today's howtos
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Amit Patel ☛ SDF combining distance fields
Learning about font rendering, I was looking at text closely last time, and I noticed another issue. The shadows of each letter overlap the previous letter. That’s because I’m drawing one letter at a time. So for example in the fl, I draw the f’s letter, outline, and shadow, then I draw l’s letter, outline, and shadow. So l’s shadow is drawn on top of f’s letter.
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Rlang ☛ Mastering File and Directory Manipulation in Linux: A Beginner’s Guide
Linux file manipulation is a fundamental skill for managing data efficiently. This guide will introduce you to essential commands like cp, mv, mkdir, rm, and ln, which are crucial for handling files and directories. I hope with this blog post you will learn something just like I did. Remember, I too and learning as I go. So if you are a seasoned Linux user, please feel free to provide feedback in the comments.
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Jamie Zawinski ☛ Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pocket full of fingernail clippings
Also it occurred to me that I had never written up how our flyer screens actually work, so I did that. There are many "Digital Signage Solutions". This one is mine.
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DNA Lounge ☛ DNA Lounge: Source Code: Flyer Screens
Throughout the club, we have a dozen or so digital signs, displaying flyers for upcoming events and similar things. There are an enormous number of "digital signage solutions" available, but they are all terrible and complicated and Clown-based, so of course I built my own.
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It's FOSS ☛ Spice Up Your Spotify Experience With Spicetify on Ubuntu
The open source tool that lets you use extensions and themes in the Spotify app on Linux.
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It's FOSS ☛ Icons Too Small? Enable Fractional Scaling in GNU/Linux Mint
Got a 4K screen but now the icons and text look too small? You need to scale up the display settings.
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LinuxBuz ☛ Docker Build: Create a Docker Image from a Dockerfile
Docker has become a cornerstone in today’s fast-paced development environments. It allows you to package your application, along with all its dependencies, into a container.