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Viewing Xorg logs with journalctl in Fedora

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A recent switch back to i3 (from sway) left me wondering how to examine just the Xorg logs sent to journald.

#i3 #i3wm #xorg #linux #fedora

on Feb 16

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Vibe-free coding with AI

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Yes, I do write code with help from an LLM, but I wouldn’t call it vibe coding. Let’s dig into how (and why) I do it. 🤖

on Wed, 10PM

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Don't tell me RAG is easy

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Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is helpful for AI workflows, but it certainly is not easy.

on Apr 18

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docker-compose on Fedora CoreOS

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My go-to method for managing containers easily is still docker-compose. It works really well on Fedora CoreOS. 📦

on Apr 5

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Bring Back Fedora's Beefy Miracle boot splash

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Fedora 17’s code name was Beefy Miracle and it had a great mascot. You can see it at boot time with a few quick changes.

on Apr 1

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Repairing 4Runner skid plate bolts

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I ran into a problem with stripped bolts on a new 4Runner with the TRD skid plate. A little bit of car repair can be nerdy, too. 🔧

on Oct 9

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Spell check in multiple languages with Firefox

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Get spell checking in multiple languages automatically within input fields in Firefox. 🗣️

on Sep 25

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Deploy Fedora CoreOS in Hetzner cloud

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Launch your containers on Fedora CoreOS instances in Hetzner cloud with a few workarounds. 🚀

on Sep 21

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Rub some AI on it

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If you have a problem, be sure to add artificial intelligence (AI) to it. Then you have two problems.

on Aug 30

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My meeting hacks

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Instead of dreading a long stretch of meetings, find some ways to make them less painful.

on Aug 23

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Apache: No space left on device: Couldn’t create accept lock

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This error completely stumped me a couple of weeks ago.

on Jul 28

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Jellyfin fatal player error

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Jellyfin is a great replacement for Plex, but I ran into non-stop problems with the Android app with a fatal player error. 🍿

on Jul 2

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Redirect local ports with firewalld

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Redirecting local ports with iptables directly isn’t too difficult, but can we use firewalld to get the same result? 🧱

on Jun 28

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amazon-ec2-utils in Fedora

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The amazon-ec2-utils package in Fedora makes it a bit easier to find devices in an AWS EC2 instance. ️🌤️

on May 8, 2024

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Fix big cursors in Java applications in Wayland

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Java applications under Wayland seemed to have all different sizes of cursors, but some were way, way, too big. 🐘

on Apr 26, 2024

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cloud-init and dhcpcd

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Fedora’s cloud-init package now uses dhcpcd in place of dhclient, which went end of life in 2022. 💀

on Apr 18, 2024

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Texas Linux Fest 2024 recap 🤠

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I gave two talks at this year’s event and ran into lots of old friends and colleagues. 🐧

on Apr 16, 2024

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Lessons learned: Five years of colocation

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Back in 2011, I decided to try out a new method for hosting my websites and other applications: colocation.

on Apr 8, 2024

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Roll your own static blog analytics

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Static blogs are easy to serve, but so many of the free options have no analytics whatsoever. This post talks about how to serve your own blog from a container with live updating analytics

on Apr 4, 2024

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Connect Caddy to Porkbun

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Caddy offers a great web and proxy server experience with minimal configuration and automated TLS certificates. Learn how to connect Caddy to Porkbun to get TLS certificates by managing your DNS records for you automatically. 🐷

on Mar 2, 2024

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Fedora Flock 2015: Keynote slides

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Fedora Flock 2015 is still going here in Rochester, New York, and I kicked off our second day with a keynote talk about overcoming impostor syndrome.

on Mar 2, 2024

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Major Hayden

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A social nerd writing about everything 🤓

on Feb 20, 2024