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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 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

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

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

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.

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

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

Audit & Fix your NPM packages when using Yarn

Audit & Fix your NPM packages when using Yarn

Yarn is a nice alternative to NPM, with pretty much feature parity and, depending on the version, some speed benefits too, though these days perhaps slightly less so as compared to a few years ago. While there's pretty much feature parity, there's one area where Yarn is missing one somewhat

Install a Linux kernel of choice under Ubuntu.

Install a Linux kernel of choice under Ubuntu.

Checking this one off of the "did not expect I'd ever have to figure this one out" list. Here's a quick guide on how to install a Linux kernel version of choice under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Alternative title: Fix amdgpu issues and related system stability woes with your Radeon

Quick: Give full filesystem access to Flatpak-installed applications

Quick: Give full filesystem access to Flatpak-installed applications

When installing applications using Flatpak you'll sooner or later run into a situation where the default filesystem access permissions the application has been given can get in the way. Sometimes you just want to use applications like Handbrake or MusicBrainz Picard with files located outside of your home folder. For

Enable Korean input on Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04

Enable Korean input on Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04

Here's of those things that are on the surface straight-forward but in practice require a few steps that might not be easy to remember for future (re-)installs. Here are the steps needed to get Korean input working under Ubuntu 19.10, 20.04 and presumably 19.04 too. Installing

My Recommended Firefox Settings

My Recommended Firefox Settings

A bit of a minor post today. I have been meaning to write down my preferred settings for Firefox as its defaults leave a lot to be desired. This is unfortunate actually, as it might throw someone off if their first impression is less good because of this. Firefox is

Quick: Taming Photos.app when using iCloud Photos

Quick: Taming Photos.app when using iCloud Photos

Anyone who uses iCloud photos and has syncing turned on on your Mac or Hackintosh will likely one day run into challenges with it. Whether it's the uncontrollable hard drive usage or the incessant background processes that occasionally take over your entire CPU, it's just not ideal and can really

Quick: dd with progress indication on macOS

Quick: dd with progress indication on macOS

While newer versions of dd on Ubuntu or the like come with a new option called status=progress, the one included with macOS sadly does not. A nice way I found to get progress indication whilst still being able to benefit from the huge speed increase in using /dev/rdiskX

Quick: Enabling TRIM support on your Hackintosh

Quick: Enabling TRIM support on your Hackintosh

As you may or may not know, TRIM support is not enabled by default on macOS on any SSD not provided by Apple directly. This is done because not all manufacturers follow the standards, and often just test for compatibility with Windows. Fortunately though, enabling TRIM support is easy enough,

Guide: How to run Steam when your macOS drive is case-sensitive

Guide: How to run Steam when your macOS drive is case-sensitive

Unfortunately companies like Steam and Adobe have still opted not to properly update their apps to be compatible with case-sensitive file systems, so if you have opted to choose this when setting up your Mac or Hack, when you get to wanting to install Steam you'll run into issues. Fortunately

Quick: Docker Credential Helper

Quick: Docker Credential Helper

Or; not storing your password in plaintext, because duh. This one got me by surprise; if you log in to something like Docker Hub or so using Docker, by default it stores your password in plaintext. Yikes? Fortunately there's a solution, but it still surprises me that you have to

Quick: Monitoring your computer's temperatures in Ubuntu 18.10

Quick: Monitoring your computer's temperatures in Ubuntu 18.10

After recently re-applying better thermal paste for the GPD Pocket 2, I wanted to also be able to keep an eye on system temperatures while running Ubuntu. Fortunately there is a pretty easy app for that, that you can use regardless of what machine you're running Ubuntu on. This application

Quick: Unzip multiple files with spaces in their filenames using command line.

Quick: Unzip multiple files with spaces in their filenames using command line.

You might have run into a similar situation; You need to unzip several ZIP files, but running unzip *.zip command results in errors shown about files not being found. Joy. Fortunately there's way to avoid this. Unfortunately, it's not something you can easily memorize. Or, I certainly cannot. Credit is