Ubuntu Adventures
Problem You want to play Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 on Linux. Solution You cannot buy this game on Steam. However, you can add the game to Steam (as a Non-Steam Game) and play it with the Proton compatibility layer. It would also be possible to install the game on Linux, but I suggest […]
Surprise In Python, -1977 % 100 = 23. In JavaScript, -1977 % 100 = -77. WTF? Explanation Modulo in different languages has different meaning! It’s not like the plus (+) operator which means the same thing in every language when applied for two integers, for instance. In Python: a % b = a - (b […]
Today I decided to give away my Dell Latitude D410 laptop. I bought it second-hand when I was in Montréal, Canada. It was 200 CAD at that time. I liked this laptop but it hasn’t been switched on for many many years. I took some photos of it: https://imgur.com/a/dell-latitude-d410-UkcFPzQ Specs: 32-bit Pentium M processor, 2 […]
Problem I had a Windows 10 in VirtualBox. I gave it a dynamic VDI file of size 100 GB. The file was about 50 GB large. When I upgraded it to Windows 11, the installer downloaded about 30 GB stuff, thus the VDI grew to 80 GB. After the upgrade, I cleaned the system and […]
This is October 2025. Since Windows 10 reached its EOL, I’ve decided to upgrade my machines to Windows 11. I started with a laptop and I summarize here my experiences. Linux Updates
Problem After upgrading my Manjaro box, VLC started to show some error message about a codec error. The video and audio played correctly, but there was an error message. Solution sudo pacman -S vlc-plugins-all Links
Linux: a Portable Operating System by Linus Torvalds Written in 1997. 60 pages long.
Question What app. to use use for locking the screen? Answer slock . I put it on Ctrl + Alt + L . A very nice, zero bullshit software. Read the man page of slock. It gives a tip how to make it more secure.
Problem You want to record your terminal session and you want to make a GIF of it. Why? For instance you want to make a short demo for a command-line application. Solution Use asciinema and agg for this purpose. Usage: Installation (under Manjaro): Links
At https://hamwaves.com/cli/doc/mc.pdf I found a very useful presentation about MC. I use MC every day but I could still learn a lot from this. Problem In this presentation I learnt about the User Menu (F2). I’ve never used it… Here, for instance, you can compress the current directory. However, ZIP compression is missing. How to […]