I recently installed CachyOS on my older laptop and decided to give Niri a go again. However, I was not a fan of the setup that CachyOS created. I also did not want to hand configure everything when I may not keep it. With that, I decided to install Niri…
Easy Folder Data Encryption in Fish Shell using GoCryptFS.
Easy folder data encryption in Fish Shell using GoCryptFS. Install gocryptfs: Open a terminal and install gocryptfs. Arch: sudo pacman -S gocryptfsDebian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install gocryptfs Likely available via dnf in Red Hat based distributions, but I have not checked. Note: Install fuse if not already installed. Create folders: Do…
Thinking about moving to Linux from Windows as a non-technical user?
Are you a thinking about moving to Linux from Windows as a non-technical user? I have been seeing a lot of noise about people leaving Windows for Linux recently. I also noticed people online tend to recommend supposedly easier distributions like Mint or Ubuntu. Let’s get this straight, it really…
Purchasing System 76 in 2025
With the new year coming up and my old System 76 Oryx Pro from 2017 not keeping up with some GPU needs, I decided it was time to buy something new. I shopped around a bit, but in the U.S. we are in a situation that made my choices somewhat…
My top five Linux applications of 2025
Here are my top five Linux application lists of 2025 that have made my year a little bit better, a lot more productive, and fun. TUI Applications Caligula is a user-friendly tool for burning disk images to USB drives, designed to simplify the process compared to traditional methods like dd….
CachyOS and KDE
I was shopping around for a new Arch based distro as I was having some issues with Manjaro and Garuda. Yes, I could install Arch. I have done this, and it was as annoying as Slackware back in the nineties. I suppose I could use the install script, basically how…
Omarchy Post Install on System 76 Laptop
My post Omarchy install on System 76, as I don’t want to forget shit, because I am old. I thought I would share, in case it helps anyone one. I am using an older Oryx Pro, oryp4-b in my case, but I imagine this will work on most System76 machines….
Fetch RSS Feed With Fish Shell And Python
Here is a working example of how to fetch an rss feed with Fish shell and Python. This grabs 40 or so of the latest articles from hacker news with a simple command. You could add code to grab actual dates as opposed to count providing an arg to the…
Configure Google Calendar For Calcurse with systemd sync and bonus NeoMutt sync.
I recently set up NeoMutt with GMail updated by systemd sync (bonus content down below) and thought it would be cool to have my Calendar in Calcurse and sync it as well. I found the info on the subject around the net that was not so clear, or even correct,…
Manjaro Sway (swaybar) Weather Script
I installed Manjaro Sway to check it out and noticed the temperature returned by the included Manjaro Sway weather script was wrong or not updating to the current temp. It seems Manjaro has their own API generated from Open Medeo data. I decided to write my own and go straight…
