Experiences running Clojure applications with ZGC, including large-page configuration and the memory-management problems encountered under heavy allocation.

Moving ThinkPad X61 hotkeys and power management from a custom ACPI setup to KDE4's PowerDevil, with changes to let KDE receive the key events.

Fixing a Debian ThinkPad that wakes immediately after suspending to RAM by configuring pm-utils to unload the e1000 Ethernet module.

Linking plain-text GTD tasks to individual local email messages, using KMail's maildir files to open the relevant message from a task list.

Giving a Debian KDE desktop the look of Mac OS X Tiger with the Baghira widget theme, coordinated colors, and Compiz window decorations.

Using Vim's ManPageView plugin as an Info browser, with a shell wrapper that brings familiar key bindings and syntax highlighting to documentation.

Restoring a missing loopback interface fixes KMail hangs after removing the mepis-network package deletes the network interfaces configuration.

Configuring Firefox or Debian's Iceweasel to open mailto links in a chosen desktop email program, using KMail as the example.

Revisiting dual-monitor setup with XRandR 1.2 to extend a ThinkPad desktop across its built-in screen and an external monitor.

Setting up OpenSSH public-key authentication on Debian, from generating and distributing keys to managing access across multiple SSH servers.

Backing up a Debian laptop to a USB hard drive with rdiff-backup, Keep, and a custom udev rule for convenient incremental system backups.

Replacing the command-line man pager with Vim through ManPageView and a shell wrapper, with a fallback when a manual entry cannot be found.

Running Windows Vista in VirtualBox on Debian for occasional Windows-only demonstrations, with installation notes and comparisons to a previous VMware setup.

Installing and trying Compiz-Fusion on Debian KDE to manage a crowded ThinkPad X61 desktop, with reflections on the usefulness of 3D window effects.

Getting ThinkPad X61 hotkeys working on Debian Linux with ACPI tools after tpb fails to handle the newer laptop's volume controls.

Using XRandR 1.2 to detect and control a ThinkPad X61's external VGA display, including clone mode for presentations without restarting X.

Installing SimplyMEPIS 7.0 on a ThinkPad X61, with notes on hardware support and replacing the laptop's factory Windows Vista setup.

Configuring Xorg's Radeon MergedFB support on a ThinkPad X31 so the built-in LCD and an external CRT share one extended desktop.

Adjusting Xorg's DisplaySize setting to match an LCD's physical dimensions while troubleshooting blurry text and unexpected font sizes on Linux.

Setting up OpenLDAP server and client authentication on Debian as the first step toward shared accounts across a mixed Linux, Solaris, and Windows network.