https://alex.dandrea.io/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on Today I learned… Hugo en-us Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:23:27 +0100 https://alex.dandrea.io/2024/12/20/my-unices-like-history/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:23:27 +0100 https://alex.dandrea.io/2024/12/20/my-unices-like-history/ Over the years I have used a few different Unix-like systems. What stood out, and where am I now. https://alex.dandrea.io/2023/11/25/open-source-business-model/ Sat, 25 Nov 2023 14:15:08 +0100 https://alex.dandrea.io/2023/11/25/open-source-business-model/ Open source software is at the heart of our digital society - is there a working business plan for their creators that keeps open source public? https://alex.dandrea.io/2023/10/27/managing-sway-tools-as-systemd-services/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://alex.dandrea.io/2023/10/27/managing-sway-tools-as-systemd-services/ <p>I recently took some time to set up some of the accompanying services of Sway (the window manager) as systemd user services. Those services are <code>dunst</code>, <code>blueman-applet</code>, <code>kanshi</code> - amongst others.</p> <p>The most simple way to run those applications are to <code>exec</code> them when Sway starts. This is simple, but it lacks everything from automatic restart, reloading configuration and status inspection.</p> <p>So, let&rsquo;s look at <code>kanshi</code>, the service that magically manages different monitors that get detected on the system at any time; you&rsquo;d run it within sway as:</p>