I have a love, like, sometimes hate relationship with Manjaro. When it works, it is sweet. Then they will push out an update that trashes something. It’s a distro based on Arch Linux. They really brought Arch into the mainstream because nobody can tolerate Arch. The Arch developers work really hard, but using Arch is like being in Navy Seal training each and every day of your life. A desktop OS should look nice, be … How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 2Read more
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How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 1
Yes, Nvidia screwed the known universe by dropping support for both nvidia340 and nvidia390 drivers without Open-Sourcing them. They have Open-Sourced some of their newer driver code but not enough that any individual or organization could take it and run. What we have here is pure greed. Uneducated Script Kiddies have bought into the marketing BS that if it isn’t the latest and greatest, it’s nothing. They will deride and otherwise empty their colons on … How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 1Read more
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A Samba Share on Manjaro
Manjaro is one of the better Arch based Linux distributions, but it has notorious frustrations with Samba. The latest rounds of frustration come from the fact they should have never supported Ubuntu Snaps. Snaps are insecure. Because of that insecurity Manjaro had to add apparmor. That gets us back to the classic issue with Manjaro. Developers behind the distro always view conflicts between packages as “someone else’s problem.” Creating Your Share I had a spare … A Samba Share on ManjaroRead more
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Cinnamon – Remove Launcher from Menu
It happens to everybody at some point. When you created a desktop launcher it asked if you wanted to add it to the menu and now you need to remove launcher from menu. Maybe you don’t need the app anymore? Maybe you learned you can’t edit the contents of that launcher? Reason doesn’t matter. What does matter is how Cinnamon hides removal. I will be using Cinnamon on Manjaro for this article. I’ve written about … Cinnamon – Remove Launcher from MenuRead more
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Your Personal Bin Directory
My personal Linux pet peeve is the complete anarchy around a user’s personal bin directory. I have to use and test on many different Linux distros so this annoys me more than most. Some people start with one major Linux distro and they stick with it all their lives. They don’t even change desktops. When you are writing software you can tell people “well it works on my system!” Well, you can, but that is … Your Personal Bin DirectoryRead more