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Random stuff that interests me and I think should be written down, mostly for myself.

What Emacs' package.el can learn from Neovim's packer.nvim

Mehrad Mahmoudian published on
9 min, 1697 words

Abstract

I used vim and Neovim for about a decade, and then during the past two years I have switched to Emacs (initially Doom Emacs, and now my own config). There are perhaps some things that I have brought with myself subconciously from [neo]vim to my Emacs config. But in this article I want to briefly touch upon the thing that I wish Emacs, and especially package.el can adopt/learn from Neovim's Packer.

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Categories: Lovely Linux Emacs Neovim Opinion

Tags: post Emacs Neovim

Easy virt-manager setup

Mehrad Mahmoudian published on
2 min, 372 words

Abstract

In this short article I will explain how and what to install on an Arch-based distro to have a system to run some VMs. It is usually a controversial topic, but this is what I use. It does not mean it is the most correct way, but it means this setup has worked for me.

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Categories: Lovely Linux

Tags: post virtualization ArchBTW

Flatpak tips

Mehrad Mahmoudian published on
4 min, 616 words

Abstract

In this post I list some tips to help maintain your Flatpaks and have them in control. In general Flatpaks are much easier and straightforward to use compared to Snap (and from personal experience faster), but still there are few things that are good to have in mind when using them.

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Categories: Lovely Linux

Tags: post CLI

CLI/TUI Tools I Have My Eyes on

Mehrad Mahmoudian published on
2 min, 298 words

Abstract

This is not an article but rather a list of the software/tools I have found interesting either from feature aspect or design. These software are under my radar and are listed here as a shortlist for my own future reference and potentially introduce them to those who checkout my website.

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Categories: Lovely Linux

Tags: post CLI will get updated