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Pictures from FOSDEM 2019

I finally got around to uploading my pictures from this year’s FOSDEM 2019 conference in Brussels, Belgium. I spent most of my time in the Software-defined Storage DevRoom, where I also spoke about the latest developments in the Ceph Dashboard. I also collected all Ceph-related FOSDEM talks on the Ceph blog. Enjoy!

2019-02-26
Using Delta Chat with email sub-addresses

A quick HOWTO on how to use email sub-addresses in Delta Chat

2019-02-21
List of FLOSS events in 2019

Spotted at FOSDEM; this is a quite an exhaustive list of conferences and events about free and open source software: https://floss.events/2019/events.html

2019-02-06
Here’s another Ceph Manager Dashboard screencast showcasing how…

Here’s another Ceph Manager Dashboard screencast, showcasing how the dashboard displays and reacts to ongoing changes in the Ceph cluster, e.g. when OSDs go down. Enjoy!

2019-02-06
I created a short overview screencast of the…

I created a short overview screencast of the Ceph Manager Dashboard, to give you an impression of what to expect in the upcoming Nautilus release. Enjoy!

2019-01-31
DevConf.CZ 2019 conference report

Summarizing my experiences at DevConf.CZ in Brno (CZ)

2019-01-31
Pictures from recent Ceph events

I finally got around to publishing a number of photo albums related to Ceph events that I attended in the past few months: Ceph Day Ede, NL, 2017-09-20 Ceph Day Darmstadt, DE, 2018-02-07 Cephalocon APAC 2018-03, Beijing, CN

2018-04-16
Einsendefrist für den OSBAR 2017 endet morgen!

Der Open Source Business Award, kurz OSBAR, ist der Innovationspreis des Open Source Business Alliance Vereins. Auch in diesem Jahr werden wieder innovative und interessante Open Source-Projekte gesucht, die sich für diesen Preis bewerben wollen. Ich freue mich sehr, dieses Jahr Teil der Jury zu sein und bin schon sehr auf die Einreichungen gespannt. Am […]

2017-10-30
Installing Microsoft Visual Studio Code on Fedora Linux

I never thought I’d ever say this, but I must admit that I have become quite a fan of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code IDE, which is available for a wide range of platforms, including Linux. However, the installation user experience was still somewhat arcane – one had to manually download the RPM package from their […]

2017-02-20
Enabling scroll wheel emulation for the Logitech Trackman Marble on Fedora Linux 24

Update: this solution does no longer work on later versions of Fedora that switched to Wayland instead of X.org by default. If you don’t want to switch back to X.org and you’re using the GNOME desktop environment, you can enable scroll wheel emulation as outlined here. I’ve been struggling with this for quite some time […]

2016-09-20