I've been looking for an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Reader on Linux. I'm interested to know what you use and like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
Please comment and give me your recommendations.
Here's the RSS feed for my website:
https://retroedge.tech/index.xml
Referenced post: https://retroedge.tech/microblog/liveboot-manjaro-bspwm/
I’m getting some hands on time with the bspwm tiling window manager. RetroEdge.Tech is definitely about hardware and the ThinkPad T series of laptops have been a favorite of mine for about the last ten years or so.
Probably the best way to explain tiling window managers is that in the default mode, the windows do not overlap each other; one window does not hide another from view.
I really liked the feel of this, but takes a short bit to learn the shortcuts to open windows and move them around.
It is very likely that bspwm will soon become my desktop environment. I definitely am learning. It feels good to challenge myself to use something unfamiliar. It’s a way of stretching the mind and exercising the mental muscels.
One of my goals is to set up bspwm from scratch on Alpine Linux, but I will probably first use the Manjaro bspwm installer to get used to it and build my proficiency.
Microblog posted at: https://retroedge.tech/microblog/shell-script-channel/
As I’ve been exploring Linux and the LBRY platform, I found a channel that has been really helpful.
@metalx1000 / Films By Kris
I found the channel on LBRY, but Kris has been publishing videos for years on Youtube. What caught my attention were his videos on shell scripting.
It’s a skill that I have been wanting to get better at. Kris does a great job of showing programming concepts using shell scripting. It’s so much more than just a list of commands that you’d type in a terminal (though it can be that, too).
I recommend you check out his videos on LBRY:
https://open.lbry.com/@metalx1000:1?r=5UYmksc4M69ardDZEYC84F6Z8v94WEA9
Or on his website:
https://filmsbykris.com/v7/
Very accessible explanations of how to get started with shell scripting (for Linux and more).
I ran into the problem where Windows Disk Manager couldn't shrink a volume smaller than a 300GB even though there was only about 100GB of data on the drive. There were some files or data that Windows didn't want to move.
I was able to use a USB live boot of Linux Mint to start the computer, use gParted and shrink that partition to a smaller size.
If this was useful to you, consider subscribing to the channel and to my email newsletter. Check it out on https://retroedge.tech/
Originally published with Peertube at: https://video.retroedge.tech/w/4H7gaWNHWFryoqWHSZMogZ
Doing another giveaway drawing of a corebootbook laptop. I use the Linux core utilities (programs that come with Linux) to help me do the drawing.
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-- Matthew from [RetroEdge.Tech](https://retroedge.tech/)
Most people don’t use the Caps Lock key, except by mistake. Here’s how to make that key useful by remapping it to something else.
This guide is for the Cinnamon desktop environment. Screenshots were taken on Linux Mint, but this applies to Cinnamon installed on any Linux varient (Manjaro, Fedora, et cetera).
I’ve been using vim, a text editor with modes. To get out of the insert mode, you press the “esc” key. However, that key is far from the home row so it’s not easy to reach. The Caps Lock key is on the home row, just to the left of “a”.
Let’s make Caps Lock have the fuction of Esc and make that key useful again!
https://retroedge.tech/microblog/capslock-esc/
Here's the answer to a question that was asked in a comment on my last video on StumpWM
StumpWM is a manual tiling window manager written, and configurable, in Common Lisp
https://stumpwm.github.io/
Follow or message me on the Fediverse:
https://distrotoot.com/@retroedgetech
My website post featured in this video:
https://retroedge.tech/microblog/lisp-retro/
My RSS Feed:
https://retroedge.tech/index.xml
I've been interest in the Lisp programming langauge for a long time.
I downloaded and install the Steel Bank Common Lisp. It's available in most or all Linux repositories with the package name "sbcl":
```sudo apt install sbcl```
or
```sudo pacman -S sbcl```
You can also get the most recent version of it as a download from the SBCL website and easily install it:
http://www.sbcl.org/
Follow or message me on the Fediverse:
https://distrotoot.com/@retroedgetech
My website post featured in this video:
https://retroedge.tech/microblog/lisp-retro/
My RSS Feed:
https://retroedge.tech/index.xml
Alpine Linux on Physical Hardware. I'm considering switching some of my server applications to Alpine Linux. Here's why.
RetroEdge.Tech post in video: https://retroedge.tech/microblog/alpine-linux/
DJ Ware is @cruxwork on LBRY
Alpine Linux website: https://alpinelinux.org/