eamonnsullivan

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by eamonnsullivan 3y ago
Great read. The first distribution I used was TAMU ( https://archiveos.org/tamu/ ) in 1992, when Linux wasn't yet at 1.0. I had to download dozens of floppy disk images. In those days, getting X to run involved real
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by eamonnsullivan 4y ago
I have a very similar set up -- also using Home Assistant (and Node Red -- I don't like programming in YAML). I have Hue bulbs and motion detectors everywhere. (I much prefer the quality of the light and the ability to control that lig
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by eamonnsullivan 4y ago
I've had two (main) careers -- I was a journalist for 20 years, starting as a sport reporter for a local weekly, and ending as the legal affairs editor for Europe for a international news service. But I had also been a computer geek
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by eamonnsullivan 4y ago
Not sure why this is being promoted today (new release?), but I absolutely love this project. I use esp32 boards to power two strips in the house and another is currently powering my Christmas lights outside. The integration with Home Assis
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by eamonnsullivan 4y ago
I used this for my back up system: https://github.com/eamonnsullivan/backup-scripts The server runs on a Raspberry Pi with a 1-2TB USB disk attached.
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by eamonnsullivan 4y ago
What I like about RadioParadise is that I don't have to pigeon-hole the music I listen to. Sometimes you do want a particular genre, and other times I'm happy to be led by an expert curator. RadioParadise is superb for the latte
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by eamonnsullivan 4y ago
I'm not sure I understand the absolute hate for snap that I see everywhere. Can you enlighten me? I use snap for emacs (the edge/28 version), slack, and (occasionally) Firefox on my daily driver laptop. They all work fine. I'