Posted by Eric Scheibler at July 3, 2016
This article describes how to disable the laptop screen on Lenovo Thinkpads. This saves a lot of power and enhances your privacy. Root privileges required. Tested with a Thinkpad T450 on Debian Stretch.
Posted by Eric Scheibler at October 14, 2014
Calendars and address books contain sensitive data. It is therefore advisable not to upload them to the cloud. To keep the datasets synchronized between multiple devices nonetheless, you need to operate your own calendar and address book server.
This article first covers the setup of the calendar and address book server and then presents calendar and address book applications for the Linux console and the Android operating system.
The article was last updated on August 13, 2025.