Category: Linux
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Hibernate laptop on lid close with systemd-boot on Arch Linux
Want to start this post off by thanking my buddy Dean for writing this great guide to setting up hibernate with Arch Linux. Unfortunately, when I went to consult this post the other day to get things setup on my Galago Pro his site was down. Funny enough, it was…
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How to install YakYak on Arch Linux
YakYak is my favorite desktop client for Google Hangouts. It has a clean and familiar UI (with different themes), is cross platform and usually runs pretty well. It’s an Electron app, so if that’s a problem for you, this may not be the client for you. I currently run the…
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Improving the feel of the System76 Galago Pro’s trackpad
You may remember that I had said that the System76 Galago Pro’s trackpad is garbage recently. I still stand by this as I’ve been spoiled by Apple’s Magic Trackpad which for years now, they’ve nailed the user experience with. Fortunately running Linux means getting under the hood and being able…
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System76 Galago Pro (14″) Review
Hate to start off this post somewhat negatively, but if you’re only here to leave a snarky comment about how I overpaid for a crappy Clevo machine, you can save yourself the time. That said, System76 does in fact sell machines from OEM/ODM Clevo and brands and supports them. It’s…
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The problem with dark mode in macOS Mojave
If I still used MacOS as my daily driver, I’d be absolutely over the moon about dark mode being announced for Apple’s next macOS release, Mojave. It’s great that this feature is finally being added, but it’s very much “too little too late” if you ask me. For those unaware,…
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How to install Firefox Developer Edition in GNOME on Debian Stretch
Haven’t said much about it, but I’ve recently moved back to Firefox on all of my devices. Nightly on my phone, and Developer Edition on my computers. The installation on Arch was a piece of cake (as expected) but on my iMac running Debian 9 (Stretch) I had issues with…
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Unable to open GNOME settings on Arch Linux after GNOME upgrade
Often times I blog about topics because I want to make sure I have a record of an issue and how I resolved it. This is one of those times. As discussed last week, I recently made the switch from Debian to Arch Linux. The biggest draw for me was…
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Debian is stable
I can hear you now… “No shit Josh! Debian’s one of the most stable Linux distros [sic] they even main their main branch ‘stable’!!~!” In my quest for bleeding edge software, specifically, the latest version of Gnome, I lost sight of that simple truth. With that, Arch crashed for the…
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[FIXED] Radeon kernel modesetting for r600 or later requires firmware-amd-graphics
Since I have been thoroughly disappointed with the stability of Arch Linux on my iMac recently, I decided to get my ass back over to Debian. What caught me off guard when I finished the install and rebooted was an error that I had never seen before: Radeon kernel modesetting…
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oci runtime error after upgrading Docker on Arch Linux
Sat down to knock out some blog posts recently and when I ran docker-compose up to get my blog up and running locally I was faced with a pretty aggressive error: % docker-compose up Starting joshtroniccom_blog_1 … Starting joshtroniccom_blog_1 … error ERROR: for joshtroniccom_blog_1 Cannot start service blog: oci runtime…