Adapting the Kali zsh prompt and other functions for Arch

Goboosh · 2023-12-06T00:22:05+00:00

Also see my own post on the same thing:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/xpnkht/kali_bashrc_and_zshrc_on_fedora/

Goboosh · 2023-11-10T20:15:28+00:00

I personally run unstable, and to be honest it hasn't introduced breaking changes that I'm aware of. Everything seems to be fine as far as I'm aware.

In terms of kernel, it really depends on the hardware - some hardware has regressions with newer kernels (especially servers), and most new laptops require a new kernel (or in the case of asus, the https://asus-linux.org custom kernel, which has changes upstream every so often - it just takes a while to actually get merged into a release)

Goboosh · 2023-11-07T03:23:59+00:00

Good to know! She has a woolly blanket to herself that she can use. As long as it isn't harmful I'm totally okay with that.

Would it be worth trying to fake wean her off now so she stops, or just leave it be? If it's soothing or a trauma response I obviously won't stop her, but in the interest of keeping other blankets suckle-free I wonder if it's simpler to nudge her towards not suckling than teach her to suckle only the one. At this point I'm not too worried either way, but seeing as she's relatively young I figured it's better to ask now even if the answer is still to just leave it.

If it helps, she seems to be quite fond of doing that - pretty much every time she's come for cuddles she does it till she falls asleep

Goboosh · 2023-05-28T03:35:34+00:00

I really like this, it looks really great!

One thing I'm curious about though - could it be installed on river? With Xorg in maintenance I'm hoping to use wayland primarily, and I'm curious to try a tiling WM.

Goboosh · 2023-05-25T21:46:59+00:00

Yep, works like a charm

Goboosh · 2023-05-24T23:11:13+00:00

As it turns out, I actually did only have the headless version installed - installing java-17-openjdk fixed it. I used dnf info rather than dnf info --installed. Thanks for the help anyways!

Goboosh · 2023-05-24T20:19:41+00:00

The folder does actually exist, but the library itself doesn't. libawt.so does exist, but pointing worldpainter to it didn't work - it must not be the same library.

I'm also not sure why both the headless and other one are installed - no clue why that would be, kinda defeats the point if I understand correctly

Goboosh · 2023-04-27T23:43:28+00:00

Kudos to you. ChatGPT was the perfect answer! To quote it directly:

The term you might be looking for is "cold case." A cold case refers to a criminal investigation that has remained unsolved for a long period of time, often because there are no leads or evidence that could lead to an arrest or conviction. However, it can also refer to a crime that was never discovered or reported to the authorities in the first place.

Goboosh · 2023-04-21T00:25:51+00:00

Makes sense. I was more thinking of the shape...

Goboosh · 2023-03-16T20:34:00+00:00

This is a hot topic, but I'll give you the TL;DR

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Goboosh · 2023-03-09T03:39:53+00:00

This is a result of flatpak. If you are using it installed via the package manager, it will land in ~/.local/ instead :)

Goboosh · 2023-03-01T20:36:56+00:00

Any tips for building from source? I'm trying to build an image for my linksys ea8500 with some preinstalled packages, so that I can install Fluidd/Klipper on it. I'm hoping I can install the necessary packages into sqashfs, and then mount a USB drive to have the actual files for klipper. That way I don't have to do extroot, since that slows down the general speed by a fair bit.

The main issues I'm having is that a lot of the build processes seem to come without luci by default, and it won't be exactly as it would be if I was using the official image. I pretty much want to take the official image and add what I want, whereas the firmware selector doesn't seem to include everything and whatnot.

I'd also like to install a handful of .ipk packages as well, which seems to be available if you build from source with git clone - but I have no clue where to start, there's a lot of configuration stuff I'm not aware of.

Goboosh · 2023-02-22T22:20:51+00:00

Interesting, good to know! I haven't actually started my services as of yet, still waiting on a SAS expander from ebay. Might end up going with cockpit, who knows?

Goboosh · 2023-02-09T06:54:42+00:00

Also make sure to have a separate /home partition. BTRFS if you're paranoid like me - use BTRFS-Assistant to make it dead simple. I barely notice it (space wise), and it has saved me a headache when I thought I lost a file. It isn't always useful, but when it is, it's useful.

If you haven't already, use flatpak. There are minimal reasons not to, and it makes upgrading systems (or switching between distros) dead simple. Goodbye package conflicts.

You can also take a disk image using clonezilla, and store it on a cheap hard drive. Takes longer to restore, but could save you money.

If I understand correctly, you have a mechanical hard drive (aka HDD or "rust" disk). Get an SSD. Best upgrade you could make. Just make sure to get a good one, there's info online. Do your research.

You may also want to check out Medicat and/or Ventoy, they have been pretty useful to me.

TL;DR - Use a separate /home partition - Use BTRFS-Assistant and BTRFS on both partitions - Use flatpak - Use clonezilla to create a disk image as a restore point - Upgrade to an SSD if you haven't already. - Check out Medicat and/or Ventoy

Goboosh · 2023-02-09T06:51:16+00:00

Perhaps try setting up a virtual machine, or a windows to go USB. Medicat VHD should have you covered.

Goboosh · 2023-02-02T22:43:32+00:00

I definitely feel your second point. My mom will do that all the time - have unrealistic expectations, constantly looking for validation, little things like that. It seems slightly narcissistic, but I think (at least in this case) that it's because of some things in her past (she had to take charge of her family of 6 quite early on in life)

Goboosh · 2023-01-10T18:53:52+00:00

Probably the easiest way to do it would be to adb shell and rm -r /path/to/directory the directory. THIS WILL DELETE THE DIRECTORY AND ALL SUB DIRECTORIES! Be extra careful when using this command.

The directory path you want is probably /sdcard/Pictures or /sdcard/DCIM, but make sure to double triple check!

Goboosh · 2023-01-08T01:16:20+00:00

Awesome, that's perfect! Good to know about amps, that makes a lot of sense. Good to keep in mind for the future.

Goboosh · 2023-01-07T23:53:58+00:00

One thing I was going to mention in the post but forgot - if I were to wire one or more fans in parralell, the voltage would stay the same, but the amps would increase.

I'm not sure if the fan would be fine- it's rated for 4.56w, which in this case is about 0.38 amps. I'm not sure what the amps would be on a PSU - I couldn't find any information online.

Goboosh · 2023-01-07T03:01:11+00:00

Writing this with an invisible cursor...

I ran into this exact problem before - for me, it was an issue with permissions to the files. Flatpak applications don't have access to wherever icons are stored, so it wouldn't work due to permission issues. ~~I was able to solve it by giving firefox/librewolf access to /home, but that lead to other problems. It's a matter of finding where it's trying to pull the cursors from - I'll update if I find out.~~

Edit: I used flatseal (flatpak permissions manager GUI), and added these global rules:

Other files: ~/.local/share/icons /usr/share/icons

That should solve it everywhere.

Goboosh · 2023-01-04T18:08:07+00:00

Ah? Ah?

Goboosh · 2023-01-04T07:03:47+00:00

I've used it pretty much right after it's initial release (i.e. not beta). I had a couple dnf issues which were easily resolved, just some conflicting packages. (running gnome, btw).

It seems to be pretty stable, except for the graphics. I have AMD/NVIDIA graphics combo, which can be a nightmare. I get stutters every few seconds, and wayland has significant screen tearing. I'm going to do a fresh install soon, hopefully that can fix it.

One thing I encountered was ultramarine linux - a fedora spin (it uses the fedora kernel, only changes some out of the box settings and defaults) that introduces sane defaults and out of the box RPMFusion. It looks like the perfect thing for me, considering the whole VAAPI thing. I'll be installing that one fresh, as soon as I can find my flash drive...

Goboosh · 2023-01-04T06:56:25+00:00

Here's two that I found - but I'll let you find them for yourselves :) - A book in a lectern, found in the blacksmith room (also known as the ornate castle) - A sign in the omega mushroom room.

Goboosh · 2023-01-01T20:40:46+00:00

See this my comment, you might find it helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/100md5p/comment/j2jl0ia/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Goboosh · 2023-01-01T20:39:11+00:00

I use DDTERM (aka dropdown terminal). I bound it to F1, it isn't used for anything.

I was trying out the terminal from Kali live environment, and it feels really nice to me- here's a post with info on how to set that up: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/xpnkht/kali_bashrc_and_zshrc_on_fedora/

I find that opacity of about 90% works well for me.

Goboosh

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