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NordVPN on BigLinux: Fresh Install & Clean Rebuild Guide

BigLinux is one of the most powerful Linux distributions out there. It originates in Brazil – where unbeknownst to most – there is a huge culture of software development. The Linux world is exploding and Microsoft is worried but keeping a straight face. So having gone into Linux, I chose BigLinux over Zorin – I ...

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Rethinking Cloud Mounts on Linux: From Volatility to Rclone

This post is what happened after attempts with OneDriver failed miserably. The landscape for cloud storage integration on Linux desktops often involves a trade-off between simplicity and stability. Many lightweight drivers attempt to provide a “native” feel but stumble when confronted with the aggressive I/O demands of modern desktop environments like KDE Plasma. This analysis ...

Configuring OneDriver on BigLinux (KDE Plasma)

System Profile: BigLinux (Manjaro-based), KDE Plasma Wayland/X11 (on W11 dual-boot), Hardware: Desktop (NVIDIA 3080, Core i7, 32GB RAM), Target: On-demand OneDrive access (FUSE mount) without local storage mirroring. This document records the complete, sequential process used to install and configure OneDriver (specifically the jstaf/onedriver client) on a BigLinux system. The Context: Microsoft OneDrive is not ...

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Cleaning up excess paragraph breaks

Not everybody needs this! I often have text copied from PDF when I’m working on something. This leads to loads of unnecessary paragraph marks. At other times I have rows of plain text copied from somewhere. It’s a pain to get rid of paragraph marks at the end of each line, yet preserving the correct ...

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Cleaning up MS Word document

This is one part of a strategy to clean up a MS Word document (ver 2019 and later). Too often I receive documents that have loads of double paragraphs, double-spaces between text, or a leading space at the beginning of a paragraph. Those are annoying. Today I deal with leading white spaces. This is only ...

What’s the problem with keyboard shortcuts

Over the years I’ve seen how people use word-processors. In fact the term has almost gone completely out of vogue. Most people in work environments use Microsoft Word. In the pandemic period documents would regularly have been shared in a group on a big screen and somebody would be typing. That experience over the last ...

Another day in paradise

Oh yes – it was another day in ‘Paradise’. This is a place that cannot be named, cuz I’m not economically independent as yet. But.. but one day the beans will be spilt – fully! Until then just get the anonymised story. So, there is nail-biting anxiety among folk over here about using a thing ...