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Authoring Markdown externally and pasting the 'pretty' output into Slack (on Linux) (3 mins read).

How to use xclip to copy the rendered representation of Markdown into a rich-text form into Slack.

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:04 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #slack #markdown #linux.

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Getting access to rich-text data from the clipboard (on Linux) (1 mins read).

How to use xclip to retrieve rich-text output from the clipboard.

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 20:19 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #linux #command-line.

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my name is `adduser` and my brother's `useradd` one of us is good and one of us is bad! which of us is which? there is no way to know we change names sometimes to keep you on your toes!

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:51 by Jamie Tanna . #shitpost #linux.

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Common issues faced with execing an executable on Linux (2 mins read).

Some common issues you may face, with esoteric error messages, and how to fix them.

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:48 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #shell #command-line #linux.

Liked https://stackoverflow.com/a/67574869 .

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:05 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #docker.

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Finding the right balance between security and easy of use is often difficult to achieve. There are many strategies that can be employed to…

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:32 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:05 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #go.

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Solving /usr/lib/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server errors with tmux over SSH (1 mins read).

How to avoid Xorg errors when connecting to a Linux machine over SSH that tries to spawn startx.

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:08 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #linux #tmux #ssh.

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Investigations into musl libc DNS resolver used in Alpine containers

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 08:44 by Jamie Tanna . #dns #linux.

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Hyperfocus for hours to get my Linux desktop config just so. Fourth test run, there's an error somewhere that the window manager doesn't log or report. *(faint sound like dry twigs snapping in my head)* Reboot into Windows. #ADHD life

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:30 by Jamie Tanna . #adhd #linux.

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TIL that I can use my fingerprint to log in with i3lock-color🕵️ I thought it'd not worked before last time I looked, but similar to logging in on a TTY, I just need to enter an empty password, then I can auth via my fingerprint 👏

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:26 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Turning on Caps Lock when the Caps Lock key is bound to a different key (1 mins read).

How to trigger a Caps Lock event when you've rebound the key to a differnet key.

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:12 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #linux #command-line.

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Resolving black screen display with SDDM and NVIDIA GPUs (1 mins read).

How I resolved an issue with a black screen displaying when SDDM is used with an NVIDIA driver.

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:41 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #linux.

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Instead of my usual TTY-based login on Linux, I've spent a bit of time trying to get LightDM/SDDM set up to allow me to use fingerprint-based login.

It turns out you don't even need to do that, pam_fprintd.so can work as-is on the TTY 🥳

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:10 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

Arch on my desktop/laptop, Debian on my servers, Alpine in my containers

Mon, 22 May 2023 06:41 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #arch-linux.

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Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:25 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:23 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #dns.

Liked M2 is here! July 2022 Release & Progress Report - Asahi Linux

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Porting Linux to Apple Silicon

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:15 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #apple.

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New York City is like Linux: - Spend the first year re-learning how to perform basic tasks - Spend the rest of your lifetime claiming how much better it is - Bad drivers
Max Goodhart (@chromakode)Thu, 12 May 2022 17:01 +0000

Sun, 15 May 2022 16:21 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Removing 'smart' quotes from a file, on the command-line (2 mins read).

A one-liner with sed to replace 'smart' quotes with regular quotes.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:57 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #command-line #mac #linux.

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Bookmarked Transparently running binaries from any architecture in Linux with QEMU and binfmt_misc by nachoparker

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What? you can do that in Linux? It turns out you can! First, let’s see it in action. Here I retrieve a binary from my Raspberry Pi which is an ARM binary and execute it in my x86_64 machine …

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:15 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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linux clipboards are great if you want your OS to gaslight you you have a text file open, you hit paste, it pasts "foo" you select "bar", hit cut, "bar" disappears you hit paste, "foo" appears where did bar go why is foo still here
foone (@Foone)Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:24 +0000

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:32 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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LOL. Oh no the Linux source code was leaked 😡😭 reddit.com/r/linuxmasterr…
nixCraft (@nixcraft)Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:31 GMT

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:20 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #satire.

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Bookmarked https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-system-service-bug-gives-root-on-all-major-distros-exploit-released/ .

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:52 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #security.

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How old were you when realized that grep was g/re/p ? I'm 39
Juan Pablo Daniel (@jpdborgna)Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:42 GMT

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 07:54 by Jamie Tanna . #command-line #linux.

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2022 really year of the #linux desktop?
Cyber Panda 🐼 (@c0dehard)Sat, 25 Dec 2021 15:14 GMT

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:33 by Jamie Tanna . #memes #linux.

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Bookmarked http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/12/24/mkdir/ .

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:10 by Jamie Tanna . #command-line #linux.

Liked http://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/ .

Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:12 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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TIL that it’s possible (if not easy) to use `locate` & `updatedb` with independent directory structures in addition to system wide. A la # locate -d ./locatedb
Grant Taylor (@DrScriptt)Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:39 GMT

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:21 by Jamie Tanna . #command-line #linux.

Liked https://linuxhandbook.com/lock-unlock-user/ .

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:28 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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the dirty secret is that sound works just fine on linux. it's a just a lie told by the linux-using devs to get out of conference zooms with windows-using management.
Grant Horwood ↙↙↙ (@gbhorwood)Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:16 GMT

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:47 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Getting the Battery Status of a Bluetooth Device on Linux (1 mins read).

How to use dbus-send to retrieve the percentage of battery left on a Bluetooth device on Linux.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:58 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #command-line #bluetooth #linux.

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Using systemd-tmpfiles to manage temporary files and directories (2 mins read).

How I'm using systemd-tmpfiles to manage a temporary working directory and automagically clean it out.

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:15 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #systemd #linux.

Liked https://zakaria.org/posts/breaking_promises.html .

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:12 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #unix.

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Bookmarked https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/05/What-desktop-Linux-needs.html .

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 08:17 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Some thoughts on recent #Linux elitism (not sure elitism is the right word, but I can't think of a better one right now) I heard on @latenightlinux. ☹️ kevq.uk/this-is-whats-…
Kev Quirk (@kevquirk)Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:22 GMT

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:46 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

Liked https://kevq.uk/this-is-whats-wrong-with-linux-community .

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:46 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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Controlling the Linux Backlight via the Command-Line (1 mins read).

How to manage your screen backlight on the command-line, without installing any tools.

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:15 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #command-line #linux.

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This is the single simplest example I’ve seen of the core difference between Windows and Linux :)
Brian Mork (Hermit) (He/Him) (@hermit_hacker)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:19 +0000

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:17 by Jamie Tanna . #memes #linux #windows.

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Using popular things is sucky. When I have an issue with macOS or Windows, search results are dominated by SEO'd junk articles with little to no information. When I have an issue with Linux, search results are usually awesome and get me directly to the juicy information.
Maddison Hellstrom (@HellsMaddy)Wed, 12 May 2021 21:41 +0000

Tue, 18 May 2021 16:27 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #windows #mac.

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Possibly unpopular opinion, but I feel like "only merge things after verifying they are valid" should maybe be the default policy of the most used piece of software in the world.
Filippo Valsorda 💉💉⏳ (@FiloSottile)Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:45 +0000

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:32 by Jamie Tanna . #open-source #linux.

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😬 git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/…
Brad Spengler (@spendergrsec)Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:36 +0000

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:47 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #open-source.

Liked https://cfenollosa.com/blog/fed-up-with-the-mac-i-spent-six-months-with-a-linux-laptop-the-grass-is-not-greener-on-the-other-side.html .

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:03 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #mac.

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Bookmarked https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2021/02/19/the-modern-packagers-security-nightmare/ .

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:57 by Jamie Tanna . #security #package-management #linux.

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Breaking: Mars becomes the second planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows.
@mikko (@mikko)Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:59 GMT

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:49 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #windows.

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Bookmarked http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/humor/ATT_Copyright_true.html .

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:07 by Jamie Tanna . #command-line #copyright #licensing #linux #unix.

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Want to see the difference between Windows 10 and Linux? Install dual boot on a Core i3 laptop. Let people choose which one works better for their needs. #opensource #linux #freesoftware @gknauth @rmtux @opensourceway
Phil Shapiro (@philshapiro)Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:22 GMT

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:46 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #windows.

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I was this many days old when I learned that sudo's logo is a creepy looking anthropomorphic sandwich.
April King 🌀 (@CubicleApril)Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:02 GMT

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:17 by Jamie Tanna . #sudo #linux.

Liked https://l1cafe.blog/2019/08/29/pushover-login.html .

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:05 by Jamie Tanna . #linux #security.

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Checking in on whether 2021 can be the year of the Linux Desktop, not looking good so far
Pillow (@CounterPillow)Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:05 GMT

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:16 by Jamie Tanna . #linux.

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