By ValkaTR , 31 July 2026

systemd has ability to manage user units. all the user units will be placed in ~/.config/systemd/user/. this service autostarts screen:

~/.config/systemd/user/screen.service

[Unit]
Description=GNU screen
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -DmS autoscreen -c ~/.screenrc_auto
ExecStop=/usr/bin/screen -S autoscreen -X quit

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

screen options on start:

By ValkaTR , 11 May 2025

Lutris is a special gaming launcher that handles all the trouble with hardware accelerating libraries and other configurations. It is simple to use. Just install Lutris and Wine with your favorite package manager (Arch Linux):

pacman -S lutris wine

Press "Add Game" (+) on the left top corner:

By ValkaTR , 3 May 2025

when starting element-desktop for the first time it offers to login to matrix.org

click continue and browser opens with login, you login, then you allow access to the account for the app by clicing 'continue', but nothing happens!

the problem is that URI scheme isn't recognized, because someone forgot to register it. to fix this edit '/usr/share/applications/io.element.Element.desktop' file:

By ValkaTR , 3 May 2025

oh no. my favorite xfce thing has memory leak D:

according to gugle it something has to do with nvidia drivers. it happens on both proprietary drivers and open source drivers. temporary workaround is to disable compositioning in advanced window manager settings.

xfwm4 memory leak

By ValkaTR , 1 January 2025

im' an alien anthropomorphic mouse/rodent coming to earth to save humanity from self-destruction by spreading extreme amounts of love everywhere! <3 <3 <3
and btw heppi new year!

mouse in ufo
By ValkaTR , 30 December 2024

dream is a reality, and

reality is a dream

By ValkaTR , 11 December 2024

we are one! everyone deserves love, even [censored] and [censored], AND YOU.

everyone is a fren! <3