My android phone setup 2026 edition

4 years ago I wrote about my Android phone work profile setup [WPS]. As companies become more security conscientious, the (imho useful) topic of work profiles has diminished and employees are just handed a second device, managed 100% by the company. But Android is still an interesting ecosystem which has evolved over time, so I … Continue reading My android phone setup 2026 edition →

Minimising screen brightness in Ubuntu

I like working at night, but nearly every laptop I've tried with Ubuntu can't reduce screen brightness to comfortable levels. Thankfully there is a convenient workaround. Under Ubuntu 24.04 / Wayland find Accessibility -> Zoom -> Colour filters and adjust to your liking. You probably want to pin the magnification factor to 1.00, too. The … Continue reading Minimising screen brightness in Ubuntu →

Disable Firefox media auto play

Disabling audio and video auto play in Firefox over the settings page doesn't work reliably at the time of writing (v111). I found this setting to get the job done: type about:config in the address bar Find the setting media.autoplay.blocking_policy Set it to the value 2