Dwm Hardware Comparison

In my last post I was talking about different window managers, and I mentioned that I had not given dwm much of a chance. I decided to change that; so for the last week I have been using it, customizing it, and trying it out on different hardware. Let’s see what I have learned.

Let's Talk Window Managers

I have been using Linux for over a decade now. I got started when I worked for an ISP, and the main network guy there (who seemed like a magician to me) used Debian. As I spent more time trying to glean some knowledge from him, I decided to give Linux a try.

AwesomeWM Scratchpad

I have recently switched to AwesomeWM after using i3wm for quite awhile. I was just bored mainly, and wanted to give it a go. After a month or two on it I have to say I am quite fond of it. I like the amount of configuration. Although it has taken a bit to get used to using lua as the configuration language. One thing I missed from i3wm though was the scratchpad. So I spent a few hours trying to figure it out, I’ll let ya know what I came up with.

Vim as a Main Text Editor

First things first, what is Vim?
Well, lets ask Wikipedia:

Vim (a contraction of Vi IMproved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program for Unix. It is an improved clone of Bill Joy’s vi. Vim’s author, Bram Moolenaar, derived Vim from a port of the Stevie editor for Amiga and released a version to the public in 1991.

Shorten Git SSH URL

I set up my VPS to act as a remote Git repository so that I can store things on there as well as on GitHub. In doing so I realised though that the URL can get a bit unruly. When I wanted to add a remote to one of my local repositories I had to use:

Trying Out Zsh (and Oh My Zsh)

For the longest time I haven’t even considered what shell I have been using. I run Ubuntu (currently 20.04) so my default shell has always been Bash, which has never bothered me. I was browsing GitHub the other day and came across the repository for Oh My Zsh and I decided to look into it a bit more, since I had heard about it before.

This Is A Test

This is a test page where I will add some random elements and such to see how they look. This page is likely to change as I add more things to try out. Thanks!

Simple Password Check

HaveIBeenPwned is a site that you can type in your email and check if you have been part of any leaks that have happened on the internet.

Our Dependency on Electricity

What would you do if your power was out for an extended period of time? Have you ever considered it?

It’s winter here on our farm in a remote area of Northern Alberta, Canada. We have snow on the ground outside, and today as I’m writing this we are fortunate that some wind has brought us warm weather. Currently it is about 2 degrees celsius outside. Of course, there are two sides to everything, and this same wind that brings us some enjoyable temperatures has also taken out a powerline somewhere that has taken out the power.

Git Commands Cheat Sheet

Aliases

• Create global alias (where name is name of your alias and command is the command you want to replace)
  $ git config --global alias.NAME "COMMAND"

Change Colour for Ubuntu 18.04 Splash Screen, Login and Grub [Automatically]

In my previous article I went over how to manually change your boot colours in an Ubuntu 18.04 OS. After going through all of it a couple times, I decided that it would be easier to change in the future if I wrote a program that did it automatically, with the only input being whatever colour you want your boot screen to be, from grub to login.

Change Colour for Ubuntu 18.04 Splash Screen, Login and Grub [Manually]

I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop, and recently wanted to change the colours that show up when you are booting. It usually shows as the default purple Ubuntu colour, and I wanted to change it to my own, in this case #1A3A41.

I had to scrounge around stackoverflow and other random forums to find the answers, so I decided to write this post and put it all in one place.

Spacemacs as a Main Text Editor

I had been avoiding Emacs for quite awhile because I was a little iffy about all the complicated keyboard shortcuts, but I decided to finally bite the bullet and downloaded it on my Ubuntu 18.04 laptop.