Linux, Bacon and Deadlifts, part 7: Have a Purpose and Set Some Goal

Many of us are guilty of starting something only to give up halfway through. It's not always deliberate, of course. Sometimes, we just lose interest and move on. Other times, we lack the patience required. Nowadays, lots of folk are looking for instant gratification, and turn around once they realize that you need to do …

OpenBSD’s CWM: An Underrated Window Manager (Plus a Comfy Config)

June 2023: an updated version of this post is available on my new site: https://ianlecorbeau.github.io/blog/openbsd-cwm.html The first time I tried OpenBSD's Calm Window Manager, I thought it was really good, but at that point I was merely curious as to what it looked like and didn't explore all its functionalities. I've always been more than …

Building a Minimal Custom Linux Kernel on Debian

Opening note: this is a very basic guide whose goal is to show how to build a custom Linux kernel tailored to your own hardware on Debian, using their linux-source package. If you are looking for a more general, distro-agnostic way of building the kernel, or for a way to build a more recent kernel …