Ubuntu preload – preload often used applications to memory

A great application which should be installed by default. Preload checks and analyses the users behaviour and then begins to preload often used applications to the system memory, before they have been started. If you have 8 GB of RAM or more available, it absulutely makes sense to preload applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, Spotify. If …

Ubuntu/Debian – automatically dim display on battery

I needed something to power up display to 100% while on AC Power and to automatically dim it to 50% while on battery. Unfortunately this can’t be configured in UI in system settings. Hey, Apple, you haven’t something like this either. I did some research and script triggered by udev should do the trick. 1. …

eAusweise and Digitale Amt Apps not working correctly

For some time now, it has been possible in Austria to identify oneself using the eAusweise app. In addition to a driver’s license and a car registration certificate, there is also the option to create and scan a digital age verification card. Admittedly, it has its appeal to leave your driver’s license somewhere and simply …

PiHole not working on iOS anymore?

There’s a trick inside your network. If you are using PiHole in your wireless network and it’s not blocking Ads on iPhone anymore do as follows. Go to I had to remove a public IPv6 address because my providers serves IPv6, but my internal network as well as PiHole are running on IPv4. And it …

Adding Watermark and Temp to the Image using macgick

The probably most tricky part of preparing the Image for the Website.For documentation purposes. The workaround to name the file TEMP.bakjpg is due to the deletion of remaining *.jpg files in the directory in the last step of the script. rm *.jpg Therefore i am renaming the image capt*.jpg to TEMP.bakjpg to prevent the current …

Apple Siri became the worst voice-assistant so far

Can you still remember when Apple introduced Siri. That was a milestone. You had the feeling you could talk to your devices in the future, like Jean Luc Picard and his followers on board the Enterprise. nn 2023 has arrived and it is fair to say that Apple has managed to make Siri even dumber …