Vimalkumar Velayudhan

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Hi! I'm Vimal.

I write guides for beginners in Linux and open source software.

Linux user since KDE / GNOME 2 days! Currently use and recommend Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop.

Created own Linux distro (live-cd) back in the day! Currently maintain a VM (BioMint) for teaching and learning Bioinformatics.

Like programming in Python. Interested in GUI development, and planning to checkout NixOS.

Organized Linux meetups in Cork during 2017-2018.

Websitehttps://vimalkvn.com
GitLabhttps://gitlab.com/vimalkvn
Vimalkumar VelayudhanSep 21, 2023
Vimalkumar VelayudhanSep 19, 2023

My new book is now available:
How to Create and Publish an E-Book Using Sphinx

Get it from:
Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/publish-ebook-oss/
Leanpub bundle: https://leanpub.com/b/publish-sphinx-rst/
Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/shop/vimalkumar-velayudhan/how-to-create-and-publish-an-e-book-using-sphinx/ebook/product-gjn892y.html
Gumroad: https://vimalkvn.gumroad.com/l/publish-ebook-oss
All other stores:
https://books2read.com/publish-ebook-oss

#sphinx #restructuredtext #linux #selfpublishing #calibre #epub #ebook

How to Create and Publish an E-Book Using Sphinx

In this 5-step guide, I will teach you how to create an e-book using Sphinx, Linux, and open source software and publish it on 15+ online book stores including Leanpub, Draft2Digital (Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and more), and Amazon KDP.

Leanpub
Vimalkumar VelayudhanSep 20, 2023
Testing Immich (https://immich.app/). Nice UI.
Immich

Self-hosted photo and video management solution. Easily back up, organize, and manage your photos on your own server. Immich helps you browse, search and organize your photos and videos with ease, without sacrificing your privacy.

Immich
Vimalkumar VelayudhanSep 20, 2023

flatpak list sorts installed applications by IDs rather than name.

Applications ordered by name would be much easier for the eye to parse. Just a thought.

Vimalkumar VelayudhanSep 20, 2023
Vimalkumar VelayudhanSep 19, 2023

https://open.substack.com/pub/vimalkvn/p/issue-2

#self-publishing #sphinx #restructuredtext #epub #leanbook

Issue #2

New book release, Leanbook template, Testing Vale.sh linter

Newsletter by @vimalkvn
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJul 20, 2023
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJul 20, 2023

Would you like to review my new book?

Please send me a direct message. I will send a copy.

https://leanpub.com/rstforsphinx

#sphinx #restructuredtext #documentation

reStructuredText for Sphinx

Learn the basics or reStructuredText for Sphinx by creating a basic project. With live preview, you can learn the reST syntax of commonly used elements in documentation.

Leanpub
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJul 12, 2023
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJul 12, 2023

Made a backup of my Reddit saved and upvoted posts. Thanks to this Python script
https://github.com/samirelanduk/reddit-save

Reddit does provide a copy of this data on request, but that's just of bunch of CSV files.

GitHub - samirelanduk/reddit-save: A Python tool for backing up your saved and upvoted posts on reddit to your computer.

A Python tool for backing up your saved and upvoted posts on reddit to your computer. - GitHub - samirelanduk/reddit-save: A Python tool for backing up your saved and upvoted posts on reddit to you...

GitHub
Vimalkumar VelayudhanMay 22, 2023
Vimalkumar VelayudhanMay 22, 2023

*My new book*
(currently in early access)

Publish Your eBook Using Linux and Open Source Software
https://leanpub.com/publish-ebook-oss/

Uses Python Sphinx, reStructuredText, Calibre, Epubcheck, and Inkscape

How to Create and Publish an E-Book Using Sphinx

In this 5-step guide, I will teach you how to create an e-book using Sphinx, Linux, and open source software and publish it on 15+ online book stores including Leanpub, Draft2Digital (Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and more), and Amazon KDP.

Leanpub
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJul 26, 2022
FOSS speedtest https://librespeed.org/
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest

Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.

Vimalkumar VelayudhanJun 26, 2022
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJun 26, 2022

Ad Blocking with NetGuard on Android

https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/ADBLOCKING.md

NetGuard/ADBLOCKING.md at master · M66B/NetGuard

A simple way to block access to the internet per app - NetGuard/ADBLOCKING.md at master · M66B/NetGuard

GitHub
Vimalkumar VelayudhanJun 14, 2022

Just a thought.

Would "Freedom Software" been a better name to refer to
Free and Open Source Software?

For the lay person, free gives the impression the software
is free of cost. There could also be confusion with
freeware programs (closed source).
Also, not many people would immediately get what
"open source" means.

Freedom on the other hand is self-explanatory.