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Logitech MX KEYS S Screenshot-Funktion in Linux Mint

Teaching the Logitech MX KEYS S keyboard to take screenshots in Linux Mint

Posted on Sunday August 24th, 2025

How do I teach the Logitech MX KEY S keyboard under Linux (Mint) to take a screenshots when the Snipping Tool key is pressed?

German Posts, English Posts, GNU/Linux, How Tos, Linux Mint

Scilab 6.1.1 on macOS Ventura without version warning

Posted on Sunday January 15th, 2023

Scilab 6.1.1 for Mac currently – January 2023 – runs on macOS High Sierra to Monterey. However, except for one small limitation, Scilab 6.1.1 also works on macOS Ventura. This how-to shows how to suppress the annoying version warning, too.

German Posts, English Posts, How Tos, macOS, Scilab

Scilab 6.1.1/2023.0.0 Installation on Ubuntu 22.04

Posted on Friday June 17th, 2022

Those who want to use the math software Scilab on Ubuntu or its derivatives fail when installing Scilab via package management. It does not work as expected. This how-to describes how to install Scilab system-wide on Ubuntu Linux.

German Posts, English Posts, GNU/Linux, How Tos, Linux Mint, Scilab, Ubuntu

Fortran IDE for macOS

Posted on Sunday April 17th, 2022

Introducing, setup, review and field report of Eclipse for Scientific Computing on a Mac. Ranking for usability for different target groups.

English Posts, Field Reports, Fortran, How Tos, macOS, Programming

HP Thunderbolt Dock G2: Dual-monitor-support with MacBookPro?

Posted on Wednesday September 29th, 2021

Update: March, 27th, 2025 I use the HP Thunderbolt Dock G2 (120W) from HP professionally with my HP Probook 440 G7. I asked myself if […]

German Posts, English Posts, Field Reports, Hardware, macOS

Free photo tagging on iOS

Posted on Friday July 30th, 2021

I’m sure I’m not the only one who can’t find certain images on the iPhone with Apple’s original Photos app as the number of photos […]

German Posts, English Posts, Field Reports, Photo, iOS

Serial Tools for Apple Silicon M1

Posted on Wednesday July 7th, 2021

Serial tools are rare and no longer maintained due to the age and limitations of interface technology. However, two of my tools are available for Apple’s M1 ARM architecture now.

German Posts, English Posts, Java, macOS, Software

Keep using Evernote-Outlook Plugin

Posted on Monday February 22nd, 2021

Evernote has removed the Outlook plug-in in the new versions of its note-taking program. Many users have often used this – especially in professional use […]

German Posts, English Posts, How Tos, macOS, Office, Windows