# daily driver — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover daily driver. Page: Feed: --- ## [Daily Driver 4/7: I still answer every support mail myself](https://adlk.io/blog/i-still-answer-every-support-mail-myself/) _2026-08-26 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ Since May, 644 support mails arrived and a model drafted an answer for nearly all of them. 16 replies went out the way the machine wrote them. I know this down to the keystroke, and that raw data is the reason the setup gets better instead of just feeling better. ## [We Want Good Cars Again](https://iknow.substack.com/p/we-want-good-cars-again) _2026-08-21 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ What is missing in today’s cars, what makes a car great, and what we are longing for again. ## [Sweeping Out the Nineties: Linux 7.2 Finally Kills Off Ancient x86 Fallbacks](https://unknownuniverse.uk/linux-foss/linux-7-2/) _2026-08-19 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ Linux 7.2 officially slams the door on x86 processors that lack a Time Stamp Counter. We are finally shedding legacy fallback timing code that is genuinely older than some of the fresh-faced nerds currently trying to untangle enterprise cloud monoliths. If you just felt an urge to hyperventilate into an anti-static bag while staring at… ## [Daily Driver 3/7: The updates I never had time to check](https://adlk.io/blog/the-updates-i-never-had-time-to-check/) _2026-08-19 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ A bot opened a pull request that reads completely fine. The machine that checks these for me refused it twice, in three seconds each, for a reason no amount of reading could have found. For ten years, reading was all I had time for. ## [Samba in São Paulo + percussion classes + university](https://runarcn.no/samba-in-sao-paulo-percussion-classes-university/) _2026-08-18 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ I've begun returning to work now. My work in the archives has begun, and I have recently also been put to help with the organisation of the scores. When I first applied for this exchange I thought most of my work was going to with music and social projects, as was advertised. After being here for half a year I have realized that this isn't really that accurate. Instead it feels like, based on both… ## [Linux Gaming, It’s Just Getting Started](https://unknownuniverse.uk/linux-foss/linux-gaming/) _2026-08-14 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ Linux gaming hasn’t won a thing yet. Anyone telling you the war is over hasn’t tried playing a major multiplayer game with kernel-level anti-cheat lately, or dealt with a broken launcher update on a rolling release. Yet, looking at where we are this August, something has definitely shifted. The July 2026 Steam Survey cleared the… ## [Fall26 picks, gritty friends, and the car that got away](https://iknow.substack.com/p/fall26-picks-gritty-friends-and-the) _2026-08-14 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ What I’m excited for for fall ## [Reconsidering SailfishOS as my daily driver](https://runarcn.no/reconsidering-sailfishos-as-my-daily-driver/) _2026-08-13 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ I'm having some second thoughts about running SailfishOS as my daily driver ## [\[photodump\] analogs from travels in Brazil](https://runarcn.no/photodump-analogs-from-travels-in-brazil/) _2026-08-11 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ Some I've taken with my mju-II while travelling in Brazli ## [Writing something personal for the first time in a while](https://runarcn.no/writing-something-personal-for-the-first-time-in-a-while/) _2026-08-10 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ It's been a while since I wrote something personal on this site. ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aCwH6D6jm5D6) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [I Added Analytics to the Blog: Here’s Exactly What I’m Collecting](https://unknownuniverse.uk/home-lab/privacy-analytics/) _2026-08-09 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ I’ve spent years shouting about privacy. And now, I’ve installed a tracker. I know. The irony is thick enough to cut, and the hypocrisy probably looks huge from where you’re sitting. But for the sake of transparency, hear me out: I needed a pulse check. I want to know if my guides and rants are… ## [Daily Driver 2/7: 74 tests failed. Nothing was wrong with the app.](https://adlk.io/blog/74-tests-failed-nothing-was-wrong/) _2026-08-05 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ One night my test suite reported that most of the product was broken. Nothing was actually broken. The next step in that queue is an agent whose job is to make failing tests pass, and the only reason it stayed asleep was a number I had set for an unrelated reason. ## [I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux.](https://runarcn.no/android-to-linux/) _2026-08-02 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ Since Android is becoming increasingly more locked down and slopped, I'm jumping ship. ## [Returning to the Familiar: Why I’m Back on Fedora](https://unknownuniverse.uk/linux-foss/back-to-fedora/) _2026-08-01 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ I’ve been stuck in the Windows ecosystem since version 3.1. Think about the legacy there. You build up a certain kind of muscle memory over three decades that’s hard to scrub away. For the longest time, Linux was just a tool in my bag, a server I’d ssh into or a rescue disk for a… ## [Daily Driver 1/7: AI did not give me my time back](https://adlk.io/blog/ai-did-not-give-me-my-time-back/) _2026-07-29 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ I've run Franz with up to five people. Alone today I get more done than we did back then. But speed isn't the change I'd point at. What changed is that everything I used to do once in an eternity now runs every day, and gets a little better each time. ## [Music I've Been Digging Lately](https://iknow.substack.com/p/music-ive-been-digging-lately) _2026-07-24 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ + a summer playlist 4 u ## [My Home -- Before/After Photos](https://iknow.substack.com/p/my-home-beforeafter-photos) _2026-07-17 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ Renovating a 1910 Big ol' Brick Duplex ## [The Great VPN Humiliation: Why the Government Actually Backed Down](https://unknownuniverse.uk/privacy-security/vpn-humiliation/) _2026-07-16 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ If you woke up on 15 July feeling a strange sense of relief, you aren’t alone. After months of posturing, rhetoric, and vaguely defined threats toward privacy tools, the UK government has officially confirmed, they will not be limiting access to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The headlines are, predictably, framing this as a “major victory”… ## [From GrapheneOS to iodéOS: finding a de-Googled phone that works for me](https://unknownuniverse.uk/tech-stories/grapheneos-to-iodeos/) _2026-07-14 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ A few months ago I finally got around to switching my Google Pixel over to GrapheneOS. The install was refreshingly painless, the bootloader re-locked without complaint, and the web installer made the whole process feel almost suspiciously easy. It was the sort of experience that makes custom Android ROMs seem a lot less intimidating than… ## [I love my ereader](https://runarcn.no/i-love-my-ereader/) _2026-07-13 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ Some thoughts about my jailbroken kindle after having it for some days ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UlaQ0lts73NM) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## ["Good Enough" Is the Enemy of Good](https://iknow.substack.com/p/good-enough-is-the-enemy-of-good) _2026-07-10 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ The importance of striving ## [The Great Betrayal: Why I Put Windows Back on My Handheld](https://unknownuniverse.uk/tech-stories/great-betrayal-windows-handheld/) _2026-06-30 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ I’ve done something I genuinely thought I’d never do again: I installed Windows as the primary OS on my main handheld device, my ROG Ally X. To be clear, my desktop and laptop remain dedicated Linux workstations. I still use CachyOS as my daily driver on my desktop PC, which doubles as my gaming rig.… ## [I definitely prefer un-filtered coffee for breakfast](https://runarcn.no/unfiltered-breakfast-coffee/) _2026-06-28 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ Having filter coffee for the first time in forever ## [10 Rad Daily Drivers I'd Pick From 10k - $100k](https://iknow.substack.com/p/10-rad-daily-drivers-id-pick-from) _2026-06-26 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ I’m covering rad daily drivers I’d pick in increments of $10k from $10k - $100k. ## [Youtube videos without background music](https://runarcn.no/videos-without-background-music/) _2026-06-26 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ I miss when youtube was a bit calmer than nowadays ## [The Vicious Circle: Beyond the Political Theatre](https://unknownuniverse.uk/privacy-security/vicious-circle/) _2026-06-23 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ Watching a Prime Minister resign in a flurry of headlines is a classic British distraction. While the news cycle fixates on who’s moving into Number 10, the laws they actually passed aren’t going anywhere. The “Nude Ultimatum” and the Online Safety Act were bought and paid for long before the tears started on the Downing… ## [\[brazil, week 16\] Struggling with finding direction](https://runarcn.no/brazil-week-16/) _2026-06-21 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ Today I cleaned my apartment. Pretty much the entire thing. The only part that I've yet to do (and that I'm not completely sure if I will do) is to clean my kitchen and clean the fridge. I've actually yet to do that final one for a bit longer than what I want to admit, but I guess that's just a truth of life at times. Maybe I'm at bit hard on myself at times, considering that I have basically… ## [IYKYK Home Investment Pieces](https://iknow.substack.com/p/iykyk-home-investment-pieces) _2026-06-19 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ You want a dope ass home OR NOT??? ## [6 months of my site & what I think of bearblog](https://runarcn.no/6-months-of-my-site-and-bearblog/) _2026-06-18 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ After having had this site existing for half a year, I take a look back at it and at my experience of having this site hosted on Bearblog ## [\[brazil, week 15\] Copa and living with my girlfriend](https://runarcn.no/brazil-week-15-copa-and-girlfriend/) _2026-06-16 · runarcn · runarcn.no_ Currently about half way through the busy-month of June. Copa has started (though it could've gone better for Brazil, excited to see Norway tonight) and daily routine is getting somewhat packed. The month has ended up somewhat easier than expected with two cancelled workshops halfway through the month, but still feels busier than usual. I'm not really sure if it is when I count the hours though,… ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LAfxxg3VbpLp) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [The Exit Strategy: Life After the Social Media Ban](https://unknownuniverse.uk/privacy-security/social-media-ban-exit-strategy/) _2026-06-15 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ I’ve spent the morning staring at the news, and I’m honestly just exhausted by it. The UK government is basically banking on us being too comfortable to move. They’re betting that because we’ve spent years building our lives on a few giant corporate platforms, we’ll just shrug and hand over our passports or a biometric… ## [Atomic Arch: The AUR Infostealer Incident](https://unknownuniverse.uk/privacy-security/atomic-arch-audit-tool/) _2026-06-14 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ We use the AUR for the convenience of native builds without the restrictive containers or overhead of Flatpaks and Snaps. However, that integration comes with a significant security trade-off: we’re trusting a stranger’s PKGBUILD with root access to our systems. The “Atomic Arch” campaign is a clinical reminder of why that trust needs to be… ## [The “Nude” Ultimatum: My Phone is Not a Government Narc](https://unknownuniverse.uk/privacy-security/the-ultimatum/) _2026-06-12 · TheIPW · The Unknown Universe_ The UK government has officially gone off the deep end, giving Apple and Google a three-month ultimatum: build device-level scanning to detect “illegal images” or we’ll pass laws to force your hand. They’re playing the “child safety” card because it’s the perfect shield. If you point out how technically broken this is, they just frame… ## [Resetting Baselines and Redlines](https://iknow.substack.com/p/resetting-baselines-and-redlines) _2026-06-12 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ remembering what hard actually feels like [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201731699/06f1161654e0dec44852c09f71546a73.mp3) ## [Hacker News sent 10x the traffic to the one device it couldn't install on](https://adlk.io/blog/hacker-news-vs-product-hunt/) _2026-06-09 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ In the same week, Franz got featured on both Hacker News and Product Hunt. One sent roughly ten times the traffic of the other. The headline number lies in both directions, and what you do with the single day matters more than the size of it. ## [Why product people make the best AI operators](https://adlk.io/blog/why-product-people-make-the-best-ai-operators/) _2026-06-08 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ When the cost of building drops to near zero, the scarce skill is no longer building. It's knowing what to build, validating it and being able to tell its story. That's the product muscle, and most builders never had to train it. ## [My Elevated Everyday Items](https://iknow.substack.com/p/my-elevated-everyday-items) _2026-06-05 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ Skincare, grooming, and other things I use every day. ## [Franz 6, and the end of an exception](https://meetfranz.com/blog/franz-6-and-the-end-of-an-exception) _2026-05-24 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ Why long-time free users now share the same Franz 6 plan as everyone else, what still works in Franz 5, and why paid users keep Franz alive for the next decade. ## [IYKYK Quick Hits](https://iknow.substack.com/p/iykyk-quick-hits) _2026-05-22 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ Some thoughts about travel, some not ## [NYC-Bound.](https://iknow.substack.com/p/nyc-bound) _2026-05-15 · Dominic Scalise · IYKYK_ The Spaghetti (Mid)Western(er) Does The Big City ## [Why Franz Runs on European Infrastructure](https://meetfranz.com/blog/why-franz-runs-on-european-infrastructure-for-privacy) _2026-05-07 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ Privacy is not a privacy policy. It's a vendor list. Why every server, AI call, and email Franz touches answers to a European court. A founder's note. ## [Ten Years of Franz](https://meetfranz.com/blog/ten-years-of-franz) _2026-05-01 · Stefan Malzner · Writing_ Franz turns ten this year. Franz 6 ships now. A founder's note on a weekend prototype, a fundraise we skipped, and why one person is the point. ## [Installing Pop!OS 24 Directly With Unsquashfs & Chroot (and No Reboot)](http://hajo.me/blog/2026/04/25/installing-popos-24-directly-with-unsquashfs-chroot-no-reboot/) _2026-04-25 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ For a client project, I needed to boot from a USB SSD to isolate their background daemons from my daily driver (encrypted) Pop!OS. The official way to install Pop!OS is, of course, to copy their ISO onto a USB stick and reboot into that. I couldn’t be bothered to find an empty USB stick, and I also didn’t want to reboot just for the setup, as that would have interrupted all of my other work while… ## [How to Open Source and Not Starve](http://hajo.me/blog/2026/04/22/how-to-open-source-and-not-starve/) _2026-04-22 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ If you want to build open source software and still have money for food, here’s what looks like it might work: optional paid convenience features (freemium/open core) non-profit sponsorships or public funding. Direct monetization through users like selling licenses, SaaS, Patreon, or donations mostly doesn’t work. Paid hosting is risky because it’s too easy to copy. Consulting? a conflict of… ## [Improving Office+Photoshop+Fusion on Linux With Adversarial Drinking](http://hajo.me/blog/2026/04/18/improving-office-photoshop-fusion-on-linux-with-adversarial-drinking/) _2026-04-18 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ About 17% of Windows users are locked into proprietary file formats , which makes it impossible for them to switch to Linux unless - of course - Wine becomes perfectly compatible with the proprietary software that they need. In this blog post, I would like to outline my idea for how to make Office, Photoshop, and AutoCAD/Fusion work flawlessly in Wine. As usual, it starts with poking around in the… ## [The Linux Slayers: Office, Photoshop, and AutoCAD](http://hajo.me/blog/2026/04/17/the-linux-slayers-office-photoshop-autocad/) _2026-04-17 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ After having a great time with Linux as my daily driver for 3 years, I was wondering what keeps people stuck on Windows even though, by now, there are so many very outspoken critics of Windows 11. About 17% of all Windows users have been captured with proprietary file formats , for which there is no good Linux editor. Who is a true Windows hostage? I define someone as unable to escape from Windows… ## [A 10x Developer Is Disciplined and Playful](http://hajo.me/blog/2026/03/03/a-10x-developer-is-disciplined-and-playful/) _2026-03-03 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ Everyone has their pet theory of what creates the mythical 10x developer. Here’s my 2 crucial ingredients: Discipline to keep things re-usable. Playful exploration of novel areas, which creates proof of concepts for future work. Here’s a recent example: Client Request A client asks me to package a TensorFlow AI for production deployment on their Windows client machines. They need it to run on… ## [Pop!OS Linux: Creating a Bootable Backup USB With Encryption](http://hajo.me/blog/2026/02/16/popos-linux-creating-bootable-backup-USB-with-encryption/) _2026-02-16 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ For my Pop!OS Linux workstation, I wanted to have a complete backup on an USB drive. Of course, it needs to be encrypted, in case the USB drive gets lots. And to allow me to quickly resume working in the case of an emergency, I wanted the USB backup to be bootable, too. Here’s how I set that up: 1 2 3 4 5 # find /dev/sd\* mountpoint for USB drive lsblk # open GDisk partition editor sudo gdisk… ## [DIY 80€ 3D Printer Basement Ventilation](http://hajo.me/blog/2024/12/07/diy-80eur-3d-printer-basement-ventilation/) _2024-12-07 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ I’m not going to get into the discussion of whether 4-Acryloylmorpholine should be inside 3D printer resin, but … If you can smell a class 3 health hazard in any living area, it’s time to take action! It’s this earthy smell that feels a bit spicy in your nose and you keep smelling it for a few minutes after you leave the room. My first - and luckily only - encounter with ACMO was Anycubic’s… ## [The Cloud Mafia: Pay Up, or Lose Your Homepage](http://hajo.me/blog/2024/10/15/the-cloud-mafia-pay-up-or-lose-your-homepage/) _2024-10-15 · Hajo Nils Krabbenhöft_ I recently helped a client to transition the hosting of their homepage to a cloud hosting provider. My client had received the sales pitch, were convinced by fortune 500 reference clients and assurances of a 99.99% uptime SLO. My client had already spent all the money to build their next homepage inside the cloud provider’s ecosystem. All that was left for me was to deploy it. Of course, we first…