Bang & Olufsen: Mozart API

How can I get a response from my device via the Mozart API? 
Use curl along these lines:

curl --request GET \
  --url http://192.168.*.*:80/api/v1/setup/remotes \
  --header 'Accept: application/json'

Let the asterisks be the IP-address on your LAN. 

How can I get the IP of my device?

In the B&O app go to "Settings" > "About" > "IP-address"

Where is the API?

Here is the API: https://bang-olufsen.github.io/operations/get-presets

The BeoNetRemote API
You could also try the BeoNetRemote platform, that works with devices such as "Contour" and "Beosound 2": https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/1053298/T1LTe4Lt#0ea7e41f-9b15-4be7-8560-5fdae05754ee

Github Desktop on Ubuntu

 Some recipees are overcomplicated. This one works just fine:

https://itsfoss.com/install-github-desktop-ubuntu/ 

Bang & Olufsen: Multiroom

What works:

• Run Tidal / Music / Radio etc. on your TV - on the remote choose one of the options under "Music" (not "Watch TV")
• Hold down the "start" key till you hear a beep on other multiroom devices.
• Now you'll hear the music on these devices.

TV does not work - a workaround

• You cannot hear the sounds from the TV
• However there is a workaround: Watch TV on the internet on a PC or similar. Share the sound via the PC to the TV (or one of the other multiroom devices)
• Hold down the "start" key till you hear a beep on other multiroom devices.
• Now you'll hear the music on these devices.

Minisforum A1 X1

Bye Windows. Hello dear Ubuntu!
Installed Ubuntu and ditched Windows completely. 

The installation was easy, however on one of the first boots Bluetooth was not detected. The day after it worked, somehow ... The rest is moving data from my nine year old Ubuntu Server to Minisforum.

Minisforum came with Windows preinstalled. I opened Windows just to have a sneak peak, but I'm not a Windows fan. The installations is a nightmare. Spyware and payed solutions all over the place. During installation I dropped the Windows option, and installed Ubuntu on the system. Nope, Windows is not for me at all. 

Boot Disk
I bought a usb-stick and formatted it on my work-Mac.

 Recipe: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#1-overview 

The usb-sticl was FAT32 formatted, so the only thing to do was to burn the Ubuntu-iso. Here I followed the recipe above, downloaded Etcher and booted from the stick.

How to boot from the install disk
Press F7 several times during boot. Now you'll get the option to try or install Ubuntu. I tried and ran the install.

Ubuntu - htop

Now what's system-wise. Everything seems to be up and running. No swap used here and now, however the only thing running is music via Tidal in a chrome-browser and a terminal. 

Ubuntu: todo

• Update backup on old system
• cp backup to Minisforum "Valhalla"
• Tidal - run it from app rather than browser ... how?
• Install stuff like "Oh my zsh"
• Buy new keyboard and mouse
• Mount on the back of a monitor or movable system?

I'll probably just use the system as is - and install whatever is missing along the way. After a month or so I'll probably have a system with whatever I use. 

Verdict so far
Ubuntu more or less ran out of the box. 

[LEAVING LINKEDIN] ... and the darned SPAM continues ...

 Conclusion: LinkedIn is one big marketing annoyance. You cannot leave. 

From my Spam folder:

It's insane.

If you spammark LinkedIn they'll change the mail slightly ... so they continue on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on  on and on 

[LEAVING LINKEDIN] Trying again

 This time leaving LinkedIn Learning seemed like a success (again).

However this came up.

The go to Homepages opened LinkedIn. 

Now it seemed like I could leave. 

I've tried this before, but now I hope ... really hope ... that LinkedIn is a thing in the past. 

Again I received this email:

Is this the end?

(... the melody from sitcom "Soap" ought to play in the background now ...)

"So he tried leaving LinkedIn again. But did Per really leave linkedLn? Was he really off the hook? Or was he trapped in the never-ending Kafka'ish labyrinth? Watch out for the next episode of Leaving LinkedIn ..."

Do you know this feeling: "Haven't I been here before?"

[LEAVING LINKEDIN] The answer was ... auto-response. Leaving is still impossible.

 I can only say: ... sigh ...

[LEAVING LINKEDIN] Well I'm not alone ...

Business Insider
 See this article - Business Insider: "LinkedIn Is Almost Impossible To Quit"

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-close-your-linkedin-account-2011-2#of-course-my-customer-service-rep-franois-just-copied-and-pasted-something-thats-already-in-the-help-center-and-isnt-useful-to-me-13 

More and more share this experience. Leaving LinkedIn is impossible - and that's against the Law.

Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/linkedin/comments/1d0a4ah/impossible_to_close_linkedin_account/ 

[LEAVING LINKEDIN] It's hard to Leave LinkedIn

 I got this answer.

Now there is a subscription to LinkedIn learning. 

• I cannot leave it !!

I have no words. It's insane.

But at least I've got an answer form a human being.

I have answered this email, and hope that it works. However the links in the email was yet another dead end. Waste of time.

What I don't understand is this: why send all this information when they could just delete my profile? Again: waste of my time.

How to use GPG - basic sample code

GPG: Show the stored password in the terminal

Send the content of the file to std out (-o):

# gpg -d -o - mySecrets.gpg

GPG: Encrypt a file

# gpg --encrypt --recipient recipient@example.com file.txt

The command will create the file file.gpg - and of course the file with the secret message must be deleted.

Also see the man page.