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KOReader Plugins and Library Integration

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

KOReader is one of the best upgrades you can give an e-reader. It runs on devices like Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Android, and Linux, and it is especially nice if you want more control over formats, typography, PDF handling, OPDS catalogs, and plugins than the stock reader usually provides.

The default experience is already powerful, but KOReader gets much more interesting once you add a few focused plugins and connect it to a proper library backend.

Quicktip: USGerman Keyboard Layout on macOS

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you use a Mac with a US keyboard but still write German regularly, the USGerman keyboard layout is a small quality-of-life fix. It keeps the normal US layout and adds German umlauts and ß behind the Option key, so you do not have to switch to a full German keyboard layout or use macOS’ long-press character picker.

After downloading and unzipping the layout, copy Roman.bundle into the system keyboard layouts folder:

Quicktip: WebOS Homebrew Apps for LG TVs

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

LG TVs let you enable a Developer Mode through the LG Content Store, which allows sideloading apps via ares-install. Two apps worth installing:

youtube-webos is an actively maintained fork that replaces the stock YouTube app with one that blocks ads, integrates SponsorBlock, and adds features like Return YouTube Dislike, force max quality, and customizable themes. The official YouTube app needs to be uninstalled first.

Moonfin is an enhanced Jellyfin client built with LG’s Enact framework. It supports multi-server unified libraries, Jellyseerr integration for requesting content, and hardware-accelerated playback through the native webOS media pipeline.

k9s

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

K9s provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. The aim of this project is to make it easier to navigate, observe and manage your applications in the wild. K9s continually watches Kubernetes for changes and offers subsequent commands to interact with your observed resources.

Link: https://github.com/derailed/k9s

Website: https://k9scli.io