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Category: Blog

Pixelfed decentralised and federated social network for photos and videos (updated video)

2023-02-172023-02-17 Danie
Teal background with text title Pixelfed Photo Sharing and a picture of two hands holding a phone, that has a photo of a cup of coffee on the screen

Pixelfed is one of many social networks in the Fediverse, but it focuses specifically on photo and video sharing. This is an update to my previous video (which was more detailed about its workings and […]

Blogdecentralised, fediverse, opensource, pixelfed, technology

DXOMARK Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Camera test: It’s very good but not the Best

2023-02-172023-02-17 Danie
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I love DXOMARK’s tests as they are quite rigorous and score across different categories. So I’ve been waiting for this one specifically to be published. Something worth noting is that the tests are conducted as […]

Blog#dxomark, #galaxys23ultra, photography, technology

What Is a Phone Gimbal, and Why Should I Use One?

2023-02-172023-02-17 Danie
Person with long hair holding a gimbal with a phone mounted on top and showing a camera view on screen

Gimbals for a smartphone or DSLR aren’t anything new. These fantastic gadgets have been around forever with videographers, in the film industry, and recently for mobile devices. Many brands like DJI make great handheld smartphone […]

Blog#gimbal, gadget, photography, technology

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will gain temperature-based menstrual cycle tracking

2023-02-152023-02-15 Danie
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Something many (me included) did not originally realise, was that the temperature sensor on the Galaxy Watch was not intended to display “body temperature”. Firstly for the reason that it is only skin temperature (not […]

Blog#menstualcycles, galaxywatch, health, technology

KDE Plasma: Full Featured Linux Desktop That’s Surprisingly Easy on Resources

2023-02-132023-02-13 Danie
A computer desktop display with background showing a landscape at sunset with water and sky, a panel at bottom, and a analogue clock widget at top right, with a box below it listing alternative widgets.

KDE’s Plasma desktop environment, once considered something of a resource hog, has more features than ever and is Linux’s most configurable desktop, yet it’s as easy on resources as relatively lightweight desktops such as Xfce. […]

BlogKDE, linux, opensource, technology

Vodacom blocks South African Police spying services over R3 million bill

2023-02-122023-02-12 Danie
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“It is important to note that this does not impact instances where Vodacom is served with a Section 205 Subpoena from the court,” said Vodacom. “Naturally, Vodacom remains committed to acting accordingly and will abide […]

Blogprivacy, southafrica, spying, technology

Realme launches smartphone that can charge to 20% in 80 seconds (@240W) but I’d rather see longer battery life or cycles

2023-02-102023-02-10 Danie
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Critical observers might be concerned that this staggering charging speed would generate a lot of heat and potentially degrade long-term battery life. But Realme said the battery’s total capacity would not drop lower than 80% […]

Blog#realme, battery, technology

Open Source Policy Summit: Where FOSS and government meet: Sometimes it takes a war to make people pay attention

2023-02-092023-02-09 Danie
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FOSDEM The Open Source Policy Summit is an annual event which attempts to explain the importance of software freedom to governments and policy makers. The Policy Summit is an annual event organized by the Open […]

Blogdatasovereignty, FOSS, government, opensource, technology

How to Test DNS Speed using Two Popular Tools on Windows and Linux

2023-02-082023-02-08 Danie
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The latency (time to respond) from your chosen DNS server, determines how quickly your web browser will find the IP address to load a website. You can choose other DNS servers apart from the default […]

BlogDNS, networking, technology

9 Best Google Drive Clients for Linux in 2023

2023-02-082023-02-08 Danie
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Google Drive is a popular cloud storage application that allows you to store data and access it from a Google account securely. Unfortunately, despite its popularity, Google Drive has yet to have an official client […]

Blog#gdrive, linux, technology

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