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Recreating My Conky Setup With Two Scripts for the XFCE4 Genmon Plugin
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Recreating My Conky Setup With Two Scripts for the XFCE4 Genmon Plugin

Posted on: May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

I ended up borking my main laptop last week, so I distro-hopped over to MX Linux and ended up creating some scripts for the genmon plugin for XFCE4-panel.

Fixing Crossover Slowdown Caused By GTK3-nocsd (PEBCAK)
linux / technology

Fixing Crossover Slowdown Caused By GTK3-nocsd (PEBCAK)

Posted on: August 24, 2022September 7, 2023

Multi-arch can be a real pain in the rear sometimes.

HOWTO Secure and Share Your Internet on “Free” Wireless WiFi
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HOWTO Secure and Share Your Internet on “Free” Wireless WiFi

Posted on: May 12, 2022

Restrictive “free” WiFi can leave you *less* secure and your devices not working. Here’s how to fix both problems simultaneously.

Stop Backgrounding Scripts and Daemonize Them With the Daemon Utility
linux / technology

Stop Backgrounding Scripts and Daemonize Them With the Daemon Utility

Posted on: April 21, 2022September 7, 2023

If you’re just sending your scripts to the background, there’s a better way.

How to backup your Shopify store for free (with a bit of virtual elbow grease)
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How to backup your Shopify store for free (with a bit of virtual elbow grease)

Posted on: March 3, 2022September 7, 2023

Using some command line tools (which you can also use on Windows with WSL), you can save yourself a LOT of time and energy backing up your Shopify store.

Mount ISOs with Bash (and a GUI) in Linux
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Mount ISOs with Bash (and a GUI) in Linux

Posted on: February 28, 2022July 24, 2023

A quick GUI for temporarily mounting ISO files using Zenity

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