AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

All those Pelican themes

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As you've already read in previous posts, I switched my blog from Wordpress to Pelican, for a simpler, smoother, static page interface that can still be built in an automated way. One of the cool things about Pelican is that it does allow themes and there are a lot of …

Updating UT apps: More to do lists and some errors

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Now that I am done with updating the 199 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal, I am waiting 7 days for a response from each developer, and then releasing the clicks on the open-store. You can check out the progress table below, but I'm really close to closing out …

Updating UT apps: Blackjack and more

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I am nearing the end of my journey to update about 200 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal. All of the apps have been updated that I can update. However, to clarify, that means I have updated them, not that they are released on the open-store yet. You can …

Updating UT apps: uHome and Lomiri action

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As I continue on my journey to update about 200 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal, I once again released more apps on the open-store. One of those updates was for an app called uHome, which is sort of like an old school Android launcher application, making your screen …

Updating UT apps: GearSystem and other apps

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Continuing on my journey to update about 200 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal, I once again released more apps on the open-store. Among them was a personal favorite, which is GearSystem. GearSystem is a Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System emulator, so you can play all your …

Trading in WordPress for Pelican

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Since 2018, I've been using WordPress as my CMS, Content Management System, for my blog. WP is a really handy program for writing blogs, it comes with tons of features, and great add ons, as well as a lot of documented support. It also comes with PHP requirements, JavaScript, and …

Ubuntu Touch: Are Clicks Secure

I've been spending a lot of time working on Ubuntu Touch clicks lately. For those who don't know, a click is the UT name for an app. If you've been reading my blog, then you'll notice that I'm on a mission to update about 200 apps from the old UT …

Updating UT apps: OhSteem and a dozen other apps!

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Continuing on my journey to update about 200 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal, I have released a dozen apps on the open-store. Of course, I didn't build these apps, I'm just updating them, so I make sure to write in the description of the apps that all the …

Updating UT apps: PopThatWrap! and Pulse-app

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Continuing on my journey to update about 200 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal, I once again released two more apps on the open-store. Pulse-app is an application for tracking your pulse over time, and PopThatWrap! is an entertaining application where you simply pop fake bubble wrap... it even …

Updating UT apps: Chess Clock and SimplePrint

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Continuing on my journey to update about 200 Ubuntu Touch apps from Xenial to Focal, I recently released two more apps on the open-store. Both of these apps were useful for me, and that is why I decided to do them next.

Of course, I forked the repositories, updated them …