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Oct 31, 2023

How to Install NVIDIA Graphics Card (GPU) Driver on Manjaro and Arch Linux

These days many Linux distros ship with open source graphics drivers such as Nouveau preinstalled and the Arch Linux family is no different. While open-source drivers are usually good enough to use a graphical interface, they often lack proprietary features which official drivers provide. Hence, one cannot take full advantage of all the functionalities that the dedicated GPU has to offer.

Aug 20, 2023

How to Use an Encrypted Swap Partition with Support for Hibernation on Linux

Why Encrypt the Swap Partition? Encrypting the home partition is a good first step toward ensuring data confidentiality. However, a typical system usually stores some information outside /home such as in swap partitions which are not encrypted by default. This poses a security threat as sensitive information can be gleaned from the swap partition, even if the /home partition is encrypted.

Jul 13, 2023

Fix Slow GTK Apps on GNOME® after Updating Ubuntu, Manjaro, Arch Linux

Backstory I have been using my laptop full-time for the past 3 months. Consequently, my desktop PC remained dormant during this period and the software was obviously (extremely) out of date when I turned on my desktop computer on Wednesday. The very first thing I did was to update all repositories and packages using sudo pacman -Syy && sudo pacman -Syu, and then reboot the machine for a fresh start.

Feb 12, 2023

How to Fix SSH 'X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication' Error on Linux

X11 forwarding is a feature of the SSH (Secure Shell) protocol that enables graphical applications found on a remote computer to be accessed over an SSH connection. The GUI application is executed on the remote server, but the application’s window is displayed on the local computer where the SSH session was started.

Dec 25, 2022

Setup a User With Access to Only SFTP and SCP Inside a Chroot Jail on Ubuntu, Manjaro, Arch Linux

A user can be defined as someone who has access to the system, albeit only to the resources for which permission has been granted. Fortunately, adding users on Linux is quite easy thanks to utilities such as useradd and adduser. Nonetheless, creating a user using the useradd command without any extra arguments will grant that user access to the shell by default.

Nov 10, 2022

How to Fix FFmpeg 'could not find device with name' dshow Error on Windows

FFmpeg is an open-source utility that is widely regarded as the swiss-army knife of audio and video manipulation. While many tend to use software such as OBS Studio or other desktop capture programs to record the desktop and system audio, I have always preferred using FFmpeg as it is more lightweight.