Rikard Glans darrik

Arch Linux tweaks

This is a collection of the tweaks and modification I've made to my Arch Linux installation over the months. These may be applicable to other distros, but please check first before doing anything. I also included Arch Wiki references for all the procedures I mentioned. My recommendation is not to blindly follow this gist but to always check with the Arch Linux wiki first. Things move fast and by the time you're reading this my gist may be out of date. Lastly, the golden rule: never execute a command you don't understand.

Installing the KDE Plasma desktop

My current DE of choice is KDE's Plasma. I find it just about perfect.

There are various ways to install it on Arch. The most popular one is to install plasma and plasma-applications, but I don't like doing that because it comes with too many programs I'll never use. I, instead, install the base plasma group, remove the few extra packages that come with it, then I finish off by installing a few KDE apps that don't come with th

Assembly Language / Reversing / Malware Analysis / Game Hacking -resources

⭐Assembly Language

Modern x64 Assembly

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Comments in different programming languages

This document lists comment styles and languages (and dialects) that use it. The list is based on the one used in NERD commenter.

Comment types are grouped by the types of symbols used. Each example is organised as a comment block followed by a list of languages.

Note¹: the number of languages is quite large, and much of this

Disable WhatsApp automatic emoji conversion

The script works by patching the webpack chunks instead of manipulating the DOM.

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	# Simple tool to switch the Creative BT-W5 Bluetooth Audio dongle between AptX Adaptive Low Latency or High Quality mode.
	# Of course, only works with Bluetooth headphones that support AptX Adaptive, such as the Tranya X3
	# Reverse engineered based on communication between Creative's desktop app for Windows and the BT-W5.
	# Might also accidentally overwrite other settings as a whole config data array is sent without taking into account the existing config.
	#
	# Usage: sudo ./btw5-switch.py ll (for low-latency mode)
	# sudo ./btw5-switch.py hq (for high-quality mode)
	#

	#!/bin/bash

	#see https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2006 for why this is needed

	set -e

	run_nethogs() {
	local pid="$1"
	nethogs -t -d 0 -P "$pid" \| grep --line-buffered "ollama"
	}