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Converting Archlinux with BTRFS into NixOS
Recently I have converted my laptop from Archlinux into NixOS without reformatting or plugging a USB live distro and kept my home partition as is. This was done from the existing Archlinux install. The former system was installed on top a BTRFS root sub-volume. I use that to my advantage. These steps are for NixOS…
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Pixel Pal (PART 6) : Early progress reports
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 resample them by the desired…
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Pixel Pal (PART 5) : Data augmentation
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 resample them by the desired…
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Pixel Pal (PART 4) : Training a model
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 resample them by the desired…
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Pixel Pal (PART 3) : Measuring model quality
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 resample them by the desired…
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Pixel Pal (PART 2) : Gathering data for Pixel Pal
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 resample them by the desired…
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Pixel Pal (PART 1) : Adapting old icon themes for HiDPI screens
I am starting a new open source project. The goal of this project is to solve a recurring issue with HiDPI support. The issues is that many old software rely on icon themes in raster format which are not suitable for HiDPI screens. To be more specific various software projects rely on icons which are…