Vincent's blog https://vincentdelft.be/rss Vincent's ideas Sat, 20 Jul 2019 08:54:00 +0100 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 08:54:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20190720 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20190720 update version of xenodm loginscreen After my blog on xenodm, I've received several interesting remarks. So, this blog is to integrate some of those remarks (not all) and to include a nice looking dynamic picture.

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:23:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20190626 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20190626 Nice looking and light login screen for xenodm In this blog, I will describe how I've build a simple, but still nice looking login screen based on xenodm.

]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:17:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20190127 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20190127 Refresh the desktop background with unsplash pictures On the unsplash website we can find lot of very nice pictures. Moreover they have a permissive license (check the unsplash license).

I share a very simple script allowing you to refresh your desktop's background at each logon, or when you want

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:36:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20181008 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20181008 Network manager control for OpenBSD - nmctl-0.6.1 nmctl is no more maintained
This release of nmctl brings few new features and some bug fixes.

I detail the changes in this blog

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:26:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20181001 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20181001 OpenBSD and protonmail I'm using protonmail.com for my emails. But unfortunately I was not able to login from both FireFox and Chrome present on my OpenBSD machine. This blog explain how to solve this issue.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2018 19:26:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180922 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180922 nmctl adapted with limited privileges: nmctl-0.6.0 nmctl is no more maintained
As stated by some users, it's dangerous that nmctl runs with root privileges. So, this version of nmctl runs with a standard users and delegate to doas the management of privileges.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 22:45:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180919 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180919 New nmctl : network manager for openbsd: nmctl-0.5.0 nmctl is no more maintained
It's now several weeks I'm using the "auto-join" features of OpenBSD-current. I'll explain why I'm yet back to my nmctl script. This version 0.5 of nmctl it a total re-write of nmctl 0.4.x.

]]> Sat, 11 Aug 2018 19:17:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180811 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180811 My calendar to schedule meetings As you know, I'm using Openbox + Tint2 on OpenBSD. Tint2 is a very nice panel bar which has lot of flexibility. On this page I'm presenting my calendar application which allow you to copy/paste the selected dates.

I do no know if this will be useful, but it was fun for me to develop it. I spent only few hours to have it. And it's rare to mention, it runs on windows too.

]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:06:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180711 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180711 A cron for laptop and non permanent machines. I'm a big fan of cron on my servers to trigger several tasks: monitoring reports, backups, security checks, ... But I was annoyed that on laptops such tasks are not possible. Mainly because the laptop does not always run, or is not always connected to the correct network.

So, as explained in one of my previous blog, existing solution does not fully fit my needs. So, vdcron was born.

This blog mark the release 0.5.3 of vdcron

]]> Sat, 26 May 2018 15:14:00 +0100 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180526 https://vincentdelft.be/post/post_20180526 Network Manager Control for OpenBSD nmctl is no more maintained
Some additional words concerning my nmctl script: improvement, communication, ...

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