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Installing Yaourt on Arch linux

Posted on 17 January 2015 by AstroFloyd

One of the cool things about Arch linux is the Arch User Repository (AUR), where users can add their favourite packages to Arch. Because there is a liability, AUR packages cannot be installed by Pacman automatically, but should be downloaded, … Continue reading →

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HP Photosmart C6380 wireless scanner doesn’t work in Kubuntu

Posted on 30 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

I installed Kubuntu on my mom’s pc. Everything seemed to work, except scanning using the HP Photosmart C6380 All-in-one printer over the wireless network. Printing with the same device using wifi did work. It turned out I should have installed … Continue reading →

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Language / locale settings on Kubuntu

Posted on 25 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

I recently installed a Dutch-language version of Kubuntu on my aunt’s laptop and on a friend’s PC. There were some issues regarding the language or locale settings: programs would start up in English despite the Dutch locale, or I would … Continue reading →

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Colourised package manager for Arch Linux

Posted on 16 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

I’ve played around a bit to find a proper package manager for Arch Linux that can install packages from both the official repositories and the Arch User Repository, and shows nice colours. I looked at pacman, packer-color and yaourt, and … Continue reading →

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Linux-only installation on a 2006 Macbook using rEFInd

Posted on 14 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

While installing Linux on a blank hard-disc drive is trivial on most PCs, it turned out not to be on a 2006 Macbook Core duo. I gave up on the idea that Linux must be able to boot directly from … Continue reading →

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Boot Linux from a USB flash drive on a Macbook

Posted on 14 January 2014 by AstroFloyd

In order to install Linux on the replacement of a crashed hard-disc drive in a 2006 Macbook Core duo, I wanted to boot Linux from a USB flash drive in order to then install it. While this is trivial on … Continue reading →

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Astrophotography with ImageMagick

Posted on 27 October 2013 by AstroFloyd

I am not a very dedicated (or experienced) astrophotographer, but every now and then I feel like taking a photo of the sky. On high ISO and long exposures, you’ll find plenty of noise. Also, if you live as close … Continue reading →

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gitcheck: check all your git repositories for changes

Posted on 10 February 2013 by AstroFloyd

One of the cool things about distributed version-control systems (VCSs) or source-control managers (SCMs) like bzr or git is that they don’t have to be distributed. Today, I stick virtually any text file I write into a (local) git repository, … Continue reading →

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