Microsoft has been steadily enhancing Visual Studio Code Remote Development. One of the components is VS Code Server, which is also open-source and hosted at GitHub. With VS Code Server, you can use Visual Studio Code in a browser. The usual setup involves a server (a VPS perhaps) that hosts the code server. It turns out that it’s also possible to run them locally on your Android device! Here is how.
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Announcing YapStocks 2.0
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on a new plasmoid (KDE Plasma Applet) that provides a simple interface to monitor stocks. The first version was rather basic, being able to show the current market price only. Now it’s time to announce the availability of the second iteration of YapStocks (Yet Another Plasma Stocks Applet). I’ve recorded a short video clip showcasing all the features it has, ranging from the information summary to the historical price chart.
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Not sure if this is related to the COVID-19 lockdown, but we’ve seen a lot of geeky hobby projects coming up recently. A lot of community ports have been done over the last few months for niche mobile operating systems such as Sailfish OS. That’s exactly the one I played with briefly after purchasing a second-hand Redmi Note 7 on eBay (don’t ask me if I think it’s a waste of money now LOL).
If you come here hoping to find the resources, head to the GitHub repo directly where you can find the ROMs to download.
Make sure that you’ve unlocked the bootloader already! If not, you need to register a MI account and apply for unlocking here. You must log in to your MI account on both the unlocking tool and your phone (MI, POCO, RedMi). If you don’t have a Windows PC, I recommend using XiaoMiTool V2 which works on macOS, Linux, as well as Windows. Though I couldn’t find this on the official FAQ, you have to have a working SIM card inserted. You have to use the mobile data instead of WiFi when unlocking the bootloader on your phone because XiaoMi is doing some verification.
Another problem I encountered was that in fastboot mode, RedMi Note 7 would just say “Press any key to reboot” when any commands are sent from my laptop. After googling on this, there seems to be a driver bug that makes RedMi Note 7 fastboot USB3 unfriendly. Using a USB-Hub worked for most people, including me 🤷.
I wish you all a successful attempt to flash Sailfish OS into your RedMi Note 7. Here are some screenshots I took.
Continue reading “Hands-on Sailfish OS on Redmi Note 7”OpenSUSE 15.1 Installation Notes
Although my personal laptop isn’t getting much attention from me because I’ve spent most of my time on my work laptop (a MacBook Pro) and my Android tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e), I’ve decided to take good care of its software over last weekend by wiping the SSD clean and installing a fresh OpenSUSE on it. As an old habit, I’m sharing some notes during the installation and later setup. This is, however, the first blog post written in English here (not counting the old ones on no-long-working en.librehat.com).
Continue reading “OpenSUSE 15.1 Installation Notes”VPS遷移日誌
上個週末得閒把VPS從之前的RamNode遷移到了Amazon Lightsail，主要遷移的內容就是WordPress，涉及到MySQL的導出和導入、Nginx的配置、PHP的配置（從5.6升級到了7.3）、CentOS的簡單設置（從6升級到了7）、Let’s Encrypt SSL證書的配置。下面簡單記載一下遷移的梗概以便有需要的訪客和自己今後查閱。
運用Termux將Android平板電腦變身程式設計利器
去年就把手上的Chromebook在eBay賣掉，加了點錢在Amazon買了一台華碩的7英吋平板電腦。上禮拜買了羅技的藍牙鍵盤，這下和平板電腦配合在一起就真的能當台小電腦💻用了。所以有琢磨著怎樣可以在不方便攜帶筆電的情況下用來旅途中練習一些算法題。
熟悉程式設計的（我也希望都是在UNIX環境下的）或多或少可能有過想在平板電腦上偶爾練練手的想法，Android畢竟是基於Linux設計的，加上系統多年的更新換代發展，灌上一個Linux的工作環境應該不會太難，而且將會是一個非常大的效率提升。不過如果真的灌一個完整的Linux環境，一來是佔用很大的磁盤空間，二來電力損耗估計也是會讓人頭疼。好在我在Google馬上找到了Termux，安裝步驟簡單到不行，直接在Google Play點選安裝即可。
技德Remix OS 3.0上手体验（U盘启动）
技德科技的Remix OS发布了3.0版，基于Android 6.0棉花糖。对于不知道Remix OS的访客，这是一款操作和界面仿Windows 10的“桌面”操作系统，不仅仅是Android换了一层皮，在很多细节方面已经把Android改造成了PC操作系统。在继续话痨之前，先上图杀猫：
适用于KDE Plasma 5的雅虎天气小部件
去年简单粗暴地把自己写的Yahoo! Weather从KDE 4移植到了Plasma 5，但是一直没有好好改进一下。前段时间雅虎停止旧API支持，被迫更新，就顺便改改了。应该访客里有不少KDE的用户吧，想要一个简单的天气小部件的可以试试看。
主要卖点
- 纯QML，不用编译直接装
- 雅虎天气接口，大品牌
值得信赖 - 自认还算简洁明了的UI
- 支持不同的计量单位（温度、气压、风速等）
- 10天天气预报
Moto 360二代(2015)入手体验
懒癌晚期，加上公司政策的一些限制，没什么技术东西可写，只好拿买的电子产品滥竽充数凑一篇新博文。
其实买了有两个多月了（懒癌啊，不想写），对Moto 360 2nd Gen还是比较满意的，虽然没有想象中那么好，而且价格居然比一代贵（而且在我买了两周后它可耻地降价促销了……）。但是，作为智能手表中颜值颇高，且有Android和Moto信仰加持，至少也要给个7.5/10的评分。
在华硕Chromebook C201上安装Debian Jessie
网上有不少在Chromebook上安装Linux的脚本了，不过我个人还是比较偏向于手动一步步执行，天知道脚本是不是已经太老了或者某些具体情况不匹配。希望本文一来能对各位想要安装Linux的Chromebook持有者有所裨益，二来就和博客里其他文章一样，当作个人的备忘。另外需要说明的是安装Debian算是比较繁琐的，如果想要安装Arch的话，戳底下参考文章的链接，安装Arch可以很快就搞定（而且是在Chromebook上就能全部搞定）。至于为什么不安装我钟爱的Fedora，因为我个人感觉Fedora的ARM做得不是很好，担心出岔子。好了，废话不多说了，下面开始正文。