XScreenSaver Fonts

July 7, 2019 - 1 min read

I run Awesome on Ubuntu 19.04 with XScreenSaver. This post is a brief writeup of what I did to fix the ugly default fonts.

Minor Miracles

June 26, 2019 - 2 mins read

The last six months at work have been really stressful, so to finally get a week off for Swedish Midsummer celebrations was really what the doctor ordered! I’ve managed to wind down and relax, spend time with my kids and my family, and even put in some time on my personal software projects! Three years ago I forked thttpd and began merging patches I’d found scattered around the net. I’ve also added a few features of my own, and to avoid any confusion with the original (bug free!

The original PIM-SM daemon

April 28, 2019 - 2 mins read

Protocol Independent Multicast, PIM, allows existing networks to route IP multicast, regardless of what unicast routing protocol is in use. It is designed to use existing routing tables to make its multicast routing decisions. PIM-SM is suitable for sparsely located multicast subscribers, for dense mode operation mrouted is recommended, and for static multicast routing smcroute may be used. pimd is a lightweight standalone PIM-SM/SSM v2 multicast routing daemon. It is the original USC (netweb/catarina.

FLOSS Progress

March 13, 2019 - 3 mins read

This post is an update of what’s happened since last I posted about my many pet projects. As usual nothing fancy. If you want to know more I suggest you find one on GitHub you’re interested in. File an issue, or better yet, post a pull request to scratch that itch you have deep down: 👉 https://github.com/troglobit

Odd Progress

March 12, 2019 - 2 mins read

A lot has happened since my last post; I had my bike stolen, stumbled upon the guys who’d stolen it, got mugged by same guys, decided I’d had enough and then bought a house and moved to another city. That’s the long and short of it.

I’m OK, sort of.

Dark Themes Ahead

August 12, 2018 - 1 min read

Reminder to self: How to fix Firefox about:config when using a Dark Theme in Gnome or Awesome.

I use System76 amazing Gtk+ theme from Pop!_OS. It’s quite simple to set up on top of Ubuntu and use in Awesome:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:system76/pop
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pop-theme

I then use gnome-tweaks to select the Pop-dark-slim theme. Now, the problem is that certain text box inputs in Firefox is either completely dark or white and the text cannot be seen until you mark it. This isn’t specific to the Pop!_OS theme, Adwaita-dark is exactly as bad.

Display Brightness in Awesome on ThinkPad X250

August 3, 2018 - 1 min read

Having just received a new (used) ThinkPad X250 I felt somewhat lost when I realized the display brightness keys didn’t do anything in my Awesome WM setup.

Open Source Releases

June 16, 2018 - 1 min read

Last three months have been hectic, lots of exciting things going on at work, with my kids, and also with some of my pet projects.

N E M E S I S

April 15, 2018 - 2 mins read

Summer is almost upon us. The weather in Sweden has been amazing the last couple of weeks, sunny and warm. This has of course not prevented me from pursuing my favorite indoor activity; coding! This time around I’ve spent some time to resurrect the packet injection tool Nemesis.

Slow Down

February 15, 2018 - 1 min read

Anyone who knows me knows I’m quite stubborn. Whenever I set my sights on something I finish it. The last couple of years I’ve been quite busy on GitHub, making at least one commit per day. I’ve had a lot of things I’ve wanted to do and complete, and this commit regimen has kept me on track to do just that. However, nothing comes for free, and although I’ve achieved my goals, I’ve also had to make a lot of sacrifices.