In this video I discuss my thoughts on the Pinephone, which is a smartphone that can run various different Linux distributions using the mainline kernel.
Video timeline: 00:00 Introduction 00:19 What is the Pinephone? 3:00 The hardware 5:44 The software 15:07 Conclusions
In this video I go through some of a RHEL usage guide.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
1:51 Connecting to my laptop
2:29 Guide following section
56:13 The end of this episode56:13 The end of this episode
In this video I review my Pinephone after having used it for a longer time.
Video timeline:
00:00 Introduction
0:49 Hardware
4:57 Software and overall functionality
Referenced links:
Pine64's site for the device: https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
My SXMO Xresources file: https://github.com/ottop/sxmoresources
The open modem firmware: https://github.com/Biktorgj/pinephone_modem_sdk
The firmware flashing guide: https://github.com/Biktorgj/pinephone_modem_sdk/blob/hardknott/docs/FLASHING.md
Guide for enabling adb: https://xnux.eu/devices/feature/modem-pp.html#toc-unlock-adb-access
In this video I explore some recent topics and the current state of Linux. The earlier part of the video talks about practical things, whereas the latter part is about the more ideological stuff.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:28 Software availability (Part 1 begins)
3:54 Hardware support
6:15 Gaming
10:35 Ease of use
14:17 Kernel size (Part 2 begins)
17:42 The whole audacity mess
22:21 Potential issues in the FOSS community
26:20 Conclusion
Referenced links:
Audacity apology thingy: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/1353
In this video I take a look at standalone XFWM, which is the Window Manager used by the Xfce desktop environment.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:27 What XFWM is
1:37 XFWM vs Xfce
3:03 Memory usage
4:00 My configuration
8:46 Theming and ranting
13:18 Back to functional configuration and comparisons to IceWM
17:48 Some issues with setting it up
23:50 Compositor problems
24:47 Conclusions
Referenced links:
My XFWM configuration: https://github.com/ottop/xfwmconfig
My LXPanel configuration: https://github.com/ottop/lxpanelconfig
My XFWM theme: https://www.pling.com/p/1525611/
My Alacritty configuration: https://github.com/ottop/alacrittyconfig
In this video I discuss my experiences with a Linux distribution called NixOS.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 What is NixOS?
2:00 Installing software
2:50 Configuring NixOS
4:50 Home Manager
5:40 My experiences
15:40 Conclusions
Referenced links:
NixOS home page: https://nixos.org/
NixOS wiki page: https://nixos.wiki/
NixOS Wiki page on Home Manager: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Home_Manager
Installing NixOS with a tmpfs root: https://elis.nu/blog/2020/05/nixos-tmpfs-as-root/
In this video I discuss my thoughts on a window manager called SpectrWM.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 The bar
2:38 The layouts and window management
6:35 The config file
9:04 Dmenu
13:34 Conclusions
Referenced links:
The thread with the power menu script: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=185836
My configs: https://github.com/ottop/spectrwmconfig
My wallpaper: https://www.pling.com/p/1602586/
It has been 8 months since I have posted anything, but it is time for that to change.
In this video, I discuss why I haven't been making content and my future plans for the channel.
I have previously used an immutable root filesystem in NixOS. Fedora Silverblue is a Linux distribution using such a filesystem, but the implementation differs greatly from what I used in NixOS.
I am switching to Fedora Silverblue for now and in this video I go over my experiences so far.
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 What is Fedora Silverblue?
2:27 How package installation works in Silverblue.
6:09 Firefox issues and replacing it with the Flatpak version.
9:16 The desktop
10:40 A problematic Flatpak package.
12:29 Fedora and GNOME versions.
12:44 Installation process and the first boot.
16:12 Managing kernel parameters and initramfs with rpm-ostree.
17:37 Some notes on general stability/reliability.
19:01 Final conclusions
Relevant links:
My written blog on the topic: https://medium.com/@otto.p/im-switchi...
Fedora Silverblue homepage: https://silverblue.fedoraproject.org/
I recently came across this music player and liked it quite a bit. In this video I talk about that.
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction, talking about music and music players in general
2:08 Taking a look at G4Music
Links:
G4Music: https://gitlab.gnome.org/neithern/g4music
G4Music in Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.neithern.g4music
Credits for used music:
Monkeys Spinning Monkeys Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Fluffing a Duck Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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