going to be doing the unthinkable–reviving an old 2015 Macbook Air and installing Linux. Apple may have abandoned it, but I won’t, at least my friend won’t! ...

April 21, 2023 Â· 7 min Â· Trafotin

We need to talk DistroTube...

Toxicity runs rampant on the internet! The Linux nerds are bullying me! But there’s something way worse guys! Reddit. Specifically, r/linuxmasterrace. Now before I show anything, I don’t want this to specifically be about r/linuxmasterrace nor do I think everyone on this Reddit is toxic. Frankly, I don’t endorse bullying in any form or fashion. Don’t insult someone because of their appearance or something they can’t control. Don’t go after anyone you see in this video going forward or give them grief. Be constructive, don’t be a jerk. ...

April 14, 2023 Â· 14 min Â· Trafotin

Digital Privacy in a Post-Pandemic World

Hey guys, it’s always good to avoid controversial subjects, so let’s talk about the pandemic! The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic fundamentally changed the way we go about our lives, but I want to address some of this today. One of the things greatly affected by the pandemic was the right to privacy. The Pandemic Problems Working from home and doing so privately has become more difficult with things like employee monitoring software, constant video calls with mandatory rules that your camera is on at all times, and the use of personal computers and “bring your own device” are now commonplace. ...

April 7, 2023 Â· 11 min Â· Trafotin

Installing Alpine Linux As a Desktop OS

Hey everyone! You know, a funny thing happened to me on the way home today. I ran out of content, that’s what! So I decided that I like pain, so let’s install Alpine Linux as a desktop environment! For those who don’t know, Alpine Linux is a distribution that prides itself in being incredibly minimalist. There’s no graphical installer, they don’t include the core GNU utilities, and they also use the BSD equivalent of sudo doas. ...

March 24, 2023 Â· 8 min Â· Trafotin

KDE KILLED My One True Love...

Long time viewers of the channel know I don’t talk about my current setup. I started using KDE Plasma a couple months ago and I’ve been incredibly impressed with how just a little bit of setup, KDE Plasma has become my desktop environment of choice. ...

March 17, 2023 Â· 8 min Â· Trafotin