Loewe DR+ Content Listing

For my Loewe television set I've programmed a little Perl command line utility on Linux to nicely list its DR+ recordings. The built-in harddisk can be mounted on Linux to access the information. Alternatively recordings can be copied onto an external harddisk, which then can be connected to a computer to access these.

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Tcl Quick Reference

Tcl - Tool Command Language. At work I'm using professional EDA software (chip development, etc.), which runs on Linux and often uses a Tcl-based command line. But also at home I'm experimenting with self-written software having a Tcl command line interface. Some years ago, as an aid for Tcl script programming …

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Linux Tips

Using Linux since many years on my computers, I have collected a number of tips on installing, configuring, using, etc. Umask for GNOME, separate GNOME profiles, user sub-directories, the Copilot key.

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GNOME on Wayland Tips

So far I have been using GNOME on Xorg on my computers, knowing that Wayland still has/had some shortcomings. Upon installing Linux on a new laptop, gnome-shell under Xorg is crashing and the currently only solution seems to be using Wayland. I have found several solutions to overcome the limitations I thought there still would be with Wayland.

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Pelican Website Generator

My website is built using the Pelican static website generator. “Pelican” is an anagram for “calepin”, which means “notebook” in French. Pelican is written in Python and as such can be extended with plugins also written in Python.

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