Tag: Tutorial
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When Deleting the Swap Partition Leads to Slow Boot Times
I Just Want to Fix This Problem! This is part of my “Quick Tips” for Linux; you’ll want to skip this starting section and go straight down to “Just Give Me The Steps!” if you’re in the same boat I was. Otherwise, if you want to see if your situation regarding swap partitions is similar…
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Go Over 100% Volume in GNOME with One Terminal Command
This may be my shortest post for my Linux-related quick tips, as I was searching around for this information online for my openSUSE 30-Day challenge. In short: I wanted to know how to go beyond 100% volume on my GNOME setup, but had forgotten what I did to achieve this on both my Arch and…
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Ways to Maximize a Pocket Notebook
I’ve carried a pocket notebook everywhere since 2014. Over the past decade since, I’ve learned all sorts of little tricks, tried some hacks here and there, and kept what worked and dropped what didn’t. Eventually, I got to where I am now where I carry a pocket notebook everywhere despite having a main bullet journal…
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Install MANY Fonts on Linux with a Few Terminal Commands
Here’s a relatively quick Linux tip. If you want to know right away how to do this in simple steps, feel free to skip down to the section titled “Just Give Me The Steps!” I did stumble across an issue with fonts when trying to sync my Obsidian second brain from Arch Linux at home…
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How to Use Protoweb from Modern Linux
Protoweb is Neat! I saw an interesting video recently from tech YouTuber MJD regarding something called Protoweb, which promises to let users browse what feels like “old school” internet websites. You can check it out briefly in this video: In short, Protoweb is a community-run project by enthusiastic volunteers who use available resources on Archive.org’s…
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Start LibreOffice with a Different GTK Theme
I, like many other Linux users, like using LibreOffice. The free, open-source Microsoft Office alternative hardly needs an introduction, and I personally like to use LibreOffice Calc frequently, especially during the summer. Like many more Linux users, I also like using a dark theme on my system. I like having my file explorer (I’m using…
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How to Have “vim” Open Neovim or LunarVim
Here’s a quick post from me today. I recently switched to Neovim through the installation of LunarVim. I really like the feel of it a whole lot, and as an Awesome WM user, I can appreciate how the config is written in Lua. Besides that, I know that the usual command to enter Neovim is…
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Setting Up Fluent Reader with Nextcloud News
I don’t use social media. If you looked on my phone, you would be hard-pressed to find anything like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit. I get that so many people rely on social media to keep up with what’s new these days, but I prefer to curate RSS feeds and read what I want…
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Get Goodies from Other Distros with the AUR and Github
It’s no secret that I love Arch Linux. Despite how I run Fedora on my ThinkPad for work, I have been using Arch regularly since 2020 on my desktop. I can’t see myself ever switching, although I would be lying if I said the occasional urge to distro hop didn’t come up sometimes. Ultimately, the…
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Switching from spotify-tui to spotify-player.
I last wrote about spotify-tui a short while back. This was back when I wrote about how I made a Nord skin for it that doesn’t obscure the play time in the progress bar. As for the player itself, I didn’t really discuss it in much detail. Friendship Ended with spotify-tui… It should soon become…
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