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| -rwxr-xr-x | posts/2011-01-13-most-likely-to-succeed-in-year-of-2011.md (renamed from posts/2012-03-09-led-technology-not-so-eco copy.md) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2017-04-21-profiling-python-web-applications-with-visual-tools.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2017-08-11-simple-iot-application.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2018-01-16-using-digitalocean-spaces-object-storage-with-fuse.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2019-01-03-encoding-binary-data-into-dna-sequence.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2019-10-19-using-sentiment-analysis-for-clickbait-detection.md (renamed from posts/2019-10-19-using-sentiment-analysis-for-click-bait-detection-in-rss-feeds.md) | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2020-03-22-simple-sse-based-pubsub-server.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2020-09-06-esp-and-micropython.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2020-09-08-bind-warning-on-login.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2021-01-24-replacing-dropbox-with-s3.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2021-01-25-goaccess.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2021-06-26-simple-world-clock.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posts/2021-12-01-debian-based-riced-up-distribution-for-developers.md | 143 |
13 files changed, 169 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/posts/2012-03-09-led-technology-not-so-eco copy.md b/posts/2011-01-13-most-likely-to-succeed-in-year-of-2011.md index df54f63..df54f63 100755 --- a/posts/2012-03-09-led-technology-not-so-eco copy.md +++ b/posts/2011-01-13-most-likely-to-succeed-in-year-of-2011.md | |||
diff --git a/posts/2017-04-21-profiling-python-web-applications-with-visual-tools.md b/posts/2017-04-21-profiling-python-web-applications-with-visual-tools.md index 9a0540b..f2d4190 100644 --- a/posts/2017-04-21-profiling-python-web-applications-with-visual-tools.md +++ b/posts/2017-04-21-profiling-python-web-applications-with-visual-tools.md | |||
| @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Before we begin there are some requirements. We will need to: | |||
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | If you are using MacOS you should check out [Profiling Viewer](http://www.profilingviewer.com/) or [MacCallGrind](http://www.maccallgrind.com/). | 19 | If you are using MacOS you should check out [Profiling Viewer](http://www.profilingviewer.com/) or [MacCallGrind](http://www.maccallgrind.com/). |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 |  | 21 |  |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | We will be dividing this post into two main categories: | 23 | We will be dividing this post into two main categories: |
| 24 | 24 | ||
| @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ $ pyprof2calltree -i awesome_random_number.prof | |||
| 137 | 137 | ||
| 138 | This file can be opened with visualizing tools listed above. In this case we will be using Profilling Viewer under MacOS. You can open image in new tab. As you can see from this example there is hierarchy of execution order of your code. | 138 | This file can be opened with visualizing tools listed above. In this case we will be using Profilling Viewer under MacOS. You can open image in new tab. As you can see from this example there is hierarchy of execution order of your code. |
| 139 | 139 | ||
| 140 |  | 140 |  |
| 141 | 141 | ||
| 142 | > Make sure you convert output of the cProfile output every time you want to refresh and take a look at your possible optimizations because cProfile updates .prof file every time browser hits the function. | 142 | > Make sure you convert output of the cProfile output every time you want to refresh and take a look at your possible optimizations because cProfile updates .prof file every time browser hits the function. |
| 143 | 143 | ||
| @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ $ snakeviz awesome_random_number.prof | |||
| 160 | # shows visualized profile | 160 | # shows visualized profile |
| 161 | ``` | 161 | ``` |
| 162 | 162 | ||
| 163 |  | 163 |  |
| 164 | 164 | ||
| 165 | Reddit user [ccharles](https://www.reddit.com/user/ccharles) suggested a better way for installing pip software by targeting user level instead of using sudo. | 165 | Reddit user [ccharles](https://www.reddit.com/user/ccharles) suggested a better way for installing pip software by targeting user level instead of using sudo. |
| 166 | 166 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2017-08-11-simple-iot-application.md b/posts/2017-08-11-simple-iot-application.md index ff8cf9d..0c90f43 100644 --- a/posts/2017-08-11-simple-iot-application.md +++ b/posts/2017-08-11-simple-iot-application.md | |||
| @@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ To run this simply go to folder containing python file and run ```python webapp. | |||
| 150 | 150 | ||
| 151 | After testing the service with Restlet Client you should be able to view your data in a database file ```data.db```. | 151 | After testing the service with Restlet Client you should be able to view your data in a database file ```data.db```. |
| 152 | 152 | ||
| 153 |  | 153 |  |
| 154 | 154 | ||
| 155 | You can also check the contents of new database file by using desktop client for SQLite → [DB Browser for SQLite](http://sqlitebrowser.org/). | 155 | You can also check the contents of new database file by using desktop client for SQLite → [DB Browser for SQLite](http://sqlitebrowser.org/). |
| 156 | 156 | ||
| 157 |  | 157 |  |
| 158 | 158 | ||
| 159 | Table structure is as simple as it can be. We have ts (timestamp) and value (value from Arduino). As you can see timestamp is generated on API side. If you would happen to have atomic clock on Arduino it would be then better to generate and send timestamp with the value. This would be particularity useful if we would be collecting sensor data at a higher frequency and then sending this data in bulk to API. | 159 | Table structure is as simple as it can be. We have ts (timestamp) and value (value from Arduino). As you can see timestamp is generated on API side. If you would happen to have atomic clock on Arduino it would be then better to generate and send timestamp with the value. This would be particularity useful if we would be collecting sensor data at a higher frequency and then sending this data in bulk to API. |
| 160 | 160 | ||
| @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ If everything goes well you should be seeing new data-points rendered on chart e | |||
| 471 | 471 | ||
| 472 | If you navigate to ```http://0.0.0.0:5000``` you should see rendered chart as shown on picture below. | 472 | If you navigate to ```http://0.0.0.0:5000``` you should see rendered chart as shown on picture below. |
| 473 | 473 | ||
| 474 |  | 474 |  |
| 475 | 475 | ||
| 476 | Complete application with all the code is available for [download](/assets/iot-application/simple-iot-application.zip). | 476 | Complete application with all the code is available for [download](/assets/iot-application/simple-iot-application.zip). |
| 477 | 477 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2018-01-16-using-digitalocean-spaces-object-storage-with-fuse.md b/posts/2018-01-16-using-digitalocean-spaces-object-storage-with-fuse.md index 5293576..9b75ac7 100644 --- a/posts/2018-01-16-using-digitalocean-spaces-object-storage-with-fuse.md +++ b/posts/2018-01-16-using-digitalocean-spaces-object-storage-with-fuse.md | |||
| @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ To make this work you will need DigitalOcean account. If you don't have one you | |||
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 29 | Instuctions on how to use SSH keys and how to setup them are available in article [How To Use SSH Keys with DigitalOcean Droplets](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-ssh-keys-with-digitalocean-droplets). | 29 | Instuctions on how to use SSH keys and how to setup them are available in article [How To Use SSH Keys with DigitalOcean Droplets](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-ssh-keys-with-digitalocean-droplets). |
| 30 | 30 | ||
| 31 |  | 31 |  |
| 32 | 32 | ||
| 33 | After we created Droplet it's time to create new Space. This is done by clicking on a button [Create](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/spaces/new) (right top corner) and selecting Spaces. Choose pronounceable ```Unique name``` because we will use it in examples below. You can either choose Private or Public, it doesn't matter in our case. And you can always change that in the future. | 33 | After we created Droplet it's time to create new Space. This is done by clicking on a button [Create](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/spaces/new) (right top corner) and selecting Spaces. Choose pronounceable ```Unique name``` because we will use it in examples below. You can either choose Private or Public, it doesn't matter in our case. And you can always change that in the future. |
| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 | When you have created new Space we should [generate Access key](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/settings/api/tokens). This link will guide to the page when you can generate this key. After you create new one, please save provided Key and Secret because Secret will not be shown again. | 35 | When you have created new Space we should [generate Access key](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/settings/api/tokens). This link will guide to the page when you can generate this key. After you create new one, please save provided Key and Secret because Secret will not be shown again. |
| 36 | 36 | ||
| 37 |  | 37 |  |
| 38 | 38 | ||
| 39 | Now that we have new Space and Access key we should SSH into our machine. | 39 | Now that we have new Space and Access key we should SSH into our machine. |
| 40 | 40 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2019-01-03-encoding-binary-data-into-dna-sequence.md b/posts/2019-01-03-encoding-binary-data-into-dna-sequence.md index 6f6b3d7..fdbdf5b 100644 --- a/posts/2019-01-03-encoding-binary-data-into-dna-sequence.md +++ b/posts/2019-01-03-encoding-binary-data-into-dna-sequence.md | |||
| @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material which is **present in nearly | |||
| 83 | 83 | ||
| 84 | The nucleotide in DNA consists of a sugar (deoxyribose), one of four bases (cytosine (C), thymine (T), adenine (A), guanine (G)), and a phosphate. Cytosine and thymine are pyrimidine bases, while adenine and guanine are purine bases. The sugar and the base together are called a nucleoside. | 84 | The nucleotide in DNA consists of a sugar (deoxyribose), one of four bases (cytosine (C), thymine (T), adenine (A), guanine (G)), and a phosphate. Cytosine and thymine are pyrimidine bases, while adenine and guanine are purine bases. The sugar and the base together are called a nucleoside. |
| 85 | 85 | ||
| 86 |  | 86 |  |
| 87 | 87 | ||
| 88 | *DNA (a) forms a double stranded helix, and (b) adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine. (credit a: modification of work by Jerome Walker, Dennis Myts)* | 88 | *DNA (a) forms a double stranded helix, and (b) adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine. (credit a: modification of work by Jerome Walker, Dennis Myts)* |
| 89 | 89 | ||
| @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Then we encode FASTA file from previous operation to encode this data into PNG. | |||
| 248 | 248 | ||
| 249 | After encoding into PNG format this file looks like this. | 249 | After encoding into PNG format this file looks like this. |
| 250 | 250 | ||
| 251 |  | 251 |  |
| 252 | 252 | ||
| 253 | The larger the input stream is the larger the PNG file would be. | 253 | The larger the input stream is the larger the PNG file would be. |
| 254 | 254 | ||
| @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ dd if=<(openssl enc -aes-256-ctr -pass pass:"$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count= | |||
| 315 | 315 | ||
| 316 | Our freshly generated 1KB file looks something like this (its full of garbage data as intended). | 316 | Our freshly generated 1KB file looks something like this (its full of garbage data as intended). |
| 317 | 317 | ||
| 318 |  | 318 |  |
| 319 | 319 | ||
| 320 | We create following binary files: | 320 | We create following binary files: |
| 321 | - 1KB.bin | 321 | - 1KB.bin |
diff --git a/posts/2019-10-19-using-sentiment-analysis-for-click-bait-detection-in-rss-feeds.md b/posts/2019-10-19-using-sentiment-analysis-for-clickbait-detection.md index 088b431..831b490 100644 --- a/posts/2019-10-19-using-sentiment-analysis-for-click-bait-detection-in-rss-feeds.md +++ b/posts/2019-10-19-using-sentiment-analysis-for-clickbait-detection.md | |||
| @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ | |||
| 1 | --- | 1 | --- |
| 2 | Title: Using sentiment analysis for click‑bait detection in RSS feeds | 2 | Title: Using sentiment analysis for clickbait detection in RSS feeds |
| 3 | Description: Using Python with sentiment analysis to detect if titles in RSS feeds are click-bait | 3 | Description: Using Python with sentiment analysis to detect if titles in RSS feeds are clickbait |
| 4 | Slug: using-sentiment-analysis-for-click-bait-detection-in-rss-feeds | 4 | Slug: using-sentiment-analysis-for-clickbait-detection-in-rss-feeds |
| 5 | Listing: true | 5 | Listing: true |
| 6 | Created: 2019-10-19 | 6 | Created: 2019-10-19 |
| 7 | Tags: [] | 7 | Tags: [] |
| @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Tags: [] | |||
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | One of the things that interested me for a while now is if major well established news sites use click bait titles to drive additional traffic to their sites and generate additional impressions. | 12 | One of the things that interested me for a while now is if major well established news sites use click bait titles to drive additional traffic to their sites and generate additional impressions. |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | Goal is to see how article titles and actual content of article differ from each other and see if titles are click-baited. | 14 | Goal is to see how article titles and actual content of article differ from each other and see if titles are clickbaited. |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | ## Preparing and cleaning data | 16 | ## Preparing and cleaning data |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ plt.show() | |||
| 74 | 2. Rule-based approach may not be the best way of doing this. By using deep learning we would be able to get better insights. | 74 | 2. Rule-based approach may not be the best way of doing this. By using deep learning we would be able to get better insights. |
| 75 | 3. **Next step would be to** periodically fetch RSS items and store them over a longer period of time and then perform analysis again and use either machine learning or deep learning on top of it. | 75 | 3. **Next step would be to** periodically fetch RSS items and store them over a longer period of time and then perform analysis again and use either machine learning or deep learning on top of it. |
| 76 | 76 | ||
| 77 |  | 77 |  |
| 78 | 78 | ||
| 79 | Figure above displays difference between title and description sentiment for specific RSS feed item. 1 means positive and -1 means negative sentiment. | 79 | Figure above displays difference between title and description sentiment for specific RSS feed item. 1 means positive and -1 means negative sentiment. |
| 80 | 80 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2020-03-22-simple-sse-based-pubsub-server.md b/posts/2020-03-22-simple-sse-based-pubsub-server.md index 4db3a57..4256aed 100644 --- a/posts/2020-03-22-simple-sse-based-pubsub-server.md +++ b/posts/2020-03-22-simple-sse-based-pubsub-server.md | |||
| @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Publisher Subscriber model is nothing new and there are many amazing solutions o | |||
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | The easiest way to explain this is with diagram bellow. Basic function is simple. We have subscribers that receive messages, and we have publishers that create and post messages. Similar model is also well know pattern that works on a premise of consumers and producers, and they take similar roles. | 24 | The easiest way to explain this is with diagram bellow. Basic function is simple. We have subscribers that receive messages, and we have publishers that create and post messages. Similar model is also well know pattern that works on a premise of consumers and producers, and they take similar roles. |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 |  | 26 |  |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | **These are some naive characteristics we want to achieve:** | 28 | **These are some naive characteristics we want to achieve:** |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Read more about it on [official specification page](https://html.spec.whatwg.org | |||
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | ### Current browser support | 50 | ### Current browser support |
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 |  | 52 |  |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | Check [https://caniuse.com/#feat=eventsource](https://caniuse.com/#feat=eventsource) for latest information about browser support. | 54 | Check [https://caniuse.com/#feat=eventsource](https://caniuse.com/#feat=eventsource) for latest information about browser support. |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Google Chrome provides build-in debugging and exploration tool for [Server-Sent | |||
| 107 | 107 | ||
| 108 | > You can debug only client side events that get received and not the server ones. For debugging server events add `console.log` to `server.js` code and print out events. | 108 | > You can debug only client side events that get received and not the server ones. For debugging server events add `console.log` to `server.js` code and print out events. |
| 109 | 109 | ||
| 110 |  | 110 |  |
| 111 | 111 | ||
| 112 | ## Server implementation | 112 | ## Server implementation |
| 113 | 113 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2020-09-06-esp-and-micropython.md b/posts/2020-09-06-esp-and-micropython.md index 730ca7e..a0a3b93 100644 --- a/posts/2020-09-06-esp-and-micropython.md +++ b/posts/2020-09-06-esp-and-micropython.md | |||
| @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ A while ago I bought some [ESP8266](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/e | |||
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | For my project, I used [ESP32](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32) but I could easily choose [ESP8266](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp8266). This guide contains which tools I use and how I prepared my workspace to code for [ESP8266](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp8266). | 26 | For my project, I used [ESP32](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32) but I could easily choose [ESP8266](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp8266). This guide contains which tools I use and how I prepared my workspace to code for [ESP8266](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp8266). |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 |  | 28 |  |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | This guide covers: | 30 | This guide covers: |
| 31 | - flashing SOC | 31 | - flashing SOC |
diff --git a/posts/2020-09-08-bind-warning-on-login.md b/posts/2020-09-08-bind-warning-on-login.md index cae781f..ab26b0c 100644 --- a/posts/2020-09-08-bind-warning-on-login.md +++ b/posts/2020-09-08-bind-warning-on-login.md | |||
| @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bind '"\e[Z":menu-complete-backward' | |||
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | I haven't noticed anything wrong with this and all was working fine until I restarted my machine and then I got this error. | 24 | I haven't noticed anything wrong with this and all was working fine until I restarted my machine and then I got this error. |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 |  | 26 |  |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | When I pressed OK, I got into the [Gnome shell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell) and all was working fine, but the error was still bugging me. I started looking for the reason why this is happening and found a solution to this error on [Remote SSH Commands - bash bind warning: line editing not enabled](https://superuser.com/a/892682). | 28 | When I pressed OK, I got into the [Gnome shell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell) and all was working fine, but the error was still bugging me. I started looking for the reason why this is happening and found a solution to this error on [Remote SSH Commands - bash bind warning: line editing not enabled](https://superuser.com/a/892682). |
| 29 | 29 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2021-01-24-replacing-dropbox-with-s3.md b/posts/2021-01-24-replacing-dropbox-with-s3.md index 55f8923..4a181b5 100644 --- a/posts/2021-01-24-replacing-dropbox-with-s3.md +++ b/posts/2021-01-24-replacing-dropbox-with-s3.md | |||
| @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ You can use this script in a combination with [Cron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wi | |||
| 80 | 80 | ||
| 81 | When you start syncing your local stuff with a remote server you can review your items on DigitalOcean. | 81 | When you start syncing your local stuff with a remote server you can review your items on DigitalOcean. |
| 82 | 82 | ||
| 83 |  | 83 |  |
| 84 | 84 | ||
| 85 | I have been using this script now for quite some time, and it's working flawlessly. I also uninstalled Dropbox and stopped using it completely. | 85 | I have been using this script now for quite some time, and it's working flawlessly. I also uninstalled Dropbox and stopped using it completely. |
| 86 | 86 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2021-01-25-goaccess.md b/posts/2021-01-25-goaccess.md index e0bda95..7b5ba5c 100644 --- a/posts/2021-01-25-goaccess.md +++ b/posts/2021-01-25-goaccess.md | |||
| @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ I found this amazing software [GoAccess](https://goaccess.io/) which provides al | |||
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | GoAccess can be used in two different modes. | 32 | GoAccess can be used in two different modes. |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 |  | 34 |  |
| 35 | <center><i>Running in a terminal</i></center> | 35 | <center><i>Running in a terminal</i></center> |
| 36 | 36 | ||
| 37 |  | 37 |  |
| 38 | <center><i>Running in a browser</i></center> | 38 | <center><i>Running in a browser</i></center> |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | I, however, need this to run in a browser. So, the second option is the way to go. The Idea is to periodically run cronjob and export this report into a folder that gets then server by Nginx behind a Basic authentication. | 40 | I, however, need this to run in a browser. So, the second option is the way to go. The Idea is to periodically run cronjob and export this report into a folder that gets then server by Nginx behind a Basic authentication. |
diff --git a/posts/2021-06-26-simple-world-clock.md b/posts/2021-06-26-simple-world-clock.md index 1e1cd99..29c199a 100644 --- a/posts/2021-06-26-simple-world-clock.md +++ b/posts/2021-06-26-simple-world-clock.md | |||
| @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ But I also have a bunch of electronics that I bought through the time, and I am | |||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | A while ago I bought a small eInk display [Inky pHAT](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-phat?variant=12549254217811) and I have a bunch of [Raspberry Pi's Zero](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero/) lying around that I really need to use. | 16 | A while ago I bought a small eInk display [Inky pHAT](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-phat?variant=12549254217811) and I have a bunch of [Raspberry Pi's Zero](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero/) lying around that I really need to use. |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 |  | 18 |  |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | Since the Inky [Inky pHAT](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-phat?variant=12549254217811) is essentially a HAT, it can easily be added on top of the [Raspberry Pi Zero](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero/). | 20 | Since the Inky [Inky pHAT](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-phat?variant=12549254217811) is essentially a HAT, it can easily be added on top of the [Raspberry Pi Zero](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero/). |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Then we add a cronjob with `crontab -e`. | |||
| 80 | 80 | ||
| 81 | So, we end up with a result like this. | 81 | So, we end up with a result like this. |
| 82 | 82 | ||
| 83 |  | 83 |  |
| 84 | 84 | ||
| 85 | And for the enclosure that can be 3D printed, but I haven't yet something like this can be used. | 85 | And for the enclosure that can be 3D printed, but I haven't yet something like this can be used. |
| 86 | 86 | ||
diff --git a/posts/2021-12-01-debian-based-riced-up-distribution-for-developers.md b/posts/2021-12-01-debian-based-riced-up-distribution-for-developers.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..55acd61 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2021-12-01-debian-based-riced-up-distribution-for-developers.md | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ | |||
| 1 | --- | ||
| 2 | Title: Debian based riced up distribution for Developers and DevOps folks | ||
| 3 | Description: Debian based riced up distribution for Developers and DevOps folks | ||
| 4 | Slug: debian-based-riced-up-distribution-for-developers-and-devops-folks | ||
| 5 | Listing: false | ||
| 6 | Created: 2021-12-01 | ||
| 7 | Tags: [] | ||
| 8 | --- | ||
| 9 | |||
| 10 | I have been using [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) for quite a longtime now. I have used [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) in the past and [Manjaro](https://manjaro.org/). Also had [Arch](https://archlinux.org/) for some time and even ran [Gentoo](https://www.gentoo.org/) way back. | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | What I learned from all this is that I prefer running a bit older versions and having them be stable than run bleeding edge rolling release. For that reason, I stuck with Ubuntu for a couple of years now. I am also at a point in my life where I just don't care what is cool or hip anymore. I just want a stable system that doesn't get in my way. | ||
| 13 | |||
| 14 | During all this, I noticed that these distributions were getting very bloated and a lot of software got included that I usually uninstall on fresh installation. Maybe this is my OCD speaking, but why do I have to give fresh installation min 1 GB of ram out of the box just to have a blank screen in front of me? I get it, there are many things included in the distro to make my life easier. I understand. But at this point I have a feeling that modern Linux distributions are becoming similar to [Node.js project with node_modules](https://devhumor.com/content/uploads/images/August2017/node-modules.jpg). Just a crazy number of packages serving very little or no purpose, just supporting other software. | ||
| 15 | |||
| 16 | I felt I needed a fresh start. To start over with something minimal and clean. Something that would put a little more joy into using a computer again. | ||
| 17 | |||
| 18 | For the first version, I wanted to target the following machines I have at home that I want this thing to work on. | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | ```yaml | ||
| 21 | # My main stationary work machine | ||
| 22 | Resolution: 3840x1080 (Super Ultrawide Monitor 32:9) | ||
| 23 | CPU: Intel i7-8700 (12) @ 4.600GHz | ||
| 24 | GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590 | ||
| 25 | Memory: 32020MiB | ||
| 26 | ``` | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | ```yaml | ||
| 29 | # Thinkpad x220 for testing things and goofing around | ||
| 30 | Resolution: 1366x768 | ||
| 31 | CPU: Intel i5-2520M (4) @ 3.200GHz | ||
| 32 | GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family | ||
| 33 | Memory: 15891MiB | ||
| 34 | ``` | ||
| 35 | |||
| 36 | ## How should I approach this? | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | I knew I wanted to use [minimal Debian netinst ](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) for the base to give myself a head start. No reason to go through changing the installer and also testing all that behemoth of a thing. So, some sort of ricing was the only logical option to get this thing of the grounds somewhat quickly. | ||
| 39 | |||
| 40 | |||
| 41 | > **What is ricing anyway?** | ||
| 42 | > The term “RICE” stands for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. A group of people (could be one, idk) decided to see if they could tweak their own distros like they/others did their cars. This gave rise to a community of Linux/Unix enthusiasts trying to make their distros look cooler and better than others... For more information, read this article [What in the world is ricing!?](https://pesos.github.io/2020/07/14/what-is-ricing.html). | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | I didn't want this to just be a set of config files for theming purpose. I wanted this to include a set of pre-installed tools and services that are being used all the time by a modern developer. Theming is just a tiny part of it. Fonts being applied across the distro and things like that. | ||
| 45 | |||
| 46 | First, I choose terminal installer and left it to load additional components. Avoid using graphical installer in this case. | ||
| 47 | |||
| 48 |  | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | After that I selected hostname and created a normal user and set password for that user and root user and choose guided mode for disk partitioning. | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 |  | ||
| 53 | |||
| 54 | I left it run to install all the things required for the base system and opted out of scanning additional media for use by the package manager. Those will be downloaded from the internet during installation. | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 |  | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | I opted out of the popularity contest, and **now comes the important part**. Uncheck all the boxes in Software selection and only leave 'standard system utilities'. I also left an SSH server, so I was able to log in to the machine from my main PC. | ||
| 60 | |||
| 61 |  | ||
| 62 | |||
| 63 | At this point, I installed GRUB bootloader on the disk where I installed the system. | ||
| 64 | |||
| 65 |  | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | That concluded the installation of base Debian and after restarting the computer I was prompted with the login screen. | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 |  | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | Now that I had the base installation, it was time to choose what software do I want to include in this so-called distribution. I wanted out of the box developer experience, so I had plenty to choose. | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | Let's not waste time and go through the list. | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | ## Desktop environments | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | I have been using [Gnome](https://www.gnome.org/) for my whole Linux life. From version 2 forward. It's been quite a ride. I hated version 3 when it came out and replaced version 2. But I got used to it. And now with version 40+ they also made couple of changes which I found both frustrating and presently surprised. | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | The amount of vertical space you loose because of the beefy title bars on windows is ridiculous. And then in case of [Tilix](https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/) you also have tabs, and you are 100px deep. Vertical space is one of the most important things for a developer. The more real estate you have, the more code you can have in a viewport. | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | But on the other hand, I still love how Gnome feels and looks. I gotta give them that. They really are trying to make Gnome feel unified and modern. | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | Regardless of all the nice things Gnome has, I was looking at the tiling window managers for some time, but never had the nerve to actually go with it. But now was the ideal time to give it a go. No guts, no glory kind of a thing. | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | One of the requirements for me was easy custom layouts because I use a really strange monitor with aspect ratio of 32:9. So relying on included layouts most of them have is a non-starter. | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | What I was doing in Gnome was having windows in a layout like the diagram below. This is my common practice. And if you look at it you can clearly see I was replicating tiling window manager setup in Gnome. | ||
| 88 | |||
| 89 |  | ||
| 90 | |||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | That made me look into a bunch of tiling window managers and then tested them out. Candidates I was looking at were: | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | - [i3](https://i3wm.org/) | ||
| 95 | - [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm) | ||
| 96 | - [awesome](https://awesomewm.org/index.html) | ||
| 97 | - [XMonad](https://xmonad.org/) | ||
| 98 | - [sway](https://swaywm.org/) | ||
| 99 | - [Qtile](http://www.qtile.org/) | ||
| 100 | - [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org/) | ||
| 101 | |||
| 102 | You can also check article [13 Best Tiling Window Managers for Linux](https://www.tecmint.com/best-tiling-window-managers-for-linux/) I was referencing while testing them out. | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | While all of them provided what I needed, I liked i3 the most. What particular caught my eye was the ease to use and tree based layouts which allows flexible layouts. I know others can be set up also to have custom layouts other than spiral, dwindle etc. I think i3 is a good entry-level window manager for somebody like me. | ||
| 105 | |||
| 106 | |||
| 107 | ## Batteries included | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | |||
| 110 | ```sh | ||
| 111 | # docker | ||
| 112 | print_header "Installing Docker" | ||
| 113 | curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --yes --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg | ||
| 114 | echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null | ||
| 115 | apt update | ||
| 116 | apt -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose | ||
| 117 | |||
| 118 | systemctl start docker | ||
| 119 | systemctl enable docker | ||
| 120 | systemctl status docker --no-pager | ||
| 121 | |||
| 122 | /sbin/usermod -aG docker $USERNAME | ||
| 123 | ``` | ||
| 124 | |||
| 125 | ### Making bash pretty | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | I really like [Oh My Zsh](https://ohmyz.sh/), but I don't like zsh shell. When I used it, I constantly needed to be aware of it and running bash scripts was a pain. So, I was really delighted when I found out that a version for bash existed called [Oh My Bash](https://ohmybash.nntoan.com/). Let's take a look at the recipe for installing it. | ||
| 128 | |||
| 129 | ```sh | ||
| 130 | # ohmybash | ||
| 131 | print_header "Enabling OhMyBash" | ||
| 132 | sudo -u $USERNAME sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash/master/tools/install.sh)" & | ||
| 133 | T1=${!} | ||
| 134 | wait ${T1} | ||
| 135 | ``` | ||
| 136 | |||
| 137 | Because OhMyBash does `exec bash` at the end, this traps our script inside another shell and our script cannot continue. For that reason, I executed this in background. But that presents a new problem. Because this is executed in background, we lose track of progress naturally. And that strange trick with `T1=${!}` and `wait ${T1}` waits for the background process to finish before continuing to another task in bash script. | ||
| 138 | |||
| 139 | [Multi-Threaded Processing in Bash Scripts](https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/12277/how-to-use-multi-threaded-processing-in-bash-scripts/) | ||
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