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Welcome, dear reader, and myself, to my new blog.

Jellyfin Feature Requests: 26: Add support for two factor authentication: comment 2021-12-10

Yes we need more powerful auth options but no we don’t want each service implementing its own sign-on and security code, we don’t want more user-visible complexity that’s specific to Jellyfin and works differently from our other self-hosted services. So… Instead, help the whole self-hosting ecosystem by supporting standard external auth / SSO such as […]

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Snake Oil 2021-11-12

I have a cough and a cold. I followed a recipe for home-made cough mixture. Cider vinegar, honey, ginger, cinnamon, Cayenne pepper. Potent, and rather delicious to someone who enjoys the tastes of vinegar and spices and sweetness. It evokes childhood memories of the silky black-brown Galloway’s cough syrup. These remedies smell nice and feel […]

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From Mac to Freedom Laptop 3: Data Recovery 2021-10-22

Leaving Apple’s Nursing Home This series is about replacing a MacBook Air with an equally beautiful Freedom Software laptop. It is also about setting up a Freedom Software laptop for the kind of user who wants it to Just Work with the least possible involvement and no interest in how it works. Part 1 of […]

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From Mac to Freedom Laptop 2: Software 2021-10-13

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Switching from a MacBook Air to a Freedom Software Laptop 2021-10-08

Leaving Apple’s Nursing Home This article tells how we replaced a MacBook Air with a freedom-software laptop, aiming to keep it delightful to use and to carry about, while standing up in support of the principles of freedom of the users, freedom from the control and lock-in that Apple wields over its users, its subjects. […]

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