Claudio Bräuer

Business Informatics B.Sc. & Systems Integrator
January 2025
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Multi-monitor setup on KDE combining HiDPI and non-HiDPI displays

Many users’ desktop setups are comprised of several displays with different sizes, pixel resolutions and therefore different pixel densities (dpi). Unfortunately, many applications are not aware of so called ‘HiDPI‘ displays – displays, that by far exceed the pixel density of 72 dpi that we all have come to love so much. The result is
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Adaptive display brightness control based on ambient brightness using the Home Assistant REST API

After years of not further thinking about it, I recently became fed up with the fact that run-of-the-mill office monitors do not have a way of automatically adjusting their brightness based on their surroundings, like many laptop monitors can. But if you happen to already have your own local Home Assistant instance, there is a
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How to migrate a Windows 10 installation to a different computer

Everyone who has ever had the joy of setting up a new computer knows the drill: Install the operating system (if none was preinstalled), install drivers, download and install application software, install plugins, copy user data and last but not least, configure everything. This can take many hours, if not days to get everything setup
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How to make a HP Z820 workstation quieter and cooler

Info: I do not own this machine anymore, therefore my ability to answer your questions is limited. The problem In 2017 I bought a refurbished HP z820 Workstation sporting 2 unreasonably powerful electric heaters in the form of Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 and comfortable 128 GB ECC memory. Since I used the machine for offloading
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