GrapheneOS can help you retake your privacy, right now.
My videos aren't sponsored by anyone but you. Monthly sustainers get access to my Discord/Matrix space, and are what keeps the lights on around here. Thank you for your consideration! https://patreon.com/VeronicaExplains https://ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains OK, so GrapheneOS. I've used it for almost three years now. I've very much enjoyed taking a bit more control over my privacy. Maybe you will too. Links for the wicked! From GrapheneOS directly (on their website or social media): GrapheneOS home…
Linux on a Mac (it's not going back)
New year, new OS for this M1 MacBook Air! I've been using Asahi Linux (via the flagship Fedora Asahi Remix) for a few weeks now. It's been my everyday laptop and I'm really impressed with how it's held up. Battery life is amazing, and the ARM Linux experience is fine for everyday use. This video walks through how I installed Fedora Asahi Remix in December 2025, the process might change in the future and if it does, I might revisit it here or in a blog- watch for pinned comments I guess! Important…
I stream nothing, and I am happy.
I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services. I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media and watch it using Jellyfin on my Linux-based home theater PC, and I'm completely satisfied with how it works. I'm making this video because I am really troubled by algorithmic helplessness, and I feel like corporate-centralized streaming media makes that worse. Maybe this video will encourage someone else…
Using rsync for backups, because it's not shiny and new
You might not even like rsync. Yeah it's old. Yeah it's slow. But if you're working with Linux you're going to need to know it. In this video I walk through my favorite everyday flags for rsync. Support the channel: https://patreon.com/VeronicaExplains https://ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com Here's a companion blog post, where I cover a bit more detail: https://vkc.sh/everyday-rsync Also, @BreadOnPenguins made an awesome rsync video and you should check it out:…
I'm in a nerd-rock band with other YouTubers. Now you can download our music!
Oh what do you know, it's Bandcamp Friday and my retrotube faculty band, The Stop Bits, just put out a record! Here's the Bandcamp link: https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com/album/return-from-interrupt If you've ever wanted to listen to four YouTubers sing songs about the 6502 instruction set, dealing with the aftermath of a capacitor explosion, or putting Linux on increasingly random machines, this is probably the best way to do that today. The band on the web: https://www.thestopbits.net The band on…
Modding a Commodore 64 for HDMI!
Does your Commodore 64 output pixel-perfect HDMI? Because mine does. Thank you so much to Side Projects Lab for making this awesome kit. You can find out more at the GitHub for the project: https://github.com/sideprojectslab/HD-64/. I bought this one myself for €109, from Retro 8-Bit Shop: https://www.retro8bitshop.com/product/spl-hd-64/. You can also buy one from retro-updates.com: https://www.retro-updates.com/product/17245372/hd-64-commodore-64-hdmi-output-fpga If you buy the kit, make sure to…
The modern web sucks. My band's website doesn't.
My band has a website. I made it using 1990s technology. And 2K20s technology. And I think it's pretty nice. In today's episode, I'll cover the Eleventy static site generator, and how I adapted a design made on vintage hardware (using AOLPress on Windows 95!) to a modern workflow. Important links mentioned in the video: 🖥️ Homestar Runner's "Back to a Website" toon (which may have inspired this video): https://homestarrunner.com/toons/backtoawebsite 🎈 Eleventy (or 11ty as the cool kids call…
I make all my videos using Linux. Here's how.
The commenters often tell me I must be using a Mac or a Windows PC for video editing. Nope! I use three important pieces of free and open source software in order to make these videos, and luckily for me they work great on Linux! 🎞️ Kdenlive for video editing: https://kdenlive.org/ 📹 OBS for footage capture: https://obsproject.com 🖌️ Inkscape for thumbnails: https://inkscape.org/ Other useful links from this video (not sponsored, no affiliate links): MLT Framework website:…
45Drives hasn't sent me any hardware. I still think they're neat.
Let's talk about 45Drives, why I like their open source Cockpit modules, as well as their tutorials and documentation about open source projects. I think it's rare to have a corporation care this much about open source. From my outsider view as someone who has never been sent anything from 45Drives, I think it's refreshing. And I want to talk about it! This video was not sponsored, 45Drives has not only (to date) not sent me any hardware, but we've had no business dealings at all: no money changing…
VimWiki: I write my notes in the terminal, like a monster
VimWiki is my preferred notetaking solution because it's intentionally minimal. When I want to take notes, I want to take notes, not see a mind map or extra visualizations or photos to distract me. I'm old school! (Or just old.) In today's video, I'll show you how to install VimWiki for yourself, as well as configure it to use Markdown (my preferred text formatting), and update the file path for VimWiki files so that it's easy to sync with third party solutions like Nextcloud Notes. Significant links…
How to install Debian Testing... and why you might not want to
Debian Testing is a great way to try out Debian and provide feedback to the project. But it's not a rolling release Linux distro. Although some successfully use it like one. In today's video, I'll show you how to try out Debian Testing for yourself, but then I'll tell you why you might want to think twice before making it your everyday distro. Significant links mentioned in the video: 💿 Debian's development installer (which currently installs Testing): https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/…
Cloning your hard drive, the easy way (with Clonezilla)
Does anyone read descriptions anymore? If you read the description, comment with "That's a bossy video". Shoot, is that engagement farming? Oh well. What? Oh, right, I'm supposed to be describing this video. It's about Clonezilla! I love using Clonezilla for backing up my disk drives to images. It's also helped me out to be able to convert a physical machine to a VM easily. It's such a simple tool and I'm really thankful to the folks who made it. You can check out the tool at https://clonezilla.org. …