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Install RPM Fusion that automatically stays up-to-date alongside future Fedora Silverblue releases

I'd like to show a slightly Inception looking way you can install RPM Fusion in a way that you don't have to worry about needing to remove-and-reinstall it with every Fedora update. The issue lies with the "normal" method of installing RPM Fusion being specific to the currently installed version

Screenshot showing a YouTube video playing in (system-installed) Firefox on Fedora 38 Silverblue.

Hardware-accelerated video playback in Fedora Silverblue 38

More recently, Fedora removed support for hardware-accelerated playback of H.264 and H.265 content. This was done due to the need to avoid licensing complications (and costs) that surround these codecs. While understandable, this is less desirable to those using Fedora and wanting smooth video playback, especially on more

Screenshot of a terminal window showing the Docker service configuration override described in this guide.

Delayed starting of Docker service until expected mounts are available

(Or for any other systemctl controlled service, for that matter) If you've ever run into the situation where you reboot your computer (or virtual machine) and the Docker service kicked in a bit too fast, even before some of your fstab defined mounts are fully available, you might've noticed that

TrueNAS Fix: Cannot mount 'directory': failed to create mountpoint

I've you've at any point used TrueNAS' replication functionality to move or copy data from one dataset to another, you may have run into an issue later on where you're suddenly no longer able to create additional datasets in the root of the destination pool. This was a bit of

Using 1Password with Visual Studio Code Remote SSH and Dev Containers on Linux

Visual Studio Code

Using 1Password with Visual Studio Code Remote SSH and Dev Containers on Linux

1Password is a great and powerful tool that helps you use better, more secure passwords for all the accounts, services, and tools you may use. In October 2020, a beta version of 1Password for Linux was announced, which I was very excited about. 1Password was one of the few tools

Screenshot of the GNOME login screen

Correctly set resolution, scale, orientation, and display placement at login with GNOME

If you have a multi display setup, make use of scaling, or have a display that defaults to its non-native resolution, you might have run into the situation where your GNOME login screen is not showing up the way you want it to. While there is no GUI option to

Enable webp image support on Fedora

Enable webp image support on Fedora

I was surprised to find out just last week that webp images are basically universally supported by web browsers these days, which is something I somehow completely missed up until now. And so last week I went through my entire blog post history and manually replaced each photo and screenshot

Disable Pipewire Suspend on Idle to avoid audio pops, delays, and white noise

Disable Pipewire Suspend on Idle to avoid audio pops, delays, and white noise

In case you're experiencing a sound pop whenever sound is played after a a certain amount of time – or a little while after sound has played. Or perhaps you have more sensitive hearing or headphones/speakers and can notice white noise coming from your computer after a little while. If

Synology Surveillance Station Client on Linux

Synology Surveillance Station Client on Linux

If you're using Synology Surveillance Station with security cameras that use H.265 and/or AAC encoding and are running Linux, you might have run into the issue of not being able to actually view your camera feeds in the Surveillance Station web view. Even if you have configured your

Use git patch to update a deployed project or website

Whether you're maintaining an older client website or you have a side project that you just can't afford to buy fancier services for, there will be times where you have to manually deploy an update. For those cases, git's built-in patch functionality might offer a fantastic benefit over manually replacing

Configure Fedora with full root level snapshot support

Configure Fedora with full root level snapshot support

A guide walking you through how to configure your Fedora installation to get full root snapshot and rollback support.

Asus Zenbook Duo 14 and Fedora Linux

Asus Zenbook Duo 14 and Fedora Linux

I spend most days sitting in front of my desk working, where I have a desktop computer with larger display. It's a great setup that helps me be productive. The past few months I have been thinking of finding a laptop to accompany my main setup, to allow me to

Manage docker without needing sudo on your Synology NAS

Manage docker without needing sudo on your Synology NAS

If you've installed and used docker before, you're probably familiar with adding your computer's user account to the docker user group to allow you to control docker (and docker-compose) without needing to use sudo. For production setups it might be beneficial to maintain that level of security, but for a

Automatically schedule a photos re-index on your Synology NAS to add missing images

Automatically schedule a photos re-index on your Synology NAS to add missing images

If you've been having trouble getting Synology Photos to more consistently show newly added images and videos, this might be of use to you.

Add custom resolution and refresh rate when using Wayland

Add custom resolution and refresh rate when using Wayland

Monitors and/or adapters don't always return all the supported resolutions and refresh rates to your computer. In those cases you may need to do some finagling to get the right configuration to work. On Windows you can usually rely on your graphics card's accompanying software to offer such functionality,

Synology DS920+ First Impressions

Synology DS920+ First Impressions

Get ready to wait a lot..

Upgrading mesa-git when it complains about llvm dependency conflicts

Upgrading mesa-git when it complains about llvm dependency conflicts

A quick article on how to solve the issue of not being able to upgrade mesa-git and lib32-mesa-git due to a llvm-libs dependency error thrown by the older version of mesa you're trying to upgrade away from.

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How to dump & restore a MongoDB database from a docker container

MongoDB is an interesting tool. Dead simple to create and modify records (or, "documents") that are basically pure JSON goodness, juxtaposed with tools or commands that at times make you scratch your head in utter confusion and/or disbelief. 📣2023/03/14 Update: I have updated the guide below to

Linux Optimizations for your GPD Win Max

Linux Optimizations for your GPD Win Max

Power management, TDP limitations and more.

Installing EndeavourOS on the GPD Win Max

Installing EndeavourOS on the GPD Win Max

A detailed guide on how to install and set up EndeavourOS on your GPD Win Max.

Video break: Trees, Wind, and Mountains

Video break: Trees, Wind, and Mountains

The air quality has been great the last few days, and with the temperatures creeping closer towards summer it's possible to have the windows open without freezing up, which is really nice. While working today I noticed it got quite windy, and looking out the window the trees were just

Quick: Remove temporary rsync files after a failed or cancelled sync

Quick: Remove temporary rsync files after a failed or cancelled sync

Whether you've cancelled a sync or something else caused it to stop or fail, you might end up in a situation where you have your destination directories riddled with temporary rsync files. While you might be able to rely on rsync's own --delete-during or --delete-after options, there might be situations

Quick: Use badblocks to check larger hard drives (8TB+)

Quick: Use badblocks to check larger hard drives (8TB+)

Checking newly purchased hard drives can be a smart move, especially before adding them to a pool. While this does not guarantee there won't be any issues, it might help catch some before they could potentially cause for a headache day. I recently purchased two additional drives in preparation for

Life and Loss / Watch Me Play

Life and Loss / Watch Me Play

When after years I brought back my blog I wanted to do so to be able to share "technical stuff" that you might find useful. From little snippets, howtos, scripts et al that I've had to write, find, or figure out, to sharing more general findings based on the tools,

Hitman 2 (2018) on the GPD Win Max (Manjaro)

Hitman 2 (2018) on the GPD Win Max (Manjaro)

I've been slowly putting the Win Max through its paces, mostly by sitting in my living room or in bed before sleeping playing through some games I never got a chance to play through. I have several of the older Hitman titles, and they run well as can be expected,