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Xbox Controller on Linux

Something that I have a hard time with, every time that I start up a new distro, is getting my xbox controller working without a cable. It is never easy, and at no point does it seem like something any of the distros I frequent will fix "out of the …

Fix Wifi Speed with Debian

First off, may I say this is dumb. This has been an issue for at least 4 years in the Linux community and still, to this day, the solution is to fix it manually.

To start, my install uses NetworkManager which has a rudimentary GUI, and since this has been …

Alone with my computer

I read a post on mastodon sometime in the last couple weeks, I can't find it again but it was from someone that re-installed Linux on their main machine for the first time in 10 or more years. They said it felt like, and I'm paraphrasing, "Its nice to feel …

Reset WSL2 Password to default

Somethimes I don't use WSL on my main machine for long periods of time and I forget the user password, so I've done this more than once.

Step 1:

Open a command prompt as administrator.

Get the Name of the WSL installation

wsl --list --verbose
Screenshot of where we are so far

Step 2: Set default user …

VIM is cool

But VS Code is practical.

I am running Debian on my Framework laptop for 6 months, it's a trip. So many "normal" things are just a haul. Maybe if I went with Ubuntu I would have a "better" time, I already tried Linux Mint. As it is, I would like …