Category Archives: Linux
GTK/Qt tooltip mods
I’m using the ‘Arc-Dark‘ theme on all GTK2, GTK3, GTK4, Qt5 and Qt6 applications on Arch Linux. It is a very good-looking, dark(ish) low-contrast theme, saving my poor eyes from the glaring white default themes of the mentioned toolkits. The … Continue reading
Mkcert on OpenWrt (MIPS)
Mkcert is a simple, zero-conf tool for making locally-trusted development certificates. It is a very useful helper tool in preventing the browsers from whining about insecure/untrusted connections on LAN-only web interfaces, like those on routers. I’m using an old(ish) Ubiquiti … Continue reading
Delaying the start of a systemd unit at boot
I’m keeping an eye on what’s going on with my servers via remote Gkrellm system monitors. I noticed that on one server the hardware sensors seemed to need a bit more time than normal to initialize on boot, so the … Continue reading
Tempus fugit
Today is the 10th anniversary of when I started this – way too occasional – WordPress-based blog. The server hardware is on its third version, software is still courtesy of Larry the Cow… er, that is, Gentoo Linux. Ten years. … Continue reading
WordPress backups to a remote server
Earlier, I used a WordPress plugin to do periodic backups of the sites I’m hosting, but I came to a conclusion that it would be more reliable, flexible and fun to do the backups via a system script instead, sending … Continue reading
