Technology, Tutorial, yunohost

Installing Send in Yunohost

Send is super cool. Not only is it one of the quickest, most simple and intuitive interfaces for sending large files that I’ve ever seen, but it also apparently integrates with ‘filelink’ in Thunderbird which I’ve always been tempted to try. Now that I see it’s a one-click install in YH, I wanted to go for it on my own.…

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Life Skills, Technology, Tutorial, Ubuntu

How to Sync a Calendar Between Owncloud/Nextcloud and Thunderbird Lightning

For some reason this is not that intuitive the first time and there don’t seem to be many/any specific tutorials out there.  I kept getting a ‘modification fail’ error message or other errors. So, here you go: In Nextcloud/Owncloud 1. Log in to your browser-based owncloud/nextcloud page 2. Go to the top left and click the down arrow to access…

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Freedom and Privacy, Technology, Tutorial, Ubuntu

How to Privatize Your Calendar with Owncloud, Thunderbird, and Lightning

Edit 151224: I had accidentally selected ‘ics’ format instead of caldav.  Sorry about that. Now it works! — Getting your calendar off other  people’s servers should be a priority.  It’s bad enough that you’re being tracked unwillingly but throwing your daily calendar out there to be viewed is borderline twisted. I needed a solution where the sync was happening on…

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Originally Written Elsewhere, Technology, Ubuntu

Getting Started with Thunderbird: Now Released to the Public!

This secret gem was hidden for a long time, but now, in it’s ‘slightly’ outdated form, please welcome: >>>Getting_Started_With_Thunderbird_3.1_rev1.1 <<< Just to whet your whistle, here is the table of contents: Introduction to Getting Started with Thunderbird 3.1……………………………………………. 1 Getting Started With Thunderbird 3.1…………………………………………………………………. 2 Introducing Mary, an Email User Under Siege………………………………………………………. 2 Why does Mary want to use Thunderbird…………………………………………………………………………2…

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Freedom and Privacy, Life Skills, Technology, Tutorial, Ubuntu

PGP (Yeah, You Know Me): and How to Set Up New Key

PGP encryption on your email is not only awesome but it’s now mandatory if you care even the slightest about your personal privacy.  If you don’t care about your personal privacy, I invite you to strip naked and dance in front of your living room window towards the street with your blinds open at night…. unless you look like me…

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