Blog-of-gain

A tech-oriented blog from a Linux user


Latest blog updates

2025-12-22I was in a toxic relationship: New article.
2025-12-06Keychron M6 (1K, PixArt 3311) review: New article.
2025-08-27Rant: loudness war, style over functionality, etc.: Add note about Dynamic Range DB website.
2025-08-06Happy Plugs Clip: New article.
2024-09-03Installing Microsoft Intune on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: New article.

Sony phones have no warranty

A Sony Xperia Z1 Compact review

Sony phones break by themselves and have no warranty. In this article I will briefly review the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and tell you why you should never buy a Sony mobile phone.

Updates

2015-09-12Add photos from the service.

DIY acoustic panels

Preview

Acoustic panels can be quite expensive. If you are on a low budget or need not only to just dampen your small room's reverb but also attenuate some noise, building heavy acoustic panels might do the trick. In this article I'll show what I built a couple of years ago.

KVM audio with ALSA loopback

Getting audio to work with KVM might be a bit tricky, especially when KVM expects to have exclusive access to your audio hardware. This is a problem if one would like to keep on using the host system audio while a guest is running. In this article we solve the problem using ALSA loopback devices.

Introducing GainCMS

This website and blog is made with GainCMS, a flat file CMS I wrote. This article denotes the birth of my new website and introduces the features of GainCMS.

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