rbn.im
Hi there! I'm Ruben Schuller and here you'll find some notes about how I've done things, so I can safely forget about them ;) At the top you can also find links to my GitHub and Bitbucket repositories.
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using matrix.
setting up a matrix homeserver
3 March 2018matrix is another take on federated messaging, supporting fancy features. this roughly shows how to setup a homeserver with matrix synapse and serve the riot web ui for matrix.
radicale setup
11 November 2017how to setup a current radicale on a server with no existing python 3000 and staying sane in the process.
syslinux on usb key
11 November 2017steps to install syslinux to an usb key. shown here is how to boot memtest.
upspin suffix setup
23 September 2017basic setup for servers and clients is described at upspin.io/doc/. to use suffixes (normal and +snapshot), a bit more setup is required on the client side.
using ttf fonts with plan9ports acme
24 June 2017iwlwifi
15 June 2017i recently noticed that my wifi was really slow. checking it revealed that i only had 1Mbit as bitrate, while the link quality was fine.
The sane way of .. trackpad scrolling
29 April 2017i use thinkpads and really like the trackpoint. i also like middle clicking. this leaves one in a state where no sane scolling is possible, hold-middle-scrolling-trackpoint just seems wrong. so heres how to use the wretched trackpad for scrolling, disabling it as mouse.
bolt usage
26 January 2017Most of the time I’m too lazy to use a real RDBMS and it would be overkill anyway. bolt offers a nice embedded alternative. It’s not really complicated to use and has excellent documentation. Some more examples can never hurt though.
Using KDM with window managers
26 January 2017Using a window manager with KDM as login manager can be a bit tricky. This is how I’ve got dwm and ssh-agent with prompting for passphrases to startup correctly.
slackdemand
26 January 2017My repository of slackbuilds can be found at Bitbucket.