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Installing and using Chum on Sailfish OS

May 26, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A quick article explaining what Chum is, its interests, and how to install and use it on your Sailfish OS device.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie - quick review

May 23, 2023 — Nico Cartron

I recently watched that movie with my youngest son, and got pleasantly surprised

Testing PowerDNS' Lightning Stream to sync LMDB backends

May 19, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Easy way to come back to home screen with a Suunto 9 Peak Pro

May 16, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Didn't know that, so sharing here!

Securing your website thanks to securityheaders.com

May 09, 2023 — Nico Cartron

It literally takes 5 minutes to do, let's see how to do it

French accents on a FreeBSD Lenovo laptop

May 05, 2023 — Nico Cartron
Putting it here for me, but maybe useful for others

Transferring screenshots from a Nintendo Switch to a Sailfish OS device

May 02, 2023 — Nico Cartron

To my surprise it is possible - let's see how to do it!

Restoring deleted files with Nextcloud

April 25, 2023 — Nico Cartron

I thought I had lost a file and would need to restore a backup, but Nextcloud made my day!

3 years of blogging - a recap

April 24, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A quick one to reflect on those 3 years

Sharing calendars with Baikal

April 21, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A short how-to more for me, but could be useful to others

CPC quick tests: Quad, Paper Boy

April 17, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Continuing Amstrad CPC games "quick" tests, with some classical ones.

A quick look at InfiniTime 1.12 "Olallieberry"

April 15, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Mostly under the hood stuff, but not only

Complicating simple things

April 13, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A fun (or maybe weird) one: why over-complicating toilet flush?

Editing blog posts through Nextcloud Web UI

April 11, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Surely it must be average at editing Markdown files? Let's find out

Moving a contact in another addressbook on Sailfish OS

April 07, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Joplin, an awesome notes taking app (and a lot more)

April 03, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A quick look at why I chose it, and what I used and tested before

Review of Placebo's "Never Let Me Go"

March 30, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Better late than never, since the album got released a year ago (March '22).

Fixing Baikal not working on FreeBSD

March 27, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Baikal suddenly stopped working, here's a quick tip on how to fix this

Trail du Petit Ballon: a wonderful trail race in Alsace, France

March 24, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Let's see how my first trail of 2023 went!

On being kind and honest

March 17, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A (super) short article on why I think being kind always pays off

BarWal: a Wallet application on Sailfish OS

March 05, 2023 — Nico Cartron

I finally found some time to setup BarWal on my 10iii, let's see how it works!

Bashblog & Markdown: implement nicer code blocks

February 24, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Or how I got bored of having ugly code blocks and decided to fix it

The OSs I use most often

February 21, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Let's have a look at the Operating Systems I'm using.

Jolla and Sailfish OS at FOSDEM 23

February 15, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A post focused on our beloved mobile OS at FOSDEM

SFOS 4.5.0.16 "Struven ketju"

February 11, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Report on my first FOSDEM!

February 07, 2023 — Nico Cartron

I finally attended FOSDEM, THE Open Source event in Europe - here's a quick recap

PineTime with Sailfish OS 4.5.0.16 "Struven ketju"

February 06, 2023 — Nico Cartron

How to make your PineTime work again with SFOS 4.5

Review of the Suunto 9 Peak Pro sport watch

February 02, 2023 — Nico Cartron

After 3 months using it, it's time for a feedback!

awkaster, a Doom-like game running in your terminal and with awk!

January 30, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A quick look at this very fun game which I recently discovered

Installing Pagefind, a static search engine, on FreeBSD

January 23, 2023 — Nico Cartron

I finally have a search feature on my blog - here's how I implemented it.

Trying to guess new Sailfish OS features through localisation

January 19, 2023 — Nico Cartron

My attempt at guessing what's coming with Sailfish OS 4.5 :)

Review of the Altra Mont Blanc Boa Trail Running shoes

January 16, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Fancy lacing system and shiny colors, but is the price worth it?

Regain space on FreeBSD by removing obsolete packages/ports

January 09, 2023 — Nico Cartron

A quick one explaining how I easily gained disk space on one of my FreeBSD servers.

2022 (blog) Year in review

January 01, 2023 — Nico Cartron

Some quick facts about my blogging habits in 2022.

Failed attempt at migrating to Hugo

December 30, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A few thoughts on why I gave up migrating to Hugo

Retrogaming: test of BraveStarr (Probe, Amstrad CPC, 1987)

December 22, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Still the year 1987, this time with a side-scrolling action game based on a cartoon series.

SaintéLyon Trail Race: The French Classic!

December 16, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I recently ran France's oldest trail race (68th edition), here's a recap!

How to play MMS Audio files (.amr) on Sailfish OS

December 01, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Sailfish OS cannot natively play MMS audio files, but there's a way to do it, let's see how in this article!

Review of the Altra Olympus 5 Trail Running shoes

November 29, 2022 — Nico Cartron

After a few runs and a 54k trail, it's time for a proper review!

Sailfish OS: Should you upgrade to the Sony Xperia 10 III

November 18, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A quick one, as I recently upgraded from a 10 II to a 10 III.

Using the Suunto App to create structured workouts

November 07, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Suunto finally allows you to use their app to create structured workouts!
Let's see quickly how it works.

Sailfish OS event in Lausanne (2022-10-22)

November 02, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A quick recap of the first Swiss SFOS event

InfiniTime 1.11 "Red Nectarine" - using PineTime's external flash memory!

October 28, 2022 — Nico Cartron

No major features in that release, but it's preparing the ground for the future!

A tough trail race in Correze

October 23, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I recently ran a trail in Correze (south-west of France) which went a bit less well than I expected.

I ditched Bose and went to Sony for my headphones

October 11, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A quick one as I didn't see the problem I encountered with Bose detailed enough in the reviews.

How to fix the infamous oom killer in Sailfish OS?

October 01, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Since a few SFOS releases, processes tended to be killed far too often on my X10II. This is now hopefully fixed with that tip!

Vacation in Italy: tourism vs. running, who wins?

September 30, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I recently went on a family trip to Italy, and I brought my running gear.
This fun article aims at comparing my experience as a tourist and as a runner :)

Testing SmashRun's Friends Report

September 22, 2022 — Nico Cartron

SmashRun recently released a new feature, called "Friends Report", whose goal is to give you more insight into how your friends' running is going. Let's have a look!

Trail Running in Rancho San Antonio County Park, CA

September 12, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Recently, during a business trip to the US, I ran in this beautiful park.

Vitalic in concert at Accor Arena, Paris - March 12, 2022

August 29, 2022 — Nico Cartron

My first gig of 2022! A quick summary of how it was.

Replacing my APC UPS battery

August 19, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Or how to save 100€ and be a bit nicer to our planet :)

Trail in Paris: 25 hills trail in Fontainebleau

August 13, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Who said training for a trail was impossible in the Paris area?

CPC quick tests: Chicago 90, Bruce Lee

July 24, 2022 — Nico Cartron

New variation of my Amstrad games tests: quicker ones, but 2 in the same article! Let's go!

VoLTE on Sailfish OS / Xperia 10 II

July 15, 2022 — Nico Cartron

It's finally here, at least in Beta! Let's have a look.

Review of Archive's latest album "Calls to Arms & Angels"

July 09, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Archive released their latest album last month, here's a quick review.

InfiniTime 1.10 "Yellow Mango" - dismiss notifications, timer UI and more

June 30, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Hardly 2 months after Limeberry, this release brings nice improvements, but also the usual bug fixes.

Review of the Altra Rivera Running Shoes

June 25, 2022 — Nico Cartron

The latest addition to my Altra collection.

The Smile - Live at Philharmonie de Paris, June 7, 2022

June 13, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Yet another gig this year - this time with The Smile, in a very nice venue!

RIPE 84 in Berlin

June 09, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A quick article on my thoughts about RIPE 84.

Test of SuuntoPlus Guide on the Suunto 9 Peak

May 21, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A deepdive on this new feature - what's good, what can be improved

Jolla 1 running Sailfish OS 1.0 vs. Xperia 10 II running 4.4

May 13, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A fun post: how does a 7+ years ago SFOS compare with today's SFOS?

Retrogaming: test of La Chose de Grotemburg (Ubi Soft, 1987, Amstrad CPC)

May 05, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Continuing with my tests of CPC games, this time with one of Ubi Soft's first games.

Running with Skinners

April 29, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I bought my Skinners a while ago, during their crowdfunding campaign (5 years ago, in January 2017!) but didn't really use them a lot.
I did it recently, so here's my review of those "shoes/socks".

InfiniTime 1.9 "Limeberry" - What's New?

April 21, 2022 — Nico Cartron

3 months after Fuzzy Kiwi, InfiniTime 1.9 is there, with some new features and improvements, let's have a look!

Second Sailfish OS France meetup

April 15, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A quick summary of this second SFOS meetup, and some information about the next one!

Thom Yorke at Zermatt Unplugged 2022

April 11, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I am just back from Zermatt, Switzerland, where I saw Thom Yorke performing at the Zermatt Unplugged festival. Here's how it went.

Back on Suunto!

April 03, 2022 — Nico Cartron

In this article, I'm explaining why I came back to Suunto as running watch.

Speech Note - speech to text on Sailfish OS: how good is it?

March 26, 2022 — Nico Cartron

A quick look at Speech Note, an application providing speech to text functionality: how to install it, and testing its accuracy, both in French and English.

Quick feedback on Sailfish OS 4.4.0 "Vanha Rauma"

March 18, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Jolla recently released Vanha Rauma to Early Access subscribers, here's my take after a day.

Quick glance at Bangle.js 2 vs. Bangle.js

March 11, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Better late than never - I received my Bangle.js 2 end of last year, but am only starting to play with it now. Let's start with a comparison with its predecessor, the original Bangle.js

Ice Hockey French Cup: Angers!

February 26, 2022 — Nico Cartron

My family and I drove to see the final game of the French Cup (Angers vs. Gap). Here's a quick recap.

Test of Nintendo's Game & Watch "Zelda"

February 17, 2022 — Nico Cartron

My take on Nintendo's newly released Game & Watch with 3 Zelda games.

Review of the Salomon Ultra Glide trail shoes

February 09, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I recently bought and started using my first Salomon shoes - let's see what I like and don't like with them!

A Frenchman experiencing "Paris Baguette"

February 01, 2022 — Nico Cartron

I recently went to the US for a business trip, and while there, a colleague dragged me into a "Paris Baguette" bakery. Here's my take.

One year of InfiniTime: what has been achieved?

January 24, 2022 — Nico Cartron

In this article, I am looking at all the things that happened in one year of development of InfiniTime, PineTime's default firmware.

PowerDNS LMDB Backend

January 17, 2022 — Nico Cartron

In this article, I want to compare the performances of a PowerDNS Authoritative server using a SQL backend, versus one using a LMDB backend.

InfiniTime 1.8 "Fuzzy Kiwifruit": BLE secure pairing, Shake to wake, Trip meter

January 10, 2022 — Nico Cartron

This release adds the long-awaited BLE secure pairing, and a couple of other nice features, improvements and bug fixes. Follow me!

2021 (blog) Year in review

January 03, 2022 — Nico Cartron

Some quick facts about my blogging habits in 2021.

Retrogaming: test of Rick Dangerous (Core Design, 1989, Amstrad CPC)

December 29, 2021 — Nico Cartron

After Mach 3, let's cross the Channel and have a look at this awesome British game from the end of the 90's!

My first Trail race - Hivernale des Templiers

December 17, 2021 — Nico Cartron

I recently ran the "Hivernale des Templiers", a very nice Trail race in South of France. As it's my first trail race, I wanted to provide some insight.

A summary of the first French Sailfish OS meetup

December 14, 2021 — Nico Cartron

We recently got together with some members of the French Sailfish OS community - finally meeting face to face!

FreeBSD as a desktop environment on an Intel NUC

November 22, 2021 — Nico Cartron

I wanted to install a desktop environment on an unused NUC, and rather than going for Debian, I decided to go for FreeBSD, to see how easy (or not) it would be to set it up on a "modern" machine.

InfiniTime 1.7 "Jackfruit" - Motion service, buttonHandler and new torchlight

November 13, 2021 — Nico Cartron

How about you can get the number of steps you walked synch'ed to your companion app? That's what this version brings, along with other nice improvements. Let's have a look!

2 days with SailfishOS "Suomenlinna" 4.3.0 - a feedback

November 06, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Jolla has released 2 days ago the latest Sailfish OS version - 4.3.0, nicknamed "Suomenlinna" - to Early Access subscribers - what does it bring?

A deep dive on SmashRun for detailed running statistics

October 25, 2021 — Nico Cartron

If you're a runner, chance is that you want to analyse your runs with fancy diagrams. You're in luck, as SmashRun aims exactly at that!

Jolla 10th year anniversary in Berlin - a summary

October 18, 2021 — Nico Cartron

I'm back from Berlin, where Jolla held a nice conference/meetup to celebrate its 10th year anniversary - let's see how it went!

PineTime's Infinitime Firmwares history

October 10, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This article aims at keeping track of Infinitime firmware versions: when they've been released, what they brought, and where to get them.

InfiniTime 1.6 "Ice Apple" - long standing BLE bug fixed!

October 05, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Yup, you're reading that correctly: a new InfiniTime release is available hardly 3 days after 1.5 (Huckleberry). But there's a really good reason for that!

InfiniTime 1.5 "Huckleberry": Alarm app and more

September 27, 2021 — Nico Cartron

The InfiniTime development is not slowing down any time soon: we now have a very nice Alarm app, along with some improvements around battery reading, doc and BLE advertising.

Retrogaming: test of Mach 3 (Loriciels, 1987, Amstrad CPC)

September 10, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Following the first articles I wrote about the CPC, I will be (re)testing some of my favorites CPC games. Let's start with Mach 3!

InfiniTime 1.4 "Pink Grapefruit": Touch, UI and battery level improvements

September 03, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This release includes many improvements, making InfiniTime a lot smoother to use.

First look at SailfishOS 4.2.0.19 (Verla)

September 01, 2021 — Nico Cartron

On August 31st, Jolla has released SFOS 4.2.0.19 to the Early Access subscribers. Let's have a look at what it brings!

PineTime: steps counter accuracy

August 27, 2021 — Nico Cartron

How accurate is a $25 smartwach pedometer? Let's find out!

Different running sessions for less boring runs

August 18, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Whether or not you're a runner, you've probably heard many times "Running? Man that's boring!".
Let's review how you can prove that wrong!

Test of XCPC (Amstrad CPC emulator)

August 11, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Let's have a look at this nice CPC emulator - what it does and does not do, and how it compares to the other emulators I tested recently.

InfiniTime 1.3 "Purple Fig" : LittleFS + Style watchface

July 29, 2021 — Nico Cartron

One month after Blue-purple Elderberry / 1.2.0, "Purple Fig" 1.3.0 is out and brings both visible and (most importantly in my opinion) super nice, non visible improvements. Let's have a look!

Interview with Lukasz Erecinski, Pine64's Community Manager

July 22, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Continuing with the interviews around the PineTime community.
After JF (InfiniTime lead dev) and Lup (Bootloader lead dev), this time I am interviewing Lukasz from Pine64.

A History of my Altra Running Shoes

July 13, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A fun one for me, to keep track of the shoes I'm using to run - focusing on Altra.

Contributing to Open Source without being a developer

July 06, 2021 — Nico Cartron

In this post, I'll discuss some of the ways anyone can help with his favorite Open Source project, even when not a developer.

Installing SailfishOS on the Sony Xperia 10 mark II

July 01, 2021 — Nico Cartron

I recently bought a 2nd-hand Xperia 10 II to replace my aging XA2, and thought it would be good to document SFOS installation on it, from a different angle than Jolla's one. Let's go!

InfiniTime Blue-purple Elderberry - stability & Metronome app

June 22, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Exactly one month after Dragon Fruit / 1.1, here's another InfiniTime release, bringing stability, a new Metronome app, and the support of a new accelerometer (the BMA425).

Testing PowerDNS 4.5.0-beta1's "Zone cache"

June 17, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A quick look at this new feature, aimed at providing better performances when under NXD attacks.

Interview with Lup, creator of PineTime's bootloader

June 05, 2021 — Nico Cartron

After the interview I did with JF, I am now discussing with Lup Yuen, who created the first bootloader for our beloved PineTime.

Why am I running?

May 28, 2021 — Nico Cartron

... or more precisely "why are you running?", is a question I heard a lot from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, specially when I started running seriously on a regular basis.

Let me explain you why, and the many benefits this has to me!

InfiniTime 1.1 "Dragon Fruit" - yum!

May 24, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Barely one month after InfiniTime's first stable release, "Dragon Fruit" is available, bringing new features and more stability.

SailfishOS 4.1.0 "Kvarken"

May 17, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Jolla recently released SailfishOS 4.1.0 to Early Access (EA) subscribers, so let's have a quick look at what it brings!

Domoticz and Velux KLF-200

May 14, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Last article in this series: let's integrate our Velux KLF-200 with Domoticz!

My top 10 list of Amstrad CPC games

May 01, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Follow-up of my previous articles on the Amstrad CPC, this time I am making a list of the top 10 games I enjoyed playing with in the '90s.

Setting up a Velux KLF-200 io-homecontrol gateway

April 25, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Want to control your (proprietary) io-homecontrol devices (roller shutter, etc.)?
This Velux KLF-200 device is designed for that, let me show you how to set it up and add devices to it!

Apps I'm using on my SailfishOS Xperia XA2

April 21, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A quick review of the apps (both native and Android ones) I'm using on my XA2.

First look at PineTime's InfiniTime 1.0 Release Candidate 1

April 18, 2021 — Nico Cartron

We're getting super close to a 1.0 release of InfiniTime, PineTime's firmware by JF!
Keep reading to see all the new exciting features embedded in that version!

Sites publishing popular Running Routes in cities (2/3)

April 14, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Second article in this series, this time focusing on sites publishing "popular routes in cities".

Amstrad CPC emulators

April 09, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Follow-up of my first article about the Amstrad CPC 6128: this time, we're looking at the top CPC emulators: how they compare and what you can do with them :)

Interview with JF, InfiniTime's creator

April 05, 2021 — Nico Cartron

In this article, I am interviewing JF, who is working on the PineTime firmware since October 2019.

JF walks us through InfiniTime, from the first developments, up to the latest ones, which I have been documenting on this blog.

Resetting your Somfy IO roller shutter

April 02, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Yet another quick article on automation.
In this one, I am describing how to reset your Somfy IO roller shutter, in my case to be able to pair it with a Velux Integra KLF-200, and control my Velux roof windows and Somfy roller shutters from Domoticz.

Domoticz API: don't forget user's permissions!

March 30, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A quick one on how not to waste time (like I did) with Domoticz API because of user's permissions :)

Review of Amazfish on SailfishOS

March 26, 2021 — Nico Cartron

As a SailfishOS and smartwatch user, I'm using Amazfish companion app on a daily basis and enjoy it.
I recently realised that (at least to my knowledge), there was no "proper" review of it available out there, so I'm filling that gap with that article :)

InfiniTime "Yellow Banana" - Stopwatch / dual watchfaces!

March 21, 2021 — Nico Cartron

Yet another InfiniTime release, bringing 2 exciting new features: a stopwatch and two watchfaces, which can be swapped at will!

Keep reading to know more :)

Sites for manually drawing Running Routes (1/3)

March 16, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This article is part of a series of 3, where I'm exploring the different options available for runners to create routes and then use them on their running watches.

  • In this first article, I am testing the major sites able to draw running routes, with the use case of "drawing the route yourself, from a specific starting point/distance",
  • The second article (to be published) will focus on sites publishing "popular routes in cities",
  • The third article (to be published) will deal with "route shuffling", or sites that allow creating random routes from a specific starting point.

PineTime's InfiniTime: New bootloader, and a recovery firmware!

March 10, 2021 — Nico Cartron

We're barely into March, and there's already some news on the front of InfiniTime!
Nothing really new per se, but when you scratch the surface, you'll see that it's a "building block" for future InfiniTime releases.

Follow me and let's upgrade together!

A list of the Radiohead gigs I've been to

March 09, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This one's for me - I am a huge Radiohead fan, and have been to quite a few of their gigs, so in this quick article I am listing them all, with possibly some notes from my memory :)

Reviving my Amstrad CPC 6128... through emulation!

March 02, 2021 — Nico Cartron

In this series of articles, I want to look at the Amstrad CPC 6128: its history and my "relationship" with it, the different emulators available today, before delving into the games I played with when I was young(er)! :)

PineTime's InfiniTime 0.14.0 "Green Avocado" - all about LVGL!

February 25, 2021 — Nico Cartron

3rd InfiniTime update in February 2021 - I told you, the project is super hot!
So what does this version bring? Basically an update to the LVGL version, from 6 to 7.
Cool! But concretely? Keep reading to find out!

InfiniTime 0.13.0 - a quick look

February 23, 2021 — Nico Cartron

With this release, we're very close to having a fully functional (albeit basic) smartwatch. So let's dive in!

Review of the Altra Superior 4.0 trail shoes

February 20, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A quick review of Altra's trail shoes: the Superior 4.0

First look at SailfishOS 4.0.1 Koli main features

February 17, 2021 — Nico Cartron

SFOS 4.0.1 is available since yesterday, and since I have it running on my Sony Xperia XA2 for almost 2 weeks (as part of the Early Access program), let's have a look at the main features and improvements it brings.

Sailfish OS - Tips

February 16, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This page lists different tips about SailfishOS, mainly for me when I'm looking for stuff, but can be useful for others as well :)

How to get a larger space bar on SailfishOS

February 10, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A very quick one today: bored of mistyping all the time because of this tiny space bar in SailfishOS?
Look no further, here's how to fix that!

PineTime - Quick Review of InfiniTime versions 0.11.0 and 0.12.0

February 05, 2021 — Nico Cartron

InfiniTime is pretty active in this year's start, as we got 2 versions in 2 weeks!
Let's have a look at what those versions bring.

WorkOutDoors: Apple Watch as a true competitor of a Garmin|Suunto running watch?

February 03, 2021 — Nico Cartron

I am an avid runner, and like to test watches.
This article is my review of WorkOutDoors, a terrific workout app for the Apple Watch.

One week with my PineTime - a Feedback

January 30, 2021 — Nico Cartron

A follow-up on my previous posts about PineTime: what works, and what is missing.

Upgrading PineTime's InfiniTime firmware

January 24, 2021 — Nico Cartron

In the last post about PineTime, we looked at the basics of PineTime.

Now it's time to upgrade InfiniTime, PineTime's firmware :-)

Speeding up GPS fix on SailfishOS

January 23, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This post explains how to keep using Mozilla Location Services (MLS) on SailfishOS, therefore speeding up GPS fix, especially useful on Sony Xperia XA2.

PineTime on SailfishOS

January 22, 2021 — Nico Cartron

This post describes quickly the setup of a PineTime, a hackable and affordable smartwatch from Pine64.

Use Yandex as replacement for Mozilla location service on SailfishOS

January 12, 2021 — Nico Cartron

If you're a fellow SailfishOS sailor, you certainly have noticed that since version 3.3 "Rokua", Mozilla locations services have stopped working correctly. (More details available here).

Fortunately, Coderus recently gave the possibility of using the Yandex location service as a substitute for the Mozilla service.

(Sail)Slack on SailfishOS

July 27, 2020 — Nico Cartron

A quick explanation/workaround on how to make Openrepos' Sailslack on SailfishOS work

Spotify on SailfishOS

July 23, 2020 — Nico Cartron

Some quick tips on how to use Spotify / Hutspot on SailfishOS

IT troubleshooting: always come back to the basics!

July 15, 2020 — Nico Cartron

or how I lost 1/2 day trying to fix something that was obvious.

InfluxDB and Raspberry Pi - frenemies?

June 21, 2020 — Nico Cartron

A quick look at why I moved my InfluxDB data away from one of my Raspberry Pi.

Domoticz and OPNsense (or the other way around)

May 02, 2020 — Nico Cartron

This short article is a follow-up to my previous one on using the OPNsense API.

I'll quickly show how I am using Domoticz to easily change the gateway used by a device (in my case my laptop) from my main ADSL connection to a 4G one, by calling the OPNsense API.

Grafana and Pi-Hole

May 02, 2020 — Nico Cartron

Even though I'm a DNS geek/enthusiast given my past, I love Pi-Hole and use it at home on a Raspberry.
This allows me to block ads in a simple and effective manner.
(Of course it then forwards requests to a PowerDNS Recursor for several reasons).

I wanted to have a nice Grafana dashboard with info coming from Pi-Hole, so here's a quick post as I wasted quite some time because of a simple issue.

OPNsense API

April 29, 2020 — Nico Cartron

I'm a huge fan of FreeBSD and therefore when I contemplated replacing the crappy router/firewall that comes with my ISP with a proper router, I looked at open-source software running it.

I initially started with pfsense, which was a fork of m0n0wall, but then switched to OPNsense whose approach I liked more, and which itself is a fork of pfsense. Reasons for the fork are explained here.

My first blog post

April 17, 2020 — Nico Cartron

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