Logging There comes a time in the life of a Python package when proper logs beat print()ing to standard output The standard Python library offers the versatile logging module, and if that...

In a previous post I wrote about how I set up my webcam on Linux. It turned out it was actually suffering from random disconnects which made it very unreliable for professional video calls. I als...

This is a quick how-to on named branches in Mercurial. Be sure to check out the official documentation on branches on the Mercurial wiki, the visual explanation on the different types of branches b...

The problem Ever re-installed your OS but kept your /home partition and got to experience some weird visual artifacts? If your desktop environment is XFCE for instance and your KDE apps (such as o...

The whole Mass Effect trilogy was made using Unreal Engine 3! ‘Nuff said! I guess I’ll be learning Unreal Engine 4, then No, wait. The real reason is that, unlike Unity, UE4 runs on Linux...

It is an extremely frustrating experience to have an Epic Games account (for Unreal Engine 4) but not be able to download assets from the Marketplace because… Linux. The problem with Linux...

Oh no, not another how to! Sure, there is a ton of documentation out there when it comes to version control. Take Mercurial for instance, there are excellent guides out there on merging changes. B...

The problem Suppose you want to combine two commits in Mercurial. However, they are not consecutive. What to do? histedit to the rescue! Suppose hg log shows that your last 4 revisions are the fo...

I spent more than an hour on this issue. I just got a Lenovo T14s and my sound card was not detected with alsa-lib 1.2.4-3 on Manjaro Linux. I was getting a “dummy output” in PulseAudio’s Volume Co...

Ever had to set up a new Linux machine (for example your work laptop), and wanted to import the exact same settings that you use on your main (or home) machine? Maybe some data as well? Some steps...