by Alexander Sharp | Sep 3, 2023
I happened to notice that KDE Plasma 6 will drop support for the old Synaptics driver that has made my old MacBook Pros work with Linux for many years. This means libinput will be the only option. I am not a fan of libinput and it is the main reason I don’t use...
by Alexander Sharp | Feb 28, 2023
SFTP is one of the worst named protocols in computing. Like many, I once thought it was an extension of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that added encryption, but it is not. That’s FTPS. SFTP is an extension of Secure Shell (SSH) and stands for SSH File Transfer...
by Alexander Sharp | Oct 5, 2022
After tinkering in the terminal long enough, it’s inevitable that you will eventually look for a terminal emulator with more features. First step is to extend the functionality within the terminal with an improved shell and some eye candy. But now you want more...
by Alexander Sharp | Sep 22, 2022
Recently I decided to find the perfect terminal emulator for me and, while I did not actually find perfection I did decide to make wezterm (Wez’s Terminal Emulator) my daily driver. The only major downside is that configuring wezterm requires hacking a Lua file...
by Alexander Sharp | Jul 9, 2022
Several years ago I began using elementary OS as my primary desktop operating system. I thought it was exciting—a Linux for the everyman, a Linux desktop environment that copied Apple rather than Microsoft, a Linux distro that didn’t package a bunch of software...
