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peterbartha / README.md
Last active May 25, 2025 16:29
Convert Rust books to EPUB (incl. The Rust Programming Language)

Convert Rust books to EPUB (incl. The Rust Programming Language)

The following steps work for all the HTML learning materials on the Learn Rust page:

  1. Click on the "Print this book" icon in the top right corner.
  2. "Cancel" print popup.
  3. Press F12.
  4. Copy, paste, and run the contents of ebookFormatPreparation.js into your browser's console.
  5. Save the modified HTML file.
@probonopd
probonopd / Wayland.md
Last active July 27, 2025 13:11
Think twice about Wayland. It breaks everything!

Think twice before abandoning X11. Wayland breaks everything!

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Wayland breaks everything! It is binary incompatible, provides no clear transition path with 1:1 replacements for everything in X11, and is even philosophically incompatible with X11. Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating everyone else (e.g., people using just an X11 window manager or something like GNUstep) in the process.

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@pjobson
pjobson / plex_media_permissions_4_noobies.md
Last active June 30, 2025 09:14
Plex Media Permissions for Linux Noobies

Plex Media Permissions for Linux Noobies

There is no problem with being a noobie and I do not use the term to sligtht or disparage anyone.

This is a way to setup your permissions for running Plex in Linux. Different folks may use different methods.

The permissions concepts provided here apply to OSX, but the users and groups are controlled and modified differently, so much of this will not work properly. I think the command is dscl, but that could be out of date.

There are many ways to setup your permissions scheme in Linux, this methodology describes a way to do it, not everyone will like it, but it works for me, so whatever.