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Why I left Chrome after 20 years and self-hosted Brave Sync
After roughly 20 years of using Chrome, I finally left. Google’s Manifest V2 shutdown was the last straw: it disabled the older extension platform that my ad blocking setup depended on, and I was tired of asking whether the extensions I rely on would survive the next browser policy change. Chrome still claims to have…
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How to fix gnome’s ignored hibernation button (while running chrome)
Since some version of gnome or chrome the developers decided you should not be able to shutdown or hibernate your machine anymore, when chrome is currently running (doesnt matter if video is or was playing or not). Easy workaround: Make the decision based on user groups instead: sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-ignore-inhibitors.rules
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Fixing a seemingly dead Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol D2
I got a really nice deal off of Willhaben: a DJing controller from Native Instruments (Traktor Kontrol D2) with a built-in screen and lots of controls. The only problem: it was sold as defective, description said it won’t turn on. This thing is only compatible with NI’s propritary windows drivers and is not even a…
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Playing around with UnrealEngine4 (demo)
So this time I was playing around with the UnrealEngine4 Editor and after setting up quite a lot of tools and compilers I was able to compile a demo game for the webbrowser! It runs quite smooth on my test devices but when opened in smartphones or Tesla-Touchscreens it sometimes lets the browser crash :D.…