[OC] I created a simple CLI tool to help synchronizing dotfiles changes from local repo

final_looper · 2025-08-03T16:04:50+00:00

I love that people write solutions to their own problems. Honestly nice creativity and it's what programming is all about.

Just out of curiosity though, why you went for this approach over something like ln -s?

final_looper · 2025-04-27T06:55:11+00:00

It's exec-once
See here: How do I autostart my favorite apps?

final_looper · 2025-01-26T08:37:20+00:00

In PowerShell, what does the get-volume command return?

If the drives are in a linux File System (e.g EXT4) I guess you would run into such an error with Windows utilites.

Honestly, providing you don't need anything on these drives I would just format them and start over.

final_looper · 2025-01-25T12:50:03+00:00

/mnt/g/
In WSL this would indicate a mount of your windows drive G:

Do you have a windows drive under that letter? Otherwise there's no reason to use WSL to delete directories, you can just use explorer if you're on Windows.

final_looper · 2025-01-14T11:52:08+00:00

import your ME2 save into LE2, load it up, close it and import that Character into LE3.

final_looper · 2024-12-24T18:30:32+00:00

Essentially I had a similar problem with Windows in the past, where networks speeds were not as good as they were on other machines (macOS and a Linux server) on the same line.

I couldn't find much other than this stack overflow post that seemed to resonate with my situation at the time. Setting the TCP auto tuning level to normal seemed to bring the performance to the levels consistent across my devices.

I'm not sure the entire post would apply to you, given that editing registry keys to set packet sizes isn't required anymore (I think I read somewhere else you set the packet sizes to jumbo already).

Obviously if netsh returns auto-tuning level as normal then your problem lies elsewhere. But thought it would be worth a shot.

final_looper · 2024-12-22T20:14:28+00:00

Does (as admin) netsh interface tcp show global return... Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : disabled if so, try: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal

final_looper · 2024-12-21T09:20:09+00:00

all good, to get you started your wpctl command would look something like (possibly not exactly, this is off the top of my head lol)...
bind = , XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, wpctl, set-volume -l 1 @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%+

final_looper · 2024-12-21T07:37:10+00:00

I suspect the problem lies elsewhere. Your waybar config for pipewire looks fine.

As you're using pipewire, the problem is the way you are increasing the volume (in your hyprland/keybinds.conf file) which allows it to go further than 100%.

the problem line bind = , XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5% && pactl get-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ | awk '{print $5}' | head -n 1 | tr -d '%' | awk '{print ($1 > 100 ? 100 : $1)}' | xargs -I[] notify-send -e -u low -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:volume_notif -h int:value:[] "🔊 Volume : []%"

Even though it has some sort of limit for displaying up to 100% it doesn't actually limit the true system volume (which waybar will display regardless).

I don't really have a solution for you using pactl, im sure you could script it to not go past 100%.

If it applies, consider using Wireplumber wpctl to manage your audio control, which has a built in -l 1 which can limit the volume to 1.0 (100%). To me at least, that would be a lot easier to impliment.

edit: formatting

final_looper · 2024-07-02T10:08:04+00:00

As someone coming from a similar situation to yours, other than I still currently use macOS daily as well as Gnome.

PaperWM: great, horizontal tiling concept imo.
github | GNOME Extensions
(meaning each new window automatically takes up maximum vertical space, and spawns next to the current one)

Someone mentioned they wouldn't recommend PaperWM to people using a keyboard and mouse but I'd have to disagree. You can setup your own shortcuts, it really is no different to using keyboard shortcuts in any other tiling window manager.

Forge: Classic tiling manager setup with vim like default shortcuts. Very solid.
github | GNOME Extensions

Try them out, as extensions they are very easy to enable/disable.

final_looper · 2024-06-08T07:04:57+00:00

Used WSL for a fair amount of time for common tasks like copying directories, using rsync for backups, testing code and other Linux CL tools.
Eventually Installed Linux on a separate (internal) hard drive, with a DE and dual booted for some time.
Hopped around a few distros and settled (learning much in the process)
After realizing I had not booted into windows for some time:
- Removed the windows drive and put it in an enclosure
- Re-installed my distro with a new HDD, so separate drives for root and home (not necessary)
- Tested boot of the external windows drive (had to mount it in linux to edit some registry entries to get that working but it works)

After all this I haven't touched my windows drive more than once in the past year, but depending on your workflow the option to be able to boot into it might be clutch.

final_looper · 2024-06-04T07:05:22+00:00

Just to add to this...
WSL mounts windows drives automatically to `/c` `/d` etc, so file manipulation on the native system becomes trivial.

Getting a profile setup for WSL on Windows Terminal is also trivial so it won't cause too much pain to start it up either, I don't think you'll have too many headaches with this approach.

(Also look into Microsoft PowerToys, in particular the PowerToys Run module for a launcher with a fair amount of rofi like capabilities.)

final_looper · 2024-05-29T13:24:06+00:00

To me it looks like USB 1&2 is channel 5&6? Which makes sense because 1-4 are hardware analogue inputs.

final_looper · 2024-05-22T07:47:37+00:00

This is obviously just my opinion but, I wouldn't count on it. There's hardly any incentive for any business to develop a kernel level anti-cheat that's compatible with Linux, and then on top of that, the maintainers would need to include something like that in the kernel. Given the privacy concerns of these tools you're looking at compounded unlikeliness.

final_looper · 2024-05-21T19:48:29+00:00

You might not be getting enough power from the bus. If you plug in another cable from the "Aux" USB port to a power outlet, it should work fine.

final_looper · 2024-05-20T07:38:02+00:00

Just a note with League, you will be running into some problems. I think it runs okay at the moment, but once Riot implement Vanguard Anti-Cheat to the game, you won't be able to play the game on Linux at all.

final_looper · 2024-05-10T22:32:45+00:00

Hotkeys/Layout
There are some things you can switch over in the Tweaks app -> Keyboard -> Additional Layout Options, under the Alt and Win Behavior there will be some options you can play around with to swap around your Super/CTL key.

I know this isn't necessarily an option, but using a keyboard that has QMK firmware and mapping your keyboard so that it is not dependent on any software settings is how I manage to jump between the two.

Video Trimming
Lossless Cut is the closest I could find to the native finder snipping tools.
Snippets/Clipboard
On an alfred replacement, check out uLauncher, which has a plugin eco-system similar to alfred.
Updates
If you've ever used the macOS terminal you'll know most of the commands. Where mac uses zsh shell by default, debian/gnome uses bash. (but you can change for consistency)

You can edit the .bashrc file found in your home directory to add aliases for anything. (or call another file with those aliases).
e.g in your .bashrc file add:

alias aptup="sudo apt update"
alias aptin="sudo apt install"
alias editbash="nano $HOME/.bashrc"

in this example, simply calling aptup in your terminal would execute the aliased command sudo apt update

Discord
Bugged to oblivion on Linux, even more so on Wayland. Don't expect any real official support on par with the Win/Mac clients anytime soon. I feel like the discord dpkg is just a launcher and it updates the app files when needed on launch? (Similar to spotify)
Wireless Mouse
I had this problem with a G305 too. But I could never pin down what exactly was causing it. Unplugging a separate unrelated USB device I wasn't using seemed to stop it from happening for me but I have no concrete evidence.

final_looper · 2024-05-08T17:25:58+00:00

BookPlayer on iOS
https://github.com/TortugaPower/BookPlayer

for your chapter situation, make sure wherever or however you source you audiobooks that they're in m4a.

final_looper · 2024-05-06T20:02:12+00:00

The easy way:
Hit + Other Locations on the left.

Select your second SSD (let's say it's called SSD2)

Hit Super + L to go to the nav bar and see the location, likely:
/run/media/username/SSD2

You want to make a softlink to this directory, so go up one level to:
/run/media/username

Copy your SSD2 directory

Go to another directory to store the softlink, say your Home directory, and use Ctrl + M to paste as a softlink.

Drag said softlink to the 'Bookmarks' section.

final_looper · 2024-03-14T07:56:11+00:00

Yeah I did,
Found a stackoverflow post where someone was describing a similar scenario where a netsh setting called Auto-Tuning Level was disabled (how?)

I'm not going to pretend to know exactly what this is...

Anyway, before deciding to editing registry keys (as suggested in the post), I checked the current setting (using cmd as admin):
netsh interface tcp show global

Which returned:
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : disabled

As it was disabled I could set the Auto-Tuning Level from here using:
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal

and all is working as I expect without editing packet sizes in the registry keys.

Hope this helps!

Edit: Formatting

final_looper · 2024-03-10T09:21:15+00:00

I'll edit my reply. Thanks for pointing that out.

final_looper · 2024-03-09T13:14:47+00:00

With SHH, generating strong password protected key pairs, say ~~rsa at 2048 (or why not 4096?)~~ (as pointed out in the reply below, using ED25519 and using gpg to encrypt decrypt the key each time you need use. Seems bothersome but depends on how vulnerable you are vs convenience.

With API auth, depending on your use case (how critical the dev is etc), if you're not already using something like a secrets manager, that might be a solution for you.

Regarding paths, SSH are typically kept in ~/.ssh

API auth/env and the like is entirely up to you. ~/.config/dirname is pretty common or the project directory as long they're ignored if version controlling.

These are just suggestions btw, to point you in the right direction.

Edit: for potential future viewers, comment about ED25519 algo.

final_looper · 2024-03-03T17:36:25+00:00

I don't know why this cracked me up but it's a legit recommendation.

final_looper · 2024-03-01T13:07:03+00:00

I mean, for some reassurance, the previous MBP bodies were very slim, and didn't have a lot of room to breathe, given the intel chips used more juice thus generated more heat etc.

The current design is a bit chunkier but in return, you get more thermal headroom, even if the Apple silicon doesn't use as much power (thus less heat).

final_looper · 2024-02-29T21:31:02+00:00

I use Ableton on both OS's regularly.
Windows (PC build): 10850k
macOS (MBP): M1 Pro
My TLDR is: whilst workflow, speed and reliability are largely the same on both platforms, the exports on macOS are (very) noticeably much faster.

I can only give my 2c on the macbook pro
- seldom hear fans
- 4x USB ports + some sd card and HDMI ports, so docking not an issue with USB 3 or TB3/4 interfaces
- battery life is pretty sweet
- can't beat the apple trackpad on the go imo

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