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Friendship truly is magic

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Friendship truly is magic

We have innocently started watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic back in late 2021. We went through over an entire year with ponies by our side. At the time we are writing this, we are officially done with watching Friendship is Magic. It might sound insignificant, but, for us

Taking a step back: 1 year later

Taking a step back: 1 year later

This article is a follow-up to an article we wrote exactly one year ago, about moving away from the furry fandom onto the brony fandom. We are first going to read back at what we've said at the time, and then compare it with how it is now. Reading back

The end of the name "Minteck" (2018-2022)

The end of the name "Minteck" (2018-2022)

The name "Minteck" was picked out of sight back in 2018, but I feel like it has been overused, especially in the past few months, and what it means has become more fuzzy as time passed. Below is a list of all new and old usernames, changes take effect as

Why did I give up on so many projects?

Why did I give up on so many projects?

If you look at my website's "archives" page, it is clear that there are a lot of projects I gave up on; but why? Furthermore, if you look at my work-in-progress website's "projects" page, you can clearly see that there are a lot of projects I gave up on. My

My thoughts on Reddit's r/place

My thoughts on Reddit's r/place

On April 1st 2022, Reddit officially enabled r/place, after announcing its return for a while so communities can prepare. What is r/place? So, r/place is a gigantic canvas (its size doubled at some point in time) where every Reddit user can place a single pixel every 5

Installing Alpine Linux and KDE Plasma

Installing Alpine Linux and KDE Plasma

When it comes to choosing a Linux distro, you may want to use Arch Linux because it's lightweight and you choose what runs on your system. There's a distro that is even lighter than Arch Linux: Alpine. In this guide, I will explain how to get a fully working KDE

Minteck stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦

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Minteck stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦

Europe is entering a new era. In the past few days, Russia has invaded Ukraine. This war have no reason to be, and therefore I give all my support to people in Ukraine. If you live in Ukraine and think I can help you with something you need, please reach

Taking a step back

Taking a step back

Last year, I decided to consider myself part of the furry fandom, and today I'm taking this decision back. Before we dive further, I must tell that I have nothing against furries. They all do an amazing work, and I like their work nevertheless.I have nothing against you, specifically

This blog is finally back!

This blog is finally back!

After a good while of nothingness, this blog is finally back. In 2022, I hope I'll finally be able to post more about the kind of technological experiments I normally do. Meanwhile, I wish all of you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Giving up on Kartik

Giving up on Kartik

Kartik has been maintained for 3 months now, and has been in active development for 6 months. As you know, good things come to an end; and Kartik isn't an exception. Earlier today, I announced that I will be giving up on Kartik, which means the following: * no new updates

The future of Minteck Projects

The future of Minteck Projects

Earlier today, I announced that I would be completely stopping Minteck Projects. There are a few things I would like to add after what I said during the livestream and I'd like to present the future of all my projects. A replay version of the livestream can be found on

How Windows 2000 was made

How Windows 2000 was made

Windows 2000 is my 2nd favorite Windows version (XP being the 1st), and it has an interesting story. As someone who really likes old technology, I wonder: How Microsoft made the change from what would be called Windows NT 5.0 to Windows 2000? And how would Windows be if

How I managed to degoogle Android

How I managed to degoogle Android

Google holds a monopoly as the "no. 1 technology corporation" in the world; however, how do you think they are making 5 million euros per hour? Advertising doesn't pay that much and the products they sell neither. So Google does a smart thing: targeted advertising, which means they need to