xonsh is a shell like Fish or Bash that gives you the ability to execute Python directly in the shell. You can install xonsh with pipx or just create a virtual environment yourself and pip install everything you need. This covers everything I need though, unless you wish to use…
Purchasing System 76 in 2025
With the new year coming up and my old System 76 Oryx Pro from 2017 not keeping up with some GPU needs, I decided it was time to buy something new. I shopped around a bit, but in the U.S. we are in a situation that made my choices somewhat…
My top five Linux applications of 2025
Here are my top five Linux application lists of 2025 that have made my year a little bit better, a lot more productive, and fun. TUI Applications Caligula is a user-friendly tool for burning disk images to USB drives, designed to simplify the process compared to traditional methods like dd….
CachyOS and KDE
I was shopping around for a new Arch based distro as I was having some issues with Manjaro and Garuda. Yes, I could install Arch. I have done this, and it was as annoying as Slackware back in the nineties. I suppose I could use the install script, basically how…
A little dystopian reading for a dystopian future.
There is not too much I can say. All these books are great. I just wish they were not so close to reality. The Iron Heel by Jack London The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Little Brother by Cory Doctorow The Trial by Franz…
Omarchy Post Install on System 76 Laptop
My post Omarchy install on System 76, as I don’t want to forget shit, because I am old. I thought I would share, in case it helps anyone one. I am using an older Oryx Pro, oryp4-b in my case, but I imagine this will work on most System76 machines….
Quick and dirty encrypted notepad in PowerShell
For admins who like to keep passwords in Notepad I made a simple encrypted notepad in PowerShell. It can be run where actual executables sometimes can’t. Has basic light and dark mode from system setting and stores the key in your home profile without any intervention. If you move to…
Simple Color Coded Log Tail Utility In PowerShell
I wrote a color coded log tail utility to make things easier for a colleague to see what was happening when tracking down some issues. So now I have an fun little log viewer. In reality, I had some down time and needed to do anything to make it through…
Completely Wipe A Hard Drive With PowerShell
Completely wipe a hard drive with PowerShell! We have to do this from time to time and I thought it would be nice to use a simple utility I wrote myself. Hammers work too and are way faster. Do you plan on pitching an old hard drive? Are you selling…
Fetch RSS Feed With Fish Shell And Python
Here is a working example of how to fetch an rss feed with Fish shell and Python. This grabs 40 or so of the latest articles from hacker news with a simple command. You could add code to grab actual dates as opposed to count providing an arg to the…
