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Guide to a modern and practical desktop with KDE Plasma 6 (X11 only)

Date: 2026-05-21

I've found a pretty decent desktop workflow on KDE Plasma 6 which is highlighted in the following screenshots.
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Followup review of KDE Plasma 6 on Debian 13 & demonstrating an improved desktop UX workflow

Date: 2026-05-14

So it's been just little over a week here with KDE Plasma 6 on Debian 13 and I haven't yet run into any major work stoppages or system krashes that weren't self-inflicted.
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A critique on cyber security, businesses, and the Web

Date: 2026-05-08

I've been working in IT now for over 10 years, starting off from help desk to imaging tech, then a hop skip over into systems administration. Fourteen years ago, cyber security was not as serious a subject as today.
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Faith is not a Linux distribution

Date: 2026-05-01

Perhaps this is a controversial observation to make, but hopefully people might understand where I'm coming from.
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Back on Debian

Date: 2026-04-30

So here I am back on Debian, and this time with the KDE Plasma desktop. Not only do I run Debian for my servers, but also for my personal computer too!
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Touching down on planet KDE Neon

Date: 2026-04-06

Since I was unable to use my touchpad gestures on Ubuntu 25.10, I decided to give KDE Plasma a spin since it's a desktop environment focused on the conventional mouse and keyboard. The touchpad gestures aren't exactly a huge deal in my book, but they're necessary for the GNOME desktop and without them, it becomes considerably less usable compared to the alternatives.
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CozyNet site updates 03/19/26

Date: 2026-03-19

The last few days here I've been moving the CozyNet site to a different hosting provider. Originally CozyNet was setup on a VPS with Afterburst, but unfortunately they're planning to shut down their operation this May.
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General Update v26

Date: 2026-03-07

Howdy there CozyNet readers, welcome to another general update blog post where I ramble about some of the things I've been up to. It's been little over a month since I've last posted anything, so I suppose I better get something out there!
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Having a hoot with the old Flight Simulator!

Date: 2026-01-26

As a kid I was fascinated with the Wright Brothers Flyer, the Titanic, the Hindenburg, Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, and the Saturn V rocket and lunar lander.

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How to install deno JS runtime for yt-dlp

Date: 2026-01-01

Are you seeing console errors for a missing JavaScript runtime when running yt-dlp?

Software

A highlight of interesting software.

Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE)

NsCDE is a UNIX desktop environment that mimics the look and feel of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) of the nineties, but with modern features and applications. It is a set of FVWM applications and configurations, enriched with Python and Shell drivers, GTK and Qt themes, and custom scripts.

Date: 2025-03-03

Cubic (Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator)

This is a pretty cool project for creating custom Debian or Ubuntu based Linux distro-respins. I've been testing it out to see if I can't make a most Cozy Debian based re-spin. Try it out for yourself and make your own!

Date: 2024-04-15

Trinity Desktop

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) project is a computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers.

Date: 2024-02-12

explainshell

"explainshell is a tool (with a web interface) capable of parsing man pages, extracting options and explaining a given command-line by matching each argument to the relevant help text in the man page."

Date: 2023-07-12

GNUstep Desktop

"GNUstep Desktop (GSDE) is modern Linux desktop environment that will give you NeXT/OpenStep-like user experience. It runs on top of amazing GNUstep framework and includes many wonderful apps and utilities that GNUstep community has developed over the years."

Date: 2023-07-07

Build Your Own Search Engine (Wiby)

"The software is designed for anyone with some extra computers (even a Pi), to host their own search engine catering to whatever niche matters to them. The search engine includes a simple API for meta search engines to harness."

Date: 2023-07-04

Archive Page browser extension

"Adds a button to the Chrome toolbar. When clicked, it sends the URL of the current tab to archive.today to preserve a snapshot of the page, and opens the result in a new tab."

Date: 2023-07-03

DeArrow YouTube browser extension

"DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait."

Date: 2023-07-01
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