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Anyone can make a package for the Arch User Repository and others can install it. There's no verification, otherwise it would be pointless, and you need to trust the person who packages it. You'll review the scripts and files and make sure it comes from a trusted source, and if the package updates you review the changes. Has the package added new dependencies that make no sense? Don't install it…
I have always customised my computer to how I like it and it has changed over the years, but I think I finally settled into something that I like the most. I like when things are simple, and I like the old school look. Programs Everyone uses them, and you most likely use GTK and Qt programs. Maybe one or the other depending on if you use GNOME or KDE. I use a stand-alone window manager, and I tend…
Today Archlinux posted a news article about Nvidia dropping support for the Pascal arcitecture. This means users of such graphics cards, like me with my GTX 1050 Ti, need to replace the nvidia driver with the nvidia-580xx driver. According to the news post, I need to install nvidia-580xx-dkms . I cloned the nvidia-580xx-utils repo which will build both nvidia-580xx-dkms and nvidia-580xx-utils and…
I had an old map from the alpha/beta release of Minecraft Java Edition I wanted to convert so I could play it with a modern Minecraft version (1.21.10 as of writing), but to convert such a map it needs to be done in steps. Infdev introduced the Alpha level format , and it was the level format up until beta 1.2. Beta 1.3 introduced the Region file format until release 1.2 which introduced the Anvil…
I run different services on my VPSs, and while most programs you install via the package manager come with systemd service to auto-start when the server boots like the IRCd or Mumble Server, if you download a binary manually they might not come with one. I run Minecraft servers, small web servers and different bots. These are run in a tmux session where I just run the binary and let it sit. The…
I have decided to finally set up auto renewing certificates since Let's Encrypt are removing 1 their reminder emails, and this was way overdue anyway because it is very annoying to manually renew certificates even if it is every 2–3 months. My servers are already running a webserver, so in the past I have just shut that down temporarily to renew the certificate so port 80 would not be in use.…
I have had no reason to switch from PulseAudio to PipeWire, but an audio issue with Steam Remote Play made me consider it. When starting a remote play session, PulseAudio would almost always crash and restart itself. This made me have to restart Mumble, and the person on the other end of the remote play session had no audio from the game. Replacing PulseAudio with PipeWire solved this issue.…
In 22 July 2022 the Linux kernel updated to version 5.18.13 on my system, causing the TTY to seemingly freeze during boot. But it was only visual! I was actually at the framebuffer login screen all along, and could type blindfolded. I logged in and typed startx without seeing anything, and I was brought to my IceWM desktop. Some forum thread s and troubleshooting later, the only workaround to see…
Tetris is a perfect game to play anytime, anywhere. If you do not have your Game Boy with you, your phone is a pretty good substitute even if a touchscreen does not work as well as a gamepad. I tried looking through various apps to find a good Tetris clone, but the “good” ones are bloated with ads and the open source ones are subpar. I realised the best way to play Tetris on your phone is to just…
I wanted to set up a simple FTP ( sFTP ) server for friends to share files without needing to use cloud storage or hosting sites. After some research I found the simplest solution and I wanted to document it here. Setting Up the FTP Server You will need a VPS, this is where the FTP server will be hosted on. OpenSSH should already be installed on it. Create a new group and a folder where the FTP…