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QCAD Cheat Sheet
What do you need when learning QCAD? Definitely, a cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts. One thing that makes QCAD different from other applications is it uses two letter abbreviations for commands in addition to using traditional shortcuts like
CTRL+CandCTRL+V.Learning some of the two letter codes …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdBible Software
Wanted to share a few free resources for Bible reading. These include desktop, mobile, and internet resources. Hope you will find something that will resonate with you here.
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdNextcloud Synchronization Issue Resolved
I upgraded the version of Nextcloud on my server this last week. The new version is: Nextcloud Hub 325.0.3)
After upgrading the server, my Nextcloud desktop client hung and just sat there in the system tray with a syncing message. Frustration!
First thought was, OK, I've upgraded Nextcloud …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdLinux Mint 21.1 Vera Released
Had a pleasant surprise this morning. Linux Mint 21.1 (Vera) showed up as available for install. I went through the upgrade process seamlessly and really like the out of the box improvements.
I really like how Mint has been coming along in the last several …
· shakiestnerdLinux Tweaks
I have an old laptop and also a virtual machine that are running linux flavors. In addition to playing around with the OS, it's good to set them up so that they can do some basic stuff. The following tools serve as a basic setup to get me going. Here …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdXiphos Cheat Sheet
Xiphos is Bible study software that is available for Windows and Linux operating systems. It is able to use modules from "The SWORD Project" which gives access Bible translations in many different languages. You are able to download Bible commentaries, dictionaries and other books as well. It is open-source software …
· shakiestnerdReprieve: Google G Suite Legacy Continues
It seems like google has changed its mind on forcing personal users to give up their G Suite legacy edition. I was able to opt out of the automatic transition from the legacy subscription. Since I am use G Suite to manage the email accounts for family members, I fall …
· shakiestnerdGoogle G Suite Legacy Discontinuing
The Google G Suite Legacy free edition is being discontinued this May. I signed up for G-Suite way back pre-2010 and have been using it to maintain email for my family. This helps my elderly parents who are easily confused with email accounts.
So Long and Thanks for all the …
· 6 min read· shakiestnerdJoplin Extras and Plugins
Joplin continues to be my favorite note-taking and markdown application. It has several killer features that make it great.
- The Notebook sidebar keeps the notebooks organized and the tags accessible.
- The Note list sidebar displays all the notes contained within a notebook.
- Nextcloud synchronization keeps all my notes backed up …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdJoplin and Boostnote
There are some great note taking applications available these days. I want to call out two that I've used within the last year.
I look for key features in a note taking application. Without these, it isn't worth using.
- Supports Markdown syntax
- Has Markdown preview
- Allows grouping notes together
- Supports …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerd