Using android tablets as external monitors in linux

EDIT 2017-09-07 : created a script here that will do this autmogaically for you. Read on for full write up of how to do this. Sup all just as the name implies this article is a howto on using android tablets as external monitors. at the time of writing, here are my specs / what … Read More

enable / disable xscreensaver with an insert / remove of a yubikey

Sup all, as the title states, this article will go over how to automatically enable / disable xscreensaver on the insertion / removal of your yubikey. only caveat is that it will not lock the screen. this article assumes that your xscreensaver session will lock the screen after x amount of minutes (preferably < 5 ... Read More

Local linux login with yubikey u2f & google authenticator 2fa

Sup all, I have written separate articles about this before but decided to put this all together into one article cause why not. The purpose of this article is to have google 2fa & yubikey u2f at the login prompt (assuming you do not have a login manager (i don’t)). This article is gentoo heavy. … Read More

Screenshot during a deep update

So i was just monitoring a deep update and figured i should just post what it looks like. Click to enlarge Top left : sudo emerge -uDNvt @world –with-bdeps=y –changed-deps –keep-going –verbose-conflicts Bottom left : ttyload Top center : htop Top right : atop Middle {center, right} && Bottom {center, right} : ttysys

what i learned putting gentoo on my macbook pro

So before we begin this article assumes a wiped drive. So not using parallels or virtualization but a full install with no dual booting. This article is not going to go through installation. There are plenty of posts across the internet explaining that. -= Kernel .config =- At time of writing i was using gentoo-sources-4.11.3 … Read More

irc bashbot

sup all, happy holidays and all that good stuff. so lately i have been working on an irc bot written only in bash. i know, sounds like a fucking nightmare and it would have been easier in python but this is fun and it works. you can grab it here i will write an article … Read More

Command line bar graph

sup i decided to write this command line bar graph (with portions taken from here) that shows graphs based on the amount of files and extensions in a dir (recursive or non-recursive). need came about due to not wanting to grep, sort and uniq certain folders at the time for what i was doing. here … Read More

tmux run command on idle

Sup all so i finally decided to have a command run every time my terminal goes idle. after some searching, here is what i have come up with: lock-after-time && lock-command from the man pages: lock-after-time number Lock the session (like the lock-session command) after number seconds of inactivity. The default is not to lock … Read More

Fortiswitch 224d-poe screenshot

now that i am back in i have decided to post an updated screenshot of the status page for no real reason. Click to enlarge