Tag Archives: Arch
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
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
Killing Zoom popup windows, Awesome/i3-style
During the still-ongoing Covid-19 epidemic the Zoom video conferencing app/service has been a lifeline for many, many people, including myself; I’m using Zoom several times a week. I AM very grateful to the Zoom team for making a version for … Continue reading
Punching Pulseaudio-RTP through a firewall
As I mentioned in the previous post, I recently set up a network audio server computer using pulseaudio-rtp. Because it would have been a waste of resources to use it only for audio work, I started using it for some … Continue reading
M-Audio Audiophile 2496 and Pulseaudio
When I built my previous Linux workstation in 2007, I equipped it with a M-Audio Audiophile 2496 professional audio card. I was very pleased with its quality – superb sound, excellent recording capabilities, S/PDIF and MIDI in/out, and proper RCA … Continue reading
