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Because on our planet, you only get emails about your 2FA code, or that one game in your steam wishlist that gets a 87% discount every 3 weeks. - -But no, it wasn't a spam. Just a nice person who sent me a nice email. - -This email really made my day. Knowing that someone took the time to read the content of my website made the whole _**installing nginx to then spend few days [configuring hugo](https://github.com/aledenshi/hugo)**_ proccess worth it. - -_(thank you for your email)_ - -## Blogs are cool - -I really like to read blog posts from other people on the web. When you read about someone else's thoughts, you really listen to what **they** have to say, you can't really stop them to then start to talk about yourself like in a conversation. (+ blog is a great resource to learn things) - -I really think that having a blog is cool, you should have one. I host mine all by myself but I'm sure that there is another solution if you can't do that. - -I think that you already know this but : Don't write blogs about something that is illegal or to hurt someone else's feeling. Be kind to the people around, especially to people that you don't know. - -## Back to emails - -### Don't let 'mailto:' links scare you - -I never leave comments on youtube videos, I never send emails to people that write blogs neither. But this email changed my mind. Why not after all ? - -You might see me in your inbox someday if I find your website. - -### XMPP - -I don't like emails because you can't really know if someone did receive your mail. I will try to setup an XMPP server. You can contact me there if you don't like emails too. diff --git a/content/old.blog/trying-out-helix.md b/content/old.blog/trying-out-helix.md deleted file mode 100644 index a9e592d..0000000 --- a/content/old.blog/trying-out-helix.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Trying out Helix" -date: 2025-09-22T09:08:19+02:00 ---- - -## Intro - -So I recently learned about the [helix editor](https://helix-editor.com/). If you try to use it you will see that Helix is similar to Vim and has the same three main editing modes. - -On a ton of distros it's easy to install it, on Arch you can just go: - -```sh -sudo pacman -S helix -``` - -Normally, you use the helix binary with the `hx` command. But on Arch, you have to spell the whole `helix` word out, so you should probably make an alias in your shell's config if it bothers you. - -```sh -alias hx="helix" -``` - -## The actual Helix - -### Basic stuff - -Helix comes pre installed with LSP support, color schemes, a fuzzy finder similar to telescope, native syntax tree with tree sitter, auto closing characters such as brackets, parenthesis and quotes and more. - -Helix are different [Neovim](https://neovim.io/) as helix works out of the box, you have nothing to configure. Some people might say that compared to Neovim/Vim, Helix is bloated, but I really think that this 'bloat' feels awesome and will find it's own audience. - -### Conf - -Helix uses a `config.toml` file in your `~/.config/helix` folder, so since it's using the TOML format Helix configuration files are way more user-friendly than learning to use Neovim's init.lua - -### Usage - -Of course, using Helix feels weird if you are used to vim motions. - -It uses an _object-verb_ system : you first specify the object, then the action you want to perform on it (yank, delete, replace etc). So you will feel a bit confused with the keybinds because vim does the opposite (verb-object). You should really go checkout helix's website as it gives you everything you need to help you use their text editor. They even have a guide [for us](https://docs.helix-editor.com/from-vim.html) vim users. - -## Conclusion - -After using Helix for roughly 5 mins, I can say that I feel more comfortable **learning** Helix rather than Neovim. The Keybindings make more sense and are more intuitive. - -You must have your own opinion on the subject, stop reading stupid blog posts about helix and just give it a shot :) diff --git a/content/old.stuff.md b/content/old.stuff.md deleted file mode 100644 index af0f19d..0000000 --- a/content/old.stuff.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Stuff" -date: 2025-09-21T19:48:56+02:00 ---- - -## Intro - -As I am writing this it's only been a year since I learned about `GNU/Linux`. I didn't know anything about programming neither back then, but hey, here I am :) - -## Software I use(d) - -I remember reading those two pages from [Luke Smith](https://lukesmith.xyz/programs) and [zacoons](https://zacoons.com/stuff) this summer. I really liked them, so I am going to do the same (kind of the same). - -### Env - -When I first learned about Linux, everyone told me to install [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com), and so I did. I don't remember my experience using it (as I only used Ubuntu for like 3 days). But I remember staying late at night installing [Debian](https://www.debian.org) after learning that Ubuntu wasn't the **one and only Linux distro** existing. - -Learning about the others Desktop Environment was overwhelming as well, so I ran Debian headless (without a Desktop Environment) only to realize that a display server is vital if I want to make a normal use of my computer. So I installed and learned about Window Managers with i3. - -Debian was nice and made me happy (for a few months or so). But I quickly learned about rolling release distros and so I installed [Void Linux](https://voidlinux.org). - -_Void Linux_ is a really cool name. Void Linux **is** cool. `xbps` is cool. Everything about this distro **is cool**. [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org) **is** cool, [Sway](https://github.com/swaywm) sure was. And making symlinks between `/etc/sv` and `/var/services` to enable daemons was fire. I really loved using Void Linux, I used it with [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org) and [KDE](https://kde.org) plasma for months. - -Unfortunately, an app I wanted to use needed systemd as a dependency so I had to leave the runit init system. As I already used Debian I wanted to try another distro so I installed Arch. - -Arch is scary. I don't have much to say about it. I use it with [Hyprland](https://hypr.land). - -I wanted to try [suckless](https://suckless.org) software but meh, I don't want to leave Wayland and [dwl](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl) doesn't sound appealing to me. - -### Shell - -I used to only know good ol' [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash). -[fish](https://fishshell.com) was kind of a deal breaker compared to the bourne again shell, but recently I've switched to [zsh](https://www.zsh.org). - -### Editor - -I started off with VSCode, but I just knew that it wasn't the right one, I am now using [Neovim](https://neovim.io), I really like the project, but I don't feel like neovim is the right one neither. Maybe I will give [Helix](https://helix-editor.com) a shot. - -### Web browser - -I use Firefox, with [arkenfox](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js). - -### Search Engine - -I used DuckDuckGo before and then ran SearXNG on my personal server. But now I just choose one [here](https://searx.space). - -## Software I don't want to use - -### Google - -I started ungoogle-ing things this summer. Using another email provider, another email client, etc isn't that bad. The most difficult part for me is by far android. I have a Xiaomi phone I bought years ago and I am running HyprOs 2.0 on it. - -It's currently impossible (or at least, very difficult) to unlock the bootloader of phones running this particuliar OS. So I am trapped, I can't install a custom android ROM such as [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org) or [GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org) because of the bootloader unlocking process. - -The only workaround I found is using [AUD](https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation) with [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org). - -## More - -### People - -Here's a small list of people hosting their websites. -[You should put](https://zacoons.com/blog/2025-12-09-why-you-should-have-a-website/) tons of links to other people in your website. - -- [Denshi](https://denshi.org) -- [zacoons](https://zacoons.com) -- [unixdigest](https://unixdigest.com) -- [Luke Smith](https://lukesmith.xyz) -- [urof](https://web.archive.org/web/20230325061748/https://urof.net/) (web archive) - -### Guides - -These guides helped me a lot. There are good guides on Youtube too. - -- [LandChad.net](https://landchad.net) -- [Comfy.Guide](https://comfy.guide) diff --git a/content/stuff.md b/content/stuff.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9ef23d7..0000000 --- a/content/stuff.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Stuff" -date: 2025-10-28 ---- - -## Software I use - -You will hear a lot of people on the internet (like me) express our opinion about subjects like VSCode, systemd, GitHub or whatever. - -Don't change the software you use only because other people are telling you that it shouldn't be used or to look more "cool". - -This page is only here to entertain you, not to make you feel ashamed. - -### OS - -I use [Artix Linux](https://artixlinux.org/) with runit. - -### Text editor - -Neovim, but ~VSCode~ VSCodium is really nice if you don't like TUI based text/code editor. - -Sometimes I really feel dumb not using VSCode, Neovim (and others text editors like helix) don't have features I need such as _Goto Definition_ for Java. - -### Web browser - -Firefox everywhere, with these add-ons : - -- [Ad-Blocker](https://ublockorigin.com/). -- [Youtube-blocker](https://zacoons.com/pystol/). -- [Cookies-blocker](https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies/). - -### Search Engine - -[SearXNG](https://searx.space), DuckDuckGo if i'm too lazy. - -### Email client - -Thunderbird :) - -### File Manager - -I don't have one, I use the shell with `coreutils`. But let's be honest, the drag-and-drop feature on a file manager does feel very nice. - -## Internet - -### Websites - -- [Denshi](https://denshi.org/) -- [zacoons](https://zacoons.com/) - -### Guides - -- [Comfy.Guide](https://comfy.guide/) -- [DenshiVideo](https://youtube.com/@Denshi) -- [LandChad.net](https://landchad.net/) -- [Mental Outlaw](https://youtube.com/@MentalOutlaw) - -## Quotes - -"No man is righteous, some are just better at hiding their sin than others." --- zacoons - -"ἕν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα" --- Socrate -- cgit v1.2.3