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Woolfy025 / OpenBSD_on_a_RP4.md
Created September 29, 2024 03:54 — forked from astreknet/OpenBSD_on_a_RP4.md
OpenBSD on a Raspberry Pi 4
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Woolfy025 / OpenBSD_on_Apple_M2_QEMU.md
Created September 29, 2024 03:52 — forked from astreknet/OpenBSD_on_Apple_M2_QEMU.md
OpenBSD on Apple M2 with QEMU

OpenBSD on Apple M2 with QEMU

Minimalist installation of OpenBSD on the Apple M2 using QEMU

Ingredients

Installation

  1. install QEMU with Homebrew brew install qemu, also possible with MacPorts
  2. Write a script with execute permissions chmod +x qemu_aarch64_install_openbsd.sh for installing the image.
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Woolfy025 / ps3_hdd_expansion_notes.md
Created August 11, 2024 01:01 — forked from andshrew/ps3_hdd_expansion_notes.md
PS3 Linux / NetBSD 6.0 HDD Partition Expansion

Cloning (and expanding) a 60GB PS3 HDD to a 320GB HDD

These are the steps that were taken to clone a 60GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) HDD to a 320GB HDD, and then expand the USERDATA partition to the full size of the new disk using a NetBSD VM.

Clone the Drive

The original 60GB HDD was cloned to an image using ddrescue.

Original disk: /dev/loop0 (mounted 60GB HDD image file) New Disk: /dev/sdd (320GB HDD)

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Woolfy025 / ps3_hdd_decryption_notes.md
Created August 11, 2024 01:00 — forked from andshrew/ps3_hdd_decryption_notes.md
PS3 Linux / FreeBSD Drive Decryption Notes

These are the steps I took on Linux Mint using the PS3 HDD decryption helper

Reference discussion: HDD mounting and decryption on Linux

Install qemu for PowerPC64 and download FreeBSD Image

  1. qemu-system-ppc64 is used to emulate a PowerPC CPU
    Install via:
    sudo apt install qemu-system-ppc
  2. FreeBSD has some instructions for using qemu with PowerPC64 here.
    They have pre-built disk files which you can download here.
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Woolfy025 / Wayland.md
Last active June 25, 2024 09:27 — forked from probonopd/Wayland.md
Think twice about Wayland. It breaks everything!

Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!

Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating everyone else (e.g., people using just an X11 window manager or something like GNUstep) in the process.

Wayland proponents make it seem like Wayland is "the successor" of Xorg, when in fact it is not. It is merely an incompatible alternative, and not even one that has (nor wants to have) feature parity (missing features). And unlike X11 (the X Window System), Wayland protocol designers actively avoid the concept of "windows" (making up incompr

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Woolfy025 / ghostBox.py
Created June 9, 2024 15:21 — forked from RedRoosterKey/ghostBox.py
Facilitates communication with extradimensional entites via a raspberry pi and sensehat (for entertainment purposes only)
#!/usr/bin/python
from sense_hat import SenseHat
from datetime import datetime
import math,os,random,subprocess,time
#
# Background:
#
# I have seen various electronic devices on paranormal TV shows (most popular
# being the Ovilus by Digital Dousing) that claim to convert "ghost energy" into
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Woolfy025 / howdy-face-recognition-arch-kde.md
Created June 2, 2024 06:27 — forked from pastleo/howdy-face-recognition-arch-kde.md
Setup face recognition authentication on ArchLinux and KDE Plasma using howdy

Setup face recognition authentication on ArchLinux and KDE Plasma using howdy

This is surprisingly easy...basically following Arch Wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Howdy

After some investigation, here is step by step and preferences

Install howdy

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Woolfy025 / dual_secure_boot.md
Created June 1, 2024 11:53 — forked from vortexavalanche/dual_secure_boot.md
Arch Linux dual secure boot with Windows 11
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Woolfy025 / install_bionic_on_x1c6.md
Created May 15, 2024 03:25 — forked from bogaotory/install_bionic_on_x1c6.md
Install Ubuntu 18.04 on Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Generation

Install Ubuntu 18.04 on Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen/2018

X1C6 Type: 20KG*

Bionic works out of the box on the new 2018 X1 Carbon. The X1C6 is a beautiful laptop, and Bionic is the best Ubuntu yet. Users of all levels of experties/experiences are recommended to try this combination. The purpose of this documentation is to improve the user's experience.

BIOS/UEFI Changes

Following changes are required by the DSDT patch:

  1. Turn off Secure Boot
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Woolfy025 / unifi_ubuntu_jammy.sh
Created April 30, 2024 10:49 — forked from thimslugga/unifi-ubuntu-jammy.sh
Install Ubiquiti UniFi Controller Software v8.x on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Install and setup UniFi Controller Software v8.x on Ubuntu 22.04 aka Jammy
#
# * Download Ubuntu 22.04 - https://releases.ubuntu.com/jammy/
#
# * Updating and Installing Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) - https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/220066768
# * Self-Hosting a UniFi Network Server - https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012282453
# * UniFi - Repairing Database Issues on the UniFi Network Application - https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006634094
# * UISP Installation Guide - https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012196527-UNMS-Installation-Guide