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Daniel Wayne Armstrong

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  1. New post!

    As we all go about our day we discover bits of wisdom that WOW! and YES! seem to be directed at you.

    I like to put these bits together in a file for later review. Using the programs `fortune` and `cowsay` and `lolcat` I made a little shell script that runs at a console login or when a terminal window/tab is opened and outputs a colourful, random fortune from my custom collection.

    dwarmstrong.org/my-fortune/

  2. Updated post!

    I like to install `keychain` to manage my SSH keys. When logging in for the first time after boot, it prompts me for the passphrase to unlock my key, then will maintain a single `ssh-agent` process across multiple login sessions.

    Added a note about setting up keychain to launch at login for the fish shell.

    dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-ssh-ke

  3. Updated post!

    I added a note about switching the user shell from 'sh' to 'fish'.

    dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-after-

  4. I'm thinking of re-installing FreeBSD on my Thinkpad T480s (Intel iGPU) and exploring Sway as my Wayland compositor. What is the state of Wayland support in FreeBSD?

  5. New blog post!

    Using the Arch Linux installation image and working my way through the excellent installation guide, I show the choices I make to create an encrypted, minimal Linux system with “just enough” to provide a solid foundation to build upon further: whether that be setting up a desktop, laptop, or server:

    dwarmstrong.org/archlinux-inst

  6. Day 06 of :freebsd:

    Installed the `xorg` metapackage, a bit of configuring, and `startx` into the included TWM window manager.

    Onward!

    Source: gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfile