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How to Theme Wayle with Matugen on Hyprland?
For those who don't know, Wayle is a project from the same creator as Hyprpanel, which is apparently going to be deprecated soon. Probably because of that, I couldn't find a proper theming guide anywh
Feeling Stuck in Linux? Read One Man Page a Day
Once you've spent years on an operating system, things soon start becoming stagnant. I hit that wall recently. I realized I'm spending most of my time at a full-time job, so I have very little time le
Thunar Setup on Arch Linux: Enable Trash Support, Image & Video Preview, and Archive Features
If you just want Thunar to work properly without digging into details, run: sudo pacman -S thunar gvfs tumbler ffmpegthumbnailer thunar-archive-plugin Optional (but useful): sudo pacman -S thunar-vol
Cached vs Non-Cached DNS: A Lazy Experiment That Got Interesting
I was bored and just wanted to code something to spark the life, of course. And, to fight it, my brain thought, "how fast really is my DNS provider?" No architecture diagram. No benchmarking framewo
Tracing Docker Internals: Socket Communication, Daemon, and Kernel Sharing
What really happens when you run docker ps: from CLI to Kernel Internals
Modify the Host Kernel from a Docker Container
Can we prove Docker shares the same kernel as the host machine? Yes — and we can prove it hands-on. This was actually a random thought. I didn’t research existing proofs or blog posts because I wanted
SSL vs TLS: Key Differences, Historical Insights and Evolution
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) was developed by Netscape to encrypt web traffic. It introduced the core idea of secure web communication and became the foundation of HTTPS as we know it today. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the direct successor to SSL....
Fix Missing Directories & External Drives in Thunar File Manager on Hyprland
A quick fix I discovered after hours of debugging — so you don't have to
