Category: NZTekonverse -> Hardware
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Arlec Plug In Heater Controls [2]
In my previous post in this series I described the PC900 2 hour plugin countdown timer which Bunnings have been selling for some time. The oddity of this product is that it is described on the packaging as having “adjustable switching increments”. This is a rather clumsy phrase more worthy of adjustable 24 hour timers…
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Arlec Plug In Heater Controls [1]
Arlec is an old established Australian brand of electrical products (such as extension cords and plugboxes, timers etc) that has been available in NZ for many years – at least 40 to my recollection, their innovative designs and features continue to the present day. With plug in electric heaters sometimes certain desirable features that would…
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How to PERMANENTLY disable an input device in Linux (Xorg Display Server)
About 2 months ago I posted on how to use the xinput command (on Ubuntu and derivatives) to disable an input device. This, however, only works until the next time the computer is restarted. In addition, not all distros provide the xinput command; Debian doesn’t, and I haven’t done any research to determine whether this…
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Escaping Google’s walled garden on handhelds [3]: Using Lineage OS – 1
So last time I wrote about the installation experience for Lineage, now it is time to have a look at early impressions of using it. Along the way I discovered some stuff about the Nexus 5X. It turns out that it was first shipped with Android and the final official release of Android for it…
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Escaping Google’s walled garden on handhelds [2]: Installing Lineage OS
So after further investigation I decided Lineage OS would be the most straightforward means of getting my Nexus 5X off Google. This is quite a lengthy process that involves replacing the installed Google bloatware on the phone with the LineageOS installation images. LineageOS provides guides, which are pretty good except that like me, you can…