My routine for rebuilding my Linux laptops from scratch
Maybe you’re sufficiently Linux-nerdy that you’ll enjoy glancing at this. Or maybe not, whatever. 😉
Tag Archives: Linux
Interesting journey: converting my last home computer from Ubuntu to Debian
This was a satisfying exercise with the right amount of complexity to make it just enough of a challenge to be interesting without being frustrating.
Long time Ubuntu user, first time Debian installer
My hot take: Debian is a good desktop operating system for highly technical people who know how to troubleshoot and fix computer problems, but it may not be the best choice for less technical people looking for a desktop operating system to use instead of Windows or macOS.
Hack of the day: keep the Emacs server running in the active login session
Prereqs for this hack being useful to you: (1) you use GNU Emacs; (2) you keep a single Emacs running in your session and use emacsclient to open files for editing in it; (3) you have Linux computers that use systemd on which you keep multiple concurrent login sessions open; and (4) you want emacsclient… Read More »
How to access your encrypted Linux system from the Ubuntu installer when your system won’t boot
I had to figure out the steps for myself by assembling pieces of it from many different web pages, so I’ve collected them all here for my benefit and yours.
Linux (systemd, NetworkManager): how to run a script on suspend before networking is shut down
How to reliably run a script that requires networking immediately before your computer suspends.
Hack of the day: easily configure Linux hosts to reboot once or always without requiring a decryption key
I have LUKS encryption configured on all of my Linux desktops and laptops, which is a pain when I need to reboot one remotely, since it prompts for the decryption key and won’t finish rebooting until the key is entered. To solve, this, I’ve written keyless-entry, which allows the user to easily configure a LUKS-encrypted… Read More »
Hack of the day: using the Google Fi “Messages for Web” app on Linux to open “tel:” links from the browser and elsewhere
Over on Github, I just published some code I wrote to implement support for “tel:” links for Google Fi’s Messages for Web app on Linux. In other words, if you have Google Fi and you use Google’s Messages for Web app on Linux, then once you’ve deployed my solution, if you click on a phone-number… Read More »
How to fix: Google Chrome on Linux always launches in full-screen mode
UPDATE [2020-07-30]: The current version of Chrome has restored the checkbox allowing people to tell Chrome to launch without prompting, so the hack described below is no longer needed. Executive summary If you’re using Google Chrome on Linux and it’s stuck in a state where every time you launch it, it starts in full-screen mode,… Read More »
Mitigating WiFi upload speed issues on Lenovo IdeaPad S340 running Linux
One solution to the problem of slow WiFI upload speeds on Linux with an Intel dual band wireless controller.