Privates Blog
An overview of noteworthy GnuPG configuration options, including instructions on having strong ciphers and group encryption
Following my recent blogpost series about Thunderbird, I’d like to show you my GnuPG configuration today. I’m for sure no expert, so feedback on improvements is highly welcome. I run GPGTools on OS X, but this guide should be applicable to all recent versions of GnuPG.
How Thunderbird CSS file customizations help to enhance and extend the Mozilla e-mail client to adapt it perfectly to your needs
For more than a decade, Thunderbird has been my e-mail client of choice. It provides flexibility and customization via plugins and configuration files that helps me to adapt it specifically to my needs. Over the years, I’ve compiled my very own configuration set and selection of plugins which I’m sharing with my fellow readers, hoping that some of these customizations also make your e-mail life easier, especially when you have to deal with a huge amount of messages.
In a first posting, I’ve shared my favorite plugins with you, and showed you how to adapt the configuration to your very own needs in a subsequent posting. Today, I’d like to show you how you can improve the program’s appearance by tweaking some Thunderbird CSS files.
„My Thunderbird configuration: Make it look pretty“ weiterlesen
How Thunderbird configuration settings help to enhance and extend the Mozilla e-mail client to adapt it perfectly to your needs
For more than a decade, Thunderbird has been my e-mail client of choice. It provides flexibility and customization via plugins and configuration files that helps me to adapt it specifically to my needs. Over the years, I’ve compiled my very own Thunderbird configuration set and selection of plugins which I’m sharing with my fellow readers, hoping that some of these customizations also make your e-mail life easier, especially when you have to deal with a huge amount of messages.
In a first posting, I’ve shared my favorite plugins with you. In this subsequent posting, I’ll now show you my configuration tweaks.
„My Thunderbird configuration: Tweaking the Settings“ weiterlesen
How Thunderbird addons and plugins help to enhance and extend the Mozilla e-mail client to adapt it perfectly to your needs
For more than a decade, Thunderbird has been my e-mail client of choice. It provides flexibility and customization via plugins and configuration files that helps me to adapt it specifically to my needs. Over the years, I’ve compiled my very own configuration set and selection of Thunderbird addons which I’m sharing with my fellow readers, hoping that some of these customizations also make your e-mail life easier, especially when you have to deal with a huge amount of messages.
In this first posting, I’ll share my favorite Thunderbird addons with you. In a subsequent posting that follows soon, I’ll show you my configuration tweaks.
Jetzt bieten auch die ersten Mobilfunkanbieter IPv6 im LTE-Zugang an. Dieser Artikel beschreibt, welche APN-Einstellungen dazu nötig sind
Im Telekom-Mobilfunknetz scheinen jetzt auch Verbindungen per IPv6 möglich zu sein. Während einer Zugfahrt ist mir neulich aufgefallen, dass mein per Mobilfunk angebundenes Notebook eine IPv6-Adresse zugewiesen bekommen hat. Ausgehende Verbindungen funktionieren problemlos, eingehende Anfragen werden vermutlich jedoch netzseitig geblockt.
Wie Stiftungen und gemeinnützige Einrichtungen vom Einsatz freier Software profitieren beschreibe ich in einem Artikel für das Magazin “StiftungsWelt”
Stiftungen und freie Softwareprojekte haben sehr viel gemeinsam, denn beide versuchen, mit großem Engagement und einer starken Gemeinschaft ein gemeinsames Ziel zu erreichen. Was liegt also näher, als einmal die Nutzbarkeit von Open-Source-Programmen für die Stiftungsarbeit zu beleuchten?
My review of the LibreOffice Conference 2015 that took place in Aarhus, Denmark from September 23-25, organized by the local community
“On Monday after the conference we will all miss each other,” my colleague Leif said to me, who was one of this year’s LibreOffice Conference organizers. Seems he was right.
LibreOffice Conference 2015 is over, and it was an amazing and incredible event. With approximately 150 participants from more than 30 countries, we not only had a conference, but a true family meeting. It was so exciting catching up with colleagues whom we haven’t seen for months, meeting new friends, and sharing good times and joyful moments in beautiful Aarhus in Denmark, in an exciting venue called Dokk1, which supported our creative gathering with its fresh, inspiring and open architecture – a perfect match for the LibreOffice community.
Herzlich willkommen im neuen Blog von Florian Effenberger, das sich vor allem mit Themen rund um freie Software und Open Source beschäftigt
Herzlich willkommen im neuen Blog von Florian Effenberger! Die Idee, mit einem eigenen Weblog zu starten, die hege ich schon lange. Schon seit einigen Jahren darf ich im Blog des Linux-Magazins meine Gedanken zum besten geben – eine Möglichkeit, die ich leider wesentlich seltener genutzt habe, als geplant, von der ich aber auch zukünftig Gebrauch machen möchte, ist es mir doch eine Ehre, auf einer so prominenten Plattform vertreten zu sein.