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Managing secrets in Nix using Agenix
If tomorrow my laptop were to go in flames, I would lose two things. First I would lose my data, and this is what backups are for. The second thing I would lose is my configuration (software installed, network setup, …). Nix offers a way to preserve this (assuming the configuration is replicated externally like…
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Switching systemd-boot to GRUB on Archlinux
I intend to use BTRFS snapshots, snapper and pac-snap to be able to rollback archlinux if an update goes wrong. However current it uses systemd-boot and the tools I intend to use required GRUB. Requirements¶ This tutorial is only meant for UEFI systems. It requires a EFI partition mounted under /boot with enough disk space…
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Switching between High DPI and Low DPI in XMonad
Context¶ I enjoying using a tiling window manager on Linux. However it is hard to get them to work with my multiple monitor requirements. My situation can be described as follows: 1. I have multiple monitors, not all of them have the same DPI. 2. Not all of them are connected at the same time…