In August 2021, the article “Observability in 5 minutes” said: “Cybersecurity, as we discussed last time, will dominate news headlines in the coming months. As such, along with adding context to collected telemetry data, security will emerge as an instrumental component of observability.” Over the past year, some of those listed observability software vendors have […]
Pinebook Pro – My First Impressions and Setup Tips
The Pinebook Pro is a 14″ laptop built for developers and Linux end-users. It weighs less than 3lbs, which, in my case, replaces a two times heavier laptop. (See my work-laptop history). I’ve not been this excited about receiving a piece of Linux hardware since the Raspberry Pi launch. This very blog post is composed […]
Temporary change #ArchLinux to #Debian
Update Jan 15th 2015: I’m back on Arch Linux. Debian was great, but Arch is better, for now. Between the front page news, Arch Wiki and the official forum, nothing is impossible to solve or find an existing solution to. I use Terminator (terminal windows can be split as many times as needed) for ssh access to servers […]
Gedit replacement – medit
If you are looking for a good Gedit alternativre. Have a look at medit text editor as replacement for Gedit! I’m using xfce4 desktop manager and without gnome, gedit (GNOME text editor) doesn’t display correctly. In fact it’s pretty ugly. Simply remove gedit and replace with medit (pictured below). Also check out Sublime Text as a good alternative. […]
Listen to Pandora Free without the Ads – Pianobar
Website: http://6xq.net/projects/pianobar/ GitHub: https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar To install, there are community-provided packages available for most Linux distributions. Search your distribution’s package manager. For Arch Linux you can simply use pacman or packer: sudo pacman -S pianobar Then launch it by typing: pianobar …Done!
Trackpoint Replacement
Its been 3 years that I’ve been using the Lenovo x301. The ONLY issue I’ve had, is the trackpoint caps. They don’t last that long. Or maybe 3 years is a bit long. Anyway, I really love this laptop and although I use both the Trackpoint and Trackpad, its safe to say that I use the […]