Sleep well

All Linux systems have a number of options built into their power management at kernel level. Unwary users – eg. like me – tend to neglect their meaning and use. But they are useful options though. Time to explain. Generally there are three options with varying levels of power saving: shutdown, hibernate and suspend. To […]

Markus-passie

Het is weer de tijd voor de Matthäus-Passion. Hoewel er meer is dan alleen Matteüs. Ook het lijdensverhaal van Markus is door Johann Sebastian Bach op muziek gezet, maar helaas is dat werk verloren gegaan. Niet getreurd, er zijn reconstructies van gemaakt, er is een versie van Bachs tijdgenoot Reinhard Keiser, en er zijn moderne […]

Kontact pecularities

On Linux systems running KDE as desktop manager Kontact is the default application for handling email, address books, calendar, and more. Kontact integrates different applications to work together seamlessly, eg. KMail (email), KAddressbook (contacts) and KOrganizer (calendar). Others can be added, eg. KJots (notes), KTimeTracker (time management), KNode (news reader) or Akregator (RSS feeds). Essentially […]