Occasionally, when I need an application on Arch Linux that either isn’t available or is poorly maintained, I often find its available as a snapcraft/snaps package. Snaps packages are provides by Canonical and are intended […]
VS Code is an increasingly popular IDE for coding in Python, created by Microsoft. This version is available from the AUR. You can install MS VS Code with the following. There is also an open […]
If you’re looking to do the same thing on Ubuntu 18.04 – checkout my previous post. Check the python version – hopefully you’ve got the latest 3.x version. Python2 is now deprecated but you’ll need […]
i3 does not support compositing and true transparency is achieved using picom – a standalone compositor for Xorg. This is already installed and running on my system at start-up: Here we can see that i3 […]
Here I demo encrypting home directories, post installation, using eCryptfs. It should be noted here that encrypting just your home directory is not recommended as it carries with it potential security risks. Any data outside […]
Life is simple again with this great little tool! You can find out more about it from their website, https://youtube-dl.org, but as you might be able to guess – it allows one to download video […]
In a previous article I demonstrated how to get started with AWS by creating a public IPv4 VPC and subnet before creating a new EC2 instance. In this article, I’ll demonstrate how the same can […]
This is a handy command line tool that can calculate subnets for you. For example. It should be available in the community repository. If you’re using pamac, you can check with. And the install it […]
To install packages on the EOL Debian 7.8 (Wheezy), you need to amend your /etc/apt/sources.list. Add the following line. Refresh the repository cache. You should now be able to search for packages. Or install.
nvpy is a great lightweight note taking and simplenote client application. To use this application, first create a simplenotes account if you don’t already have one. Search the AUR for the correct package. Here I […]
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