Must-Knows
- eMMC prevents the usage of booting from microSD. Stay away from eMMC variants unless there is a special reason.
- Generates a lot of heat, should always operate with a cooler and replace thermal pad with thermal paste.
Author Archive: Kuan-Yi Li
Realtek 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi Linux Driver Installation
If you’re using your USB device in a virtual machine, see also Pitfalls Using USB Devices in Virtual Machines.
Target Devices
Adapters with chipset: RTL8811AU, RTL8812AU, RTL8814AU.
Note: Kali currently uses a separate driver for RTL8814AU.
MediaTek 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi Linux Driver Installation
If you’re using your USB device in a virtual machine, see also Pitfalls Using USB Devices in Virtual Machines.
Target Devices
Pitfalls Using USB Devices in Virtual Machines
Not all hypervisor, USB controller, USB device are created the same….
Semantics, Ontology and Data Modeling
Some references on how to structure information.
Board Extension Socket/Header Standards
List of possible standards to follow, towards a more extensible board design.
Adjusting Scaling Factor for GNOME/GDM
Theoretically, display server should be able to derive a proper DPI setting from EDID, but in reality this could fail at times. (eg. OS running in a VM.) In order to have things readable on HiDPI displays, we may have to adjust scaling factor manually.
LinkIt 7688 刷原版 OpenWrt
LinkIt 7688 MediaTek 官方已經好久沒出韌體更新了，不過發現上游 OpenWrt 有直接出。非常好，這樣既擺脫了 MediaTek 慘不忍睹的軟體品質又可以少產生點電子垃圾。
跨平台排版解決方案雜記
M$ Word 跨平台、跨版本的支援度及一致性太低，一堆功能還要透過線上服務才能用，完全沒有隱私或安全可言，實在是無法接受。
開源軟體及開放字型發展至今，已足以構建出合用的解決方案。
列細節前先講結論：建議 LibreOffice + STIX + Noto CJK + 全字庫。