The Manjaro team has just released a new ISO pre-release of their linux distribution that includes the new Calamares installer. Quote: The new, Qt5/python3 based installer is a joint effort of several distributions. In May 2014, developers of Netrunnner, KaOS and Manjaro got together to discuss the possibility to work jointly on a brand new,… [Read More]
How to Install Clojure, Leiningen, & Light Table on Manjaro Linux
Getting a Clojure environment up and running on any Arch Linux based system (like Manjaro) is easy as pie! Everything is in either the official repo’s or the AUR — and up to date, unlike the old-ass shit you’re likely to find in most distros. Haskell is a bit more tedius, and I’ve switched to… [Read More]
How to Fix Font Rendering in OpenSUSE: 1-Click, Mostly
Let’s be honest, other than Ubuntu, most linux distributions have horrible looking font rendering out of the box. I’m a writer. I use my computer to write for between 3 to 8 hours per day. Bad font rendering is a deal-breaker for me in a distribution. That said, I’ve found that fond rendering is super-easy… [Read More]
Keyboard Not Working In Chrome On Ubuntu? Try This…
There I was typing away like a boss on an article using the rather nice StackEdit.io markdown editor in a window in Chrome… and then I couldn’t type. Nothing worked, not even typing in the URL address bar. I thought it was the editor, or their site. Nope. I tried refreshing the page. Nope. I… [Read More]
Linux Kernel 3.15 Overheating – Manjaro To The Rescue
The new linux 3.15 nearly melted my laptop today. Not quite ready for prime time, LOL. Still… I love that with Manjaro, kernel-swapping is this easy. This one is too hot? I just reboot, and switch back to 3.14 in my grub menu! One of my favourite features of the Majaro Linux distribution is that… [Read More]
How To Install Sage Mathematics On Arch Linux Distro’s
When I was in grad school — many moons ago — I was introduced to a fantastic platform for mathematics computation called Sage being developed at the University of Washington. You can think of Sage as a combination of Mathematica, Matlab, and a bit of R — only open source, free, and backed by the… [Read More]
How To Add Touchpad Management To KDE Linux
I keep forgetting where to find this whenever I install a new Linux distro with KDE as the desktop environment. Some distrobutions — like Linux Mint — come prepackaged with a nice touchpad management section under their settings panel (input devices). But, others — like Manjaro — don’t. The package you’re looking for is called… [Read More]
How To Swap Control & Capslock Keys In Linux Openbox
A fellow coach that I know writes online exclusively in ALL CAPS — literally. He’s a cool guy, knows his stuff, and is NOT always yelling in real life. But, for some reason, his capslock key was permanently pressed down at some point in the past … and has never risen again. In case you… [Read More]
How To Install The Haskell Platform On Arch Linux (or Manjaro, Antergos, Archbang, etc)
Learning any new programming language comes with an additional layer of complexity that gets glossed over far too often: How the Hell do you get all the tools set up on your computer to start learning in the first place?. Some languages go out of their way to make this step easy for you —… [Read More]
Back To The Future: Emacs On KDE Linux
Tamara and I don’t own much. We like living simple… Unless we’re talking about books, barbells, and computers. We have — literally: Thousands of books We own a weightlifting gym full of barbells — we then built another gym in our garage And, we have 7 computers — that are starting to breed! Only one… [Read More]