linux
High CPU reading epubs and PDFs in Linux
WINE Cooler
Lessons on laying out the 404 Media zine using a relatively weird setup—on Linux, using Affinity, with the help of the Windows translation layer WINE.
My Experience with dwl
I’ve always taken an liking to dwm. For a very short period of time, I actually daily drived it, because I had no other laptops other than my sadly underpowered server, and sucklessware did the job (kind of). My reason for hackintoshing, and preferring macOS in general is the top tier design mixed with your normal everyday UNIX utilities, like good old zsh, cp, and ssh. No bullshit like whatever the fuck PowerShell is.
Gaming on Linux (Wayland)
No route to host - Debian testing firewall
Windows On Linux, The Clever Way
Forget WINE; a weirdly fascinating technique to make Photoshop work on Linux involves chopping up a remote access client into a windowing interface. It’s wild, but it kinda works.
New Rust, Old Drama
The periodic Rust-induced conflicts happening with the Linux kernel hint at underlying generational problems facing the project. And it’s already led a prominent maintainer to quit.
Your Private Wireguard Network from Scratch
Let's learn how to set up our own private network for secure self-hosted services.
Your Private Wireguard Network from Scratch
Let's learn how to set up our own private network for secure self-hosted services.
Your Private Wireguard Network from Scratch
Let's learn how to set up our own private network for secure self-hosted services.
Your Private Wireguard Network from Scratch
Let's learn how to set up our own private network for secure self-hosted services.
Disabling the LED on a new Razer Cobra
Managing Various Artists MP3s on Linux
Bash's ctrl-o timesaver
DNS Issues on a Nokia FastMile 5G
Going Atomic
My recent Linux experience has been pretty awesome thanks to Bazzite. It may represent the frontier of OS experiences.
Power User Vs. Strong POV
The just-released elementary OS 8 is interesting, but it has a problem—its impressive but prescriptive interface paradigm has to live in an ecosystem of power users. Who blinks first?
The Floater Manifesto
Our technology should be good enough to work across operating systems now. The best way to test that is by using literally every platform. Which is what I plan to do.
My Shell Setup
Curious about customizing your terminal experience? Here's how I do it.
My Shell Setup
Curious about customizing your terminal experience? Here's how I do it.
My Shell Setup
Curious about customizing your terminal experience? Here's how I do it.
Writearound
How I gradually fell out of love with the idea of using a code editor for all of my writing—in part because of a subtle MacOS feature that Linux doesn’t have.
Controlled Panic
An upcoming iteration of the Linux kernel could take a user-friendly direction: A Linux version of the Blue Screen of Death, complete with QR code.
The AI Laptops’ Secret Feature
Ignore the AI that Microsoft is selling everyone. The reason why the new ARM laptops are exciting is because Qualcomm did the work with Linux. Also: I built a site.
It’s Easy. But Is It Easy Enough?
Self-hosted apps are having a moment, but people are still a little freaked out by them. Could a Flatpak-style approach to self-hosting help matters?
xz, tarred
One of the most common programs in computing history gets nailed by a supply-chain attack—almost exactly a decade after Heartbleed highlighted similar structural weaknesses in the FOSS ecosystem.
Linux Lessons (So Far)
My Linux journey has not been all sunshine and rainbows, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. A few thoughts.