Arch Journal

September 5, 2021•196 words

Arch Linux Journal

A journal/log for my arch install on the Framework laptop

Kernel 5.13.13
Gnome 40
/boot is 15gb of efi (The framework bootloader is UEFI)
- It's NOT LUKS encrypted yet
/ is ~900gb of ext4
/swap is 32gb of swap space (frame.work linux has some problems with high battery drain upon hibernation/sleep)
Bluetooth is broken for the A210 Wifi 6 Chip on 5.13.13, but it worked in 5.13<13, so I imagine it'll get fixed soon
Wifi works great throught NetworkManager
Gnome Desktop Manager (gdm) works natively with libfprintd to provide fingerprint support at login
I've modified /etc/pam.d/sudo to include fingerprint auth, too

9/4/21

Today I got a bunch of things accomplished. I

Switched from iwd to NetworkManager for better integration with the Gnome gui
Installed Improved Gestures Gnome Extension to get proper 4-finger macOS style trackpad gestures
Installed pop-shell from System76
Learned about the Arch Linux Archive, which preserves and makes available older versions of Arch packages for easy downgrade
Noticed my personal cloud-hosted instance of $SaaS was down, so hopped into a shell and unstuck it

👍❤️🫶👏👌🤯🤔😂😍😭😢😡😮

Subscribe to the author

You'll only receive email when they publish something new.

More from techhippie
All posts

Mental Models #1 : Guitar

August 11, 2021•134 words

(i'm a right-handed amateur guitarist) The Left and Right hands are connected in the mental model used to play the guitar. The right hand slaps strings and passes a vibration down to wherever the left hand rests. When first starting out, the two hands operate from independent silos, but every practice session thickens the neural pathway between them. Developing proper coordination between the two hands to create rhythm relies on the instantaneous predictive signalling from picking hand to ...

Read post

America is Infatuated with Stupid Ideas: Part 1

September 24, 2022•395 words

Ahem, in college I once wrote a nice paper about the Tesla car company and commended their efforts to fight climate change by innovating in alternative energy. Incredibly unfortunately, I also totally bought the lie that Elon Musk was an integral part of that team's success. I regret the error deeply. In light of recent discovery that this man personally and sadistically torpedoed a promising high speed rail system in California, I would like to establish my updated opinion. Rugged individual...