Hooking a terminal up to "Browse Files"
Some applicaticons provide a “Browse Files” button, which is intended to pull up a file manager. Let’s hook up a terminal instead.
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Pareto-optimal compression
Everyone wants good compression. But what exactly is good compression? Time for a closer look.
Tracking leftover packages with pacman
Package managers take care of resolving dependencies for you, but over time, dependencies that are no longer needed might stay around. Time to change that.
Socket activating arbitrary services
Socket activation can help to reduce resource usage and speed up system boot time. Here’s how, even if the service in question doesn’t support it.
Simple networking
Networking on a laptop can be elegant, simple, fast, resilient and minimal, all at the same time. It just comes down to the right choice of tools. A setup based on iwd and systemd.
Mastodon and Twitter Feeds
This blog now has not only RSS-Feeds, but also feeds on Mastodon and Twitter.
Preserving data integrity
We typically assume, storage devices give back the data we once put in. But is that so? A setup proposal for those who value their data’s integrity.
Reducing SATA power consumption
Who doesn’t like more battery life for free? A brief investigation into how to reduce power consumption of your laptop by a third.
Hijacking the desktop directory with /tmp
Merging /tmp and the xdg-Desktop-directory make you have a quick file drop in reach from almost every file-dialogue that doesn’t clutter your folders.
Safer shellscripts by default
Just a handful of options to make shellscripts much more failsafe and resilient.
Random Mac Addresses for Privacy
Randomized hardware addresses for network devices can help to reduce one’s own trackability and privacy. Here’s how.
simple wifi setup with iwd and networkd
A brief summary of my current network setup on my laptop.
Racefree iwd
There is a new tool in town for wifi so blazingly fast it accidentially creates race-conditions. A little workaround.
Self-hosting Threema Safe
Self-hosting Threema backup isn’t as difficult as it sounds. This is what is needed.
Embedded IPython for script development
Everyone hates debugging, but with IPython, we can at least get an interactive debugging-shell at our code-point of choice.
Persistent IRC
IRC is a presence protocol. You disconnect, you don’t get any messages anymore. This, however, doesn’t have to be this way. A little dead-simple setup to get an always-connected IRC-setup.
Hardwaretriggered Backups
Manual backups are relying on human interaction and are therefore inherently unreliable. Let’s automate and trigger a backup the moment the backup disk shows up!
The beauty of Arch Linux
A little writeup what makes Archlinux my preferred Linux distribution, primarily to have a linkable text on it.