Posted on Tue 11 February 2025 in nix • Tagged with pelican, nix
How to manage data users, specifically for MySQL/MariaDB using Nix. The process involved declaring user configurations, creating scripts to apply configurations and automating the process with systemd.
Posted on Sun 19 January 2025 in nix • Tagged with pelican, nix
How to publish a static website using Nix, specifically a website genrated with Pelican and managed with Nix Flakes.
Posted on Fri 25 October 2024 in nix • Tagged with linux, nix, security
How to manage secrets in a Nix configuration
using Agenix, a tool built on top of the
age encryption tool.
Posted on Sat 24 August 2024 in nix • Tagged with linux, nix, btrfs
How to convert an Arch Linux system using a Btrfs filesystem into a NixOS system without reformatting or using a USB live distro.
Posted on Sat 03 September 2022 in Linux, packaging, AppImage, Docker
In Linux, software is conventionally distributed through packages, usually compressed folders including executables, installations scripts and various configuration files. These packaging formats come in various flavors like deb packages, RPMs, and many others. While very useful, these packaging formats have a downside: they are distribution specific. Even if two distributions …
Posted on Fri 07 May 2021 in Linux, HiDPI, PixelPal
Pixel Pal is a project I have started whose purpose is to bring new life to old icon themes. Many old icon themes are in raster format and are not available for HiDPI screens (their resolution are too small). Currently the only way to handle old icon themes is to …
Posted on Sat 25 April 2020 in Linux, HiDPI, PixelPal
Pixel Pal is a project I have started whose purpose is to bring new life to old icon themes. Many old icon themes are in raster format and are not available for HiDPI screens (their resolution are too small). Currently the only way to handle old icon themes is to …
Posted on Sun 19 April 2020 in Linux, HiDPI, PixelPal
Pixel Pal is a project I have started whose purpose is to bring new life to old icon themes. Many old icon themes are in raster format and are not available for HiDPI screens (their resolution are too small). Currently the only way to handle old icon themes is to …
Posted on Sat 11 April 2020 in Linux, HiDPI, PixelPal
Pixel Pal is a project I have started whose purpose is to bring new life to old icon themes. Many old icon themes are in raster format and are not available for HiDPI screens (their resolution are too small). Currently the only way to handle old icon themes is to …
Posted on Sat 15 February 2020 in Linux, HiDPI, PixelPal
Pixel Pal is a project I have started whose purpose is to bring new life to old icon themes. Many old icon themes are in raster format and are not available for HiDPI screens (their resolution are too small). Currently the only way to handle old icon themes is to …