A place for my thoughts on things, tips & tricks, and maybe a review or two.
Preface I purchased this system from Amazon’s Renewed Store and the listing for this model is also in that link if you wanted to…
From the beginning Let’s first start what COSMIC is and it’s history, we’ll look at the first blog post from System76 (the company behind…
Installing on Linode I’ve been using Linode for a while and I used this article to install NixOS on a Linode. Now I was…
Creating the install media We can use the ARM ISO files on NixOS.org and if you want a GUI to connect to your network…
UI/UX Issues Below we’ll most often see issues: FilePicker New windows for certain sections of applications like Settings Application Issues As we enter into…
Installing Tow-Boot Tow-Boot instead of U-Boot (you can read the differences here) so we’ll need to make sure we install it on the eMMC…
Installing to microSD card Download the image file from here. You can use the Disks application if you are on GNOME or similar desktops…
After you create the mount point then we’ll add that drive to our `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix’: fileSystems.”/mnt/ExtraDrive” = { device = “/dev/disk/by-uuid/72315f9e-ceda-4152-8e8d-09590affba28”; fsType = “ext4”; };…
Installing newer software Recently I ran into this bug with the stable (22.05 at this writing) of the ProtonVPN software in NixOS. A way…
Automate the OS With NixOS you can setup your OS using the “configuration.nix” file which is in “/etc/nixos” and mine enables the following: Xorg…
systemd-boot Systemd-boot started with just support for UEFI which means the code base is much smaller when compared to GRUB which has a ton…
NOTE: This was done on a PinePhone 3GB model but the steps should apply to the 2G as well. Terms JumpDrive JumpDrive is software…
I would suggest reading Part 1 before reading this post. The Need to Evolve I now understand the pain points of the ground falling…
NOTE: This isn’t a beginner focused post as I will be using Linux terminology. About me and my Linux Journey I’ve been using Linux…
NOTE: I bought this wallet with my own money and Ridge had no involvement with this review at all. Some Background I’ve used a…
NOTE: I’ve had the PinePhone for about 1 year though it has never been my daily driver. It has been running Arch Linux ARM…
NOTE: I’ve had the PineTime for about 2 weeks or so which means take this review lightly. If you have any questions please do…
What will be here My personal thoughts and links to current projects or life events that are happening What won’t be here Ads Tracking…