supechicken

Rooting Xiaomi TV Box S 2nd Gen (jaws) without UART/teardown

Table of contents

• Prerequisites
• Step 1: Download the stock ROM for Xiaomi TV Box S 2nd Gen
• Step 2: Extract boot image from the OTA archive
• Step 3: Update the system with downloaded OTA archive
• Step 4: Patch boot image with Magisk
• Step 5: Unlock bootloader with fastboot
• Step 6: Reboot to system and complete setup

maximtrp

Orange Pi PC + Arch Linux ARM: installation guide

This guide is based on multiple guides as well as official instructions for the other boards found on the Internet:

1. https://github.com/RoEdAl/alarm-uboot-sunxi-armv7
2. https://uthings.uniud.it/building-mainline-u-boot-and-linux-kernel-for-orange-pi-boards
3. https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/allwinner/pcduino3

I have gone through all these steps recently and got a working board with my favorite Arch Linux ARM. I hope it will be helpful for someone else.

codeSTACKr

MongoDB Cheat Sheet 2022

MongoDB Crash Course 2022 < TODO: Add Video Link

Table of Contents

• Check monosh Version
• Start the Mongo Shell
• Show Current Database
• Show All Databases
• Create Or Switch Database

andrebrait

Here is the best setup (I think so :D) for K-series Keychron keyboards on Linux.

Note: many newer Keychron keyboards use QMK as firmware and most tips here do not apply to them. Maybe the ones related to Bluetooth can be useful, but everything related to Apple's keyboard module (hid_apple) on Linux, won't work. As far as I know, all QMK-based boards use the hid_generic module instead. Examples of QMK-based boards are: Q, Q-Pro, V, K-Pro, etc.

Most of these commands have been tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and should also work on most Debian-based distributions. If a command happens not to work for you, take a look in the comment section.

Make Fn + F-keys work (NOT FOR QMK-BASED BOARDS)

Older Keychron keyboards (those not based on QMK) use the hid_apple driver on Linux, even in the Windows/Android mode, both in Bluetooth and Wired modes.

Juul

The purpose of this document is to get you familiar with the concepts and command line tools involved with connecting to the internet using modern 4G LTE modems on both Debian/Ubuntu and OpenWRT.

This writeup is based on my experiences with the Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7455 modem and a Calyx (Sprint) SIM card, but it should apply to most modern 4G LTE modems.

High level overview

These are the steps required:

• Physically connect antennas

OdinsPlasmaRifle

Arch Linux Installation

LVM on LUKS Arch installation with systemd-boot

Sources:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system

Note: If you want a simpler encryption setup (with LUKS only), you can instead use the archinstall "guided" installer included with Arch since April 2021.

Brainiarc7

Tuning Intel Skylake and beyond for optimal performance and feature level support on Linux:

Note that on Skylake, Kabylake (and the now cancelled "Broxton") SKUs, functionality such as power saving, GPU scheduling and HDMI audio have been moved onto binary-only firmware, and as such, the GuC and the HuC blobs must be loaded at run-time to access this functionality.

Enabling GuC and HuC on Skylake and above requires a few extra parameters be passed to the kernel before boot.

Instructions provided for both Fedora and Ubuntu (including Debian):

Note that the firmware for these GPUs is often packaged by your distributor, and as such, you can confirm the firmware blob's availability by running: