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The Chuwi MiniBook X standing atop a floor-height wooden table, with a traditional Korean home courtyard in the background.

Chuwi MiniBook X and Linux

Never did I feel this reluctant to write up my impressions of a device. Chuwi is a China-based manufacturer of computers, primarily focused on smaller desktops (ie. the "NUC-like" category), along with laptops and tablets. Generally speaking they tend to focus more on affordable hardware rather than the highest-end or

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

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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

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

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,

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.

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.

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

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,

Installing Manjaro on the GPD Win Max (GNOME)

Installing Manjaro on the GPD Win Max (GNOME)

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

Using a Logitech StreamCam on Linux

Using a Logitech StreamCam on Linux

Last week I finally purchased a webcam for online meetings, something I had been holding off on for quite some time. I was using a 12" MacBook for these up until now, but I wanted to get a webcam for my main computer as I sometimes need to look over

Quick: How to fix screen tearing in Ubuntu with AMD GPUs and X11

Quick: How to fix screen tearing in Ubuntu with AMD GPUs and X11

Every now and then you run into a little oddity that reminds you you're running Linux. Something that you really shouldn't even have to think about, but somehow lacks any GUI configuration, and is tucked away behind a config file you have to create yourself. This feels especially noticeable because

Install macOS Big Sur 10.0.1 public release in a VM (QEMU)

Install macOS Big Sur 10.0.1 public release in a VM (QEMU)

This is a small addendum to my main article on how to install macOS in a VM, which I'll keep as-is as that's effectively the normal way. But, if you'd like to jump on the fresh-off-the-press public release of Big Sur, here's what you have to do to make that

Increase thumbnail cache in Ubuntu

Increase thumbnail cache in Ubuntu

You might have noticed that with the thumbnail view enabled in Ubuntu (or, the Nautilus file browser) that thumbnails seem to have to be re-generated quite frequently. This is due to the cache size limit being set quite small by default, at just 512mb. This quick guide is to show

Install macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 RC2 in a VM (QEMU)

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Install macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 RC2 in a VM (QEMU)

A new macOS release is nearing release, and it's a big one. So big that this time it's really, completely and definitely not OS X any longer. With the death of Kexts looming and the transition away from Intel CPUs spelling disaster for Hackintoshers and multi-OS users alike, it's certainly