Here you will find various writings on subjects which I deem interesting enough to write about. That typically includes web development, miscellaneous programming with python and the Godot game engine, and linux things.
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rpm-ostree override reset firefox
(reboot)
rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/37/x86_64/silverblue
(reboot)
rpm-ostree override remove firefox firefox-langpacks
With Fedora 37, the Firefox package has been split into two, firefox and firefox-langpacks.
Some people choose to remove the base Firefox in favour of the Flatpak, but this …
read moreThis post is a kind of follow-up to my previous post about my work machine, but with the changes that I've made since first setting up Silverblue, and a focus on the particular software I use for my job (and some details on how I use it, and how I've …
read moreMy work machine reached End of Life this year, so I got my choice of upgrade. I decided to get the newest ThinkPad X1 Carbon, as they offer Fedora as an OS choice, and the X1C generally have good reviews and reputation in the Linux world.
Specs are as follows …
read moreComing from the world of interpreted languages (Python, Javascript, PHP) I am used to just opening a project in an IDE and having it Just Work™. I'm currently teaching myself to code in C, and have spent more time than I would like to admit just getting an IDE set …
read moreFedora Silverblue uses a read-only /usr folder, meaning software should be installed via other means. One of those means is via Podman containers using a tool called Toolbox (which is being renamed Toolbx).
When you enter one of these Toolbox containers, your prompt gains a small pink dot and the …
read moreI'd been having a few problems with my three-year-old install of OpenSuse Leap on my work laptop, and this seemed like the perfect excuse for a clean re-install. So, I backed up my important files and replaced the drive with a fresh, encrypted install of Fedora Silverblue. There have also …
read moreI recently bought myself a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro (bit of a mouthful of a name!) and have put Fedora Silverblue on it. This post will be a short review of my experience after 3 weeks.
Here's the output of neofetch, which contains info about the CPU, GPU …
Short post to help anyone else who is trying to get Linux working on a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro (Intel).
The machine did not work perfectly out-of-the-box for me, even on a very new Kernel (5.15, Fedora Silverblue).
The keyboard does not work properly after booting, and the …
read moreI've recently installed Fedora Silverblue on my Gaming Laptop, the last of my machines running Windows 10. Getting it installed to dual boot took quite a few attempts, so I'll document here how to set it up successfully.
If you haven't already, you will need to clear some space on …
read moreOne of my goals for 2021 was to read more, and I've been fairly successful at carving out an hour and a half per night, five nights a week, to read.
Here is just a dump of all of the books I read this year, mostly for my own sake …
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