I've been using xfce4 as my primary window manager for some time now. Its pretty light weight and works really well on my laptop. I sometimes use an Acer D270 with 2GB Ram and 1.6Ghz processor, which is weak.
However, I decided I wanted to try out something new …
So I found myself in windows some time this week, and it started updating. The process had one major consequence, grub could not discover my linux partition, and so brought me to a prompt containing 'grub_rescue'.
To fix this, I first did:
ls
This will show a list of …
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The link has a file called kb-light.py. I set up this file in /usr/local/bin.
I then opened my i3config file and added the following:
bindsym XF86KbdBrightnessUp exec python /usr/local/bin/kb-light.py +
bindsym XF86KbdBrightnessDown …I finally got down to writing my first vim function. It was a gruelling journey but I finally got through it. So I'll write down the problem I had and the fix I finally came up with as my solution.
I usually keep a to do list of …
I recently got the ASUS ZenBook UX330UA-AH54, which is a really awesome machine. I've been using it for one month now, and its beautiful.
So first thing I did with the laptop was install archlinux (dual boot with windows). These are the steps I took to set up archlinux. Most …
I was watching this video on how to use vim+tmux effectively (Video Link), and this guy had some really awesome looking vim. I decided to try it out and see if I could end up with something just that great.
I did my research and found two alternatives, powerline …
Lets say we have have a project A that works really well and serves our purpose. Then there is this new killer feature that we want to add to the project. Adding it directly to project A is not a really good thing as it might break whats working.
So …
To use adb in archlinux, first install android-tools.
sudo pacman -S android-tools
I then add the adb resources to the android rules files. To do this, first do lsusb, you'll get something like this:
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d1:256b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
To add this to …
Github is a really awesome tool. It's where most open source project live. In my case, I use github as a means of control and tracking. I've been doing so many projects in my free time, but however I do not have a record or something that can show what …
After updating my Archlinux, I tried starting up postgreSQL with:
sudo systmctl start postgresql.service
The service was unable to start. I then checked on what systemctl was saying the error was.
(env) [rookie@ArchRookie eventmanagement]$ sudo systemctl status postgresql
[sudo] password for rookie:
● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server
Loaded …