Accsessibility using KDE connect can be quite nice.

9 minute read Published: 2024-02-06

This article is a DRAFT. Not yet complete but most stuff is here

KDE connect can actually be a very valuable accessibility tool. It allows us to use our android phones as keyboard and mice inputs for our desktop and laptop computers. Since we can use our optimized keyboards for our android devices on our desktop without any problem, including voice input devices, KDE connect makes accomdating specific input needs quite a bit easier. This post will be a short tutorial on how to do this.

Waydroid, What is it, and How does it work?

13 minute read Published: 2024-01-17

For those who read my Bliss article, This can be thought of a sort of companion peice to it, Both Waydroid and Bliss OS are Bliss Labs projects, a sort of family when it comes to android development, Waydroid and Bliss share a lot of the same technical aspects both being generic android x86 projects. Waydroid is becomming increasingly popular within the linux community but it seems to not be well understood. Hopefully this blog will shine some light on some of the topics that make waydroid unique to android ecosystem, without diving too far into technicals.

Why aren't we using JXL?

8 minute read Published: 2024-01-14

This is a mini part two in something I didn't think was going to become a series. but I wanted to test this specifically anyways. So here we go.

Jpeg-xl is kinda cool.

42 minute read Published: 2023-11-20
It is highly reccomended to read the notes section after reading this page.

While many of the benefits of JXL have been told a lot, there are some things about JXL that I really think should be more popular. JXL is so jam packed full of features that some of the real gems have been ignored. These gems are often features that can be utilized either today, or in a possible short term future.

Note: in this article, when I talk about HDR, I am talking explicitly about the intended "Brightness" of the image. HDR is a poorly, if at all, defined term. However the general use of it seems to be talking about the potential discernible brightness differences within an image. This is how it is used here.

Per-site VPN using firefox and wireguard.

11 minute read Published: 2023-11-04

NOTE: THIS IS UNSAFE

It turns out that sometimes when firefox boots the multi account containers will not load up. If this happens and you use a website you don't want to be used over your normal network THIS WILL COMPROMISE YOU The websites will load through your normal network. You have been warned.

Bliss OS and why you may actually care about it.

6 minute read Published: 2023-11-03

Why on earth would someone want to install android on their PC? It's a question I get asked a lot lately. To be fair, it's not hard to understand why it would be asked, it's not as if people have a lot of exposure to android outside of the small spy device they lug around daily. There are actually a good few reasons to use android apps, and hopefully this will be able to showcase some of the benefits of ax86's continued development efforts.

Easy video tips for CLI chads

4 minute read Published: 2023-11-02

When it comes to encoding videos, FFmpeg is a ubiquitous tool, it's supported on nearly every modern platform, and many retro platforms, includes a plethora of encoders and decoders, and targets most currently used architectures.

for decoding videos and watching them MPV is easily king here, with a great deal of flexibility and customization, you can do a LOT to tune your viewing experience perfectly.

One of the downsides to using FFmpeg and other CLI tools is how many options they can sometimes have and scripting these options can sometimes be a complicated mess. This post will cover a few tips and tricks to make it just a little bit easier.