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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A short post because this took me hours of trial and error to figure out.
// Step 1:
let my_string_vec = vec!["one", "two", "apples", "appstore", "append"];
let imgs_strlist = gtk::StringList::new(my_string_vec.as_slice());
// Step 2:
let exp = gtk::PropertyExpression::new(
gtk::StringObject::static_type(),
None::<gtk::Expression>,
"string",
);
// Step 3:
let my_select …Still making time to read this year. My tastes seem to have drifted over towards fiction - I haven't had much desire to read philsophy, which is what I started out with back in 2021.
Here is just a dump of all of the books I read this year, mostly for …
read moreJust for fun, I decided to throw together a tier list showcasing my opinions / experiences with a bunch of Linux distros. These usually make for entertaining YouTube videos, but I don't make videos, so I'll try it in text format.
Note: These are my personal opinions based on my own …
read moreAs I've talked about in another post, my work setup involves running an Oracle Linux 8 VM via VirtManager to install and run all of my projects. My reason for this is, in a word, "security", and in this post I'll go over exactly how and why I use this …
read moreI've been using Fedora Silverblue daily on my work laptop since around the release of version 35 (2nd Nov 2021 according to Wikipedia), and on my main personal machine since I bought it (Jan 2022). This has given me long enough to form an in-depth opinion of the distro, so …
read moreImmutable Distros are something I've written quite a lot about recently, but I'm really not fond of the actual term. I use it because, for better or worse, it's become part of the linux vernacular. However, it seems like most people who are actually involved in the immutable distro "scene …
read moreAs someone who loves the idea of the Immutable / Atomic / Image-Based distros, I tend to find myself reading or watching a fair bit of discourse around them. A common sentiment you will come across in this area is the idea that an Immutable distro is "taking your freedom" or "too …
read moreI'm definitely all-in on the new-ish trend of Immutable Distros, and I really think it will be The Future™. At the time of writing there are 2 big players in the immutable game - Opensuse MicroOS and Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite. These are both essentially bleeding-edge distros, meaning bugs in the newest …
read moreAI is all the rage at the moment, and my manager at work encouraged us to try out some of the new tooling which is doing the rounds; one of which being Github Copilot.
I activated the 60 day trial and installed the Neovim plugin, and have been using it …
read moreI've been fairly good at sticking with my New Year's Resolution for 2021 and carving out some time to read most evenings.
Here is just a dump of all of the books I read this year, mostly for my own sake. Perhaps it will be of interest to others, too …
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