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The simplest pulseaudio installation on Arch

I’ve previously ended up very confused by pulseaudio. Previously I’ve had over-complicated setups using a global daemon when really the …

Distributed compilation with distcc on Arch

Sometimes, when I’m working, I’ll prefer to sit on the couch with my laptop, which is a not-very-powerful i5/8GB Thinkpad. Sometimes I …

Syncing Gmail with mbsync

I’ve decided that I want to try to reduce my dependence on Google’s services. A large part of my Google footprint is Gmail, which I have …

Thinkpad x230 fingerprint reader on Arch Linux

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x230, with an integrated fingerprint reader. The system runs Arch. This describes how to identify and register your …

Installing Arch On a Vultr VPS

Abstract

I have been happy using Vultr as my VPS provider for a few months now. Vultr offer a very flexible system of ISO upload before the first …

Automatically --set-upstream when pushing a new branch

I frequently open a new branch with git flow, and the first time I push to Github, I see the following message:

fatal: The current branch …

Remembering Rob Edwards

This has been a very difficult year.

This year I lost my best friend and business partner. Rob and I had been friends for fifteen years, my entire …

QBasic Development

Introduction

I wanted to put together a decent build system for QBasic programs.

My goal was to be able to use modern tools such as VSCode and git to …

Setting up wee-slack

Installing the prerequisites

First, we need to install the base weechat binaries. I like the aspell plugin to be enabled in Weechat, so I’ll …

Remote Working Roundtable

I was recently invited to participate in a DaaS/Remote Working roundtable discussion at UKFast. I’m not sure I could add anything much on DaaS; …