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Having a hoot with the old Flight Simulator!

Date: 2026-01-26

As a kid I was fascinated with the Wright Brothers Flyer, the Titanic, the Hindenburg, Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, and the Saturn V rocket and lunar lander.

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How to install deno JS runtime for yt-dlp

Date: 2026-01-01

Are you seeing console errors for a missing JavaScript runtime when running yt-dlp?
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General Update v25

Date: 2025-12-30

It's almost 2026 and I've been wanting to get another blog post out there before it's too late.
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Revisiting the Trinity Desktop Environment

Date: 2025-12-19

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE), is one of my favorite ones out there. I've written on it before, but would like to go over a few other things I've picked up along the way that make it especially nice to use since it can be a little rough around the edges.
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ProtonVPN spoofing network traffic

Date: 2025-12-18

I've been using the ProtonVPN for a little while now and noticed some funky business going on with my network traffic.
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General Update v24

Date: 2025-12-12

So it seems I have a few things to write about for this general update post. It's been a few months, but I'm still learning how to make window frames and I believe I've cracked the code!
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My followup review of running Ubuntu

Date: 2025-12-04

A few months ago I wrote a blog post about my experience with Ubuntu 25.04 and the GNOME desktop. I'm glad to report that I'm still on the same setup and haven't yet jumped off onto a different distribution or desktop.
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Re-think the things you value

Date: 2025-12-02

It wasn't until these last few years that I've really been re-thinking about the things in my life that I value and if any of it's worth anything at all.
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General Update v23

Date: 2025-10-21

Hey there CozyNet readers, it’s about time for another General Update post! October has been another busy month here with all this traveling I’ve been up to. One week I’m in Austin, then another week I’m out in Oklahoma.

Software

A highlight of interesting software.

Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE)

NsCDE is a UNIX desktop environment that mimics the look and feel of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) of the nineties, but with modern features and applications. It is a set of FVWM applications and configurations, enriched with Python and Shell drivers, GTK and Qt themes, and custom scripts.

Date: 2025-03-03

Cubic (Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator)

This is a pretty cool project for creating custom Debian or Ubuntu based Linux distro-respins. I've been testing it out to see if I can't make a most Cozy Debian based re-spin. Try it out for yourself and make your own!

Date: 2024-04-15

Trinity Desktop

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) project is a computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers.

Date: 2024-02-12

explainshell

"explainshell is a tool (with a web interface) capable of parsing man pages, extracting options and explaining a given command-line by matching each argument to the relevant help text in the man page."

Date: 2023-07-12

GNUstep Desktop

"GNUstep Desktop (GSDE) is modern Linux desktop environment that will give you NeXT/OpenStep-like user experience. It runs on top of amazing GNUstep framework and includes many wonderful apps and utilities that GNUstep community has developed over the years."

Date: 2023-07-07

Build Your Own Search Engine (Wiby)

"The software is designed for anyone with some extra computers (even a Pi), to host their own search engine catering to whatever niche matters to them. The search engine includes a simple API for meta search engines to harness."

Date: 2023-07-04

Archive Page browser extension

"Adds a button to the Chrome toolbar. When clicked, it sends the URL of the current tab to archive.today to preserve a snapshot of the page, and opens the result in a new tab."

Date: 2023-07-03

DeArrow YouTube browser extension

"DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait."

Date: 2023-07-01
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