AppImages - Where Grand Ideas Go to Die (Or Thrive)
robotkinz
The ecosystem of AppImages is unusual in the world of Linux packages.
linux
My fully offline AI-assisted Linux development machine
Technorage
My Arch Linux, Niri, and local AI coding setup on the ASUS ROG Flow Z13
Poda v0.1: una herramienta para entender y limpiar tus archivos
alvarezp
Después de varios años existiendo y evolucionando, hoy puedo liberar oficialmente Poda 0.1, la primera versión que considero verdaderamente estable. Los invito a descargarlo de: https://gitlab.com/alvarezp2000/poda/-/tree/v0.1 Poda es una herramienta avanzada para detectar directorios duplicados...
Decompressing a bzip2 file using another computer
alvarezp
I have a 2 TB file which I compressed using bzip2. This file lives in a Raspberry Pi NAS. How did I compress it? I must have sent it across the network for storage in this NAS; something like this: rain$ tar cj * | ssh nas dd of=backup.tar.bz2 where rain is my laptop and nas is my Raspberry...
My first global LibreOffice Conference
alvarezp
In recent weeks I had the opportunity to attend the LibreOffice Conference 2025 in the ELTE Informatikai Kar. had earlier been part of the 4th Latin American LibreOffice Conference (Mexico City, Mexico, 2023) but this is the first time I attend the global edition. I was particularly glad that it...
Migrating LVM on LUKS system to a larger SSD
Alexandre ZANNI
Context#I had a 720 GB SATA SSD that was nearly full, so I bought a 2 TB NVMe SSD as an upgrade (both in storage and speed).As the migration will force me to resize the partitions, this is an opportunity to fix them all.Firstly, I initially sized my ESP (EFI system partition) to be 550 MB which...
ArchLinux - Save face (and your system)
Alexandre ZANNI
Whatever boot issue you're facing or system breakage you encounter, that would be neat to be able to fix you system rather than reinstalling it, isn't it?I'll give you a few hints to do that, especially if you have a setup similar to mine.I hope you have an AL USB key ready to go.Unless you have...
ArchLinux - mkinitcpio v38 upgrade
Alexandre ZANNI
With the release of mkinitcpio v38, mkinitcpio hook migration and early microcode has been announced (04/03/2024). But how to migrate?For a setup similar to mine, the steps are as follows.Note: If it's already too late, and you can't boot anymore (blocked by a kernel panic), then this article will...
Frosteau Busy with Vim - Write-up - TryHackMe
Alexandre ZANNI
InformationRoom#Name: Frosteau Busy with VimProfile: tryhackme.comDifficulty: InsaneDescription: Stay frosty!This is the Side Quest Challenge 3 of Advent of Cyber '23 Side Quest (advanced bonus challenges alongside Advent of Cyber 2023).Write-upOverview#Install tools used in this WU on BlackArch...
Taller de Estilos y Plantillas en LibreOffice Writer
alvarezp
La semana pasada participé en el IV Congreso Latinoamericano de LibreOffice. Fue un gran evento y tuve la oportunidad de conocer en persona a mucha gente de la comunidad. Estoy infinitamente agradecido con todos ustedes, especialmente aquellos que compartieron su conocimiento conmigo y...
Rust Easy! Modern Cross-platform Command Line Tools to Supercharge Your Terminal
Technorage
Rust tooling is taking over the terminal. Use these awesome tools to supercharge your Linux/macOS/Windows terminal.
My sleek and modern Linux development machine in 2021
Technorage
My 2021 GNU/Linux development machine explained
The state of Linux as a daily use OS in 2021
Technorage
Let's see what is the state of GNU/Linux, for daily use, in 2021 is and if its a viable alternative to Windows and macOS
Q&A: PostgreSQL: LEFT JOIN por tipo de registro
alvarezp
Esta publicación corresponde a una respuesta que he dado via chat en el grupo de ayuda PosgreSQL en Español en Telegram. Un usuario tiene una tabla con dos columnas: tipo_objeto e id_objeto. Los objetos se almacenan en otras tablas, pero la tabla en la cual se almacena el objeto depende del tipo...
Poda: finds similar directories
alvarezp
I invite you to try Poda. I made this to find similar directories among multiple storage locations (or hampers as I call them in the program). The typical use case is to find out whether I find whether I have duplicate or similar directories in my laptop, the other laptop, NAS, flash drives, etc....
Rejuveneciendo mi laptop: chasís, resultados y conclusiones
alvarezp
Esta es la octava y última parte de la serie Rejuveneciendo mi Laptop en la que narro, componente por componente, el proyecto en el cual busco darle una nueva vida a mi vieja laptop. Para la tabla de contenido, visita el primer post: Introducción: los problemas. El tema pendiente: el chasís No hay...
Rejuveneciendo mi laptop: temperatura, parte 2
alvarezp
Esta es la séptima parte de la serie Rejuveneciendo mi Laptop en la que narro, componente por componente, el proyecto en el cual busco darle una nueva vida a mi vieja laptop. Para la tabla de contenido, visita el primer post: Introducción: los problemas. Temperatura, parte 2: la revancha Estuve a...
My laptop was broken into
alvarezp
Initially I titled this «My laptop was hacked» but because the way they got in was by guessing a password, so it’s difficult to consider this a hack. Furthermore, what they did was pretty standard stuff, so although they technically broke into my laptop, I feel more like I invited them, they had a...
Rejuveneciendo mi laptop: temperatura, parte 1
alvarezp
Esta es la sexta parte de la serie Rejuveneciendo mi Laptop en la que narro, componente por componente, el proyecto en el cual busco darle una nueva vida a mi vieja laptop. Para la tabla de contenido, visita el primer post: Introducción: los problemas. Temperatura, parte 1: una batalla perdida La...
Rejuveneciendo mi laptop: disco duro, parte 2
alvarezp
Esta es la quinta parte de la serie Rejuveneciendo mi Laptop en la que narro, componente por componente, el proyecto en el cual busco darle una nueva vida a mi vieja laptop. Para la tabla de contenido, visita el primer post: Introducción: los problemas. Disco duro, parte 2: ajuste de las...
Configure a beautiful terminal on Unix with Zsh
Technorage
See how you can configure a beautiful terminal on Unix with Zsh and Oh-My-Zsh
Must have GNOME extensions
Technorage
A list of awesome extensions you must have on GNOME Desktop
My beautiful Linux development environment
Technorage
My GNU/Linux development machine explained
profiling is not understanding
i'm special
When software goes slow, generally, the first reaction is to profile. This might be done through system tools (like Instruments on OS X, perf/valgrind/etc on Linux, VTune, etc). This is fine and good, but just because you have the output of a tool does not necessarily correlate to understanding...