Stefen's Tech Blog

Author: stefenauris

  • Linux Rescue Partition

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    The other day I was thinking about how with chrome dismantling the framework utilized by adblockers the chromebooks i would often recommend to family and those less tech savvy are no longer something I can rely on. (Plus it’s made by google so long term support isn’t reliable on that front either.) So this lead…

  • AV1 Video Encoding on Ubuntu 24.04 with Intel Arc

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    One of my more recent and ambitious projects was to convert my media library of Movies, TV Shows, and Twitch VODs from the various formats that they are in and re-encode them into the new and highly efficient AV1 format. For those of you who might not be familiar, AV1 is an open, royalty-free video…

  • Commencement Post

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    Hello Internet, I wanted to start my first blog post off by saying hi, I’m Stefen Auris. Yes I’m a furry who loves technology, nothing new there. I do want to contribute to the open web by sharing some of my experiences with you dear reader. So I’m going to skip the rest of the…