How to Install and Use Brother HL-2130 Laser Printer on Debian

There was an old laser printer which I had to make use of recently. It was a monotone Brother HL-2130 printer. I found a solution for Debian (but not yet for Arch).

How I Fixed Thinkpad Trackpoint Not Scrolling When Plugged In

On a ThinkPad T60, my dearly beloved TrackPoint, the little rubber thingy in the middle of the keyboard, was not scrolling stuff. But I think I found a solution.

Playing With Fixes for Atheros Wifi Card Not Connecting on Parabola (Arch Linux)

I had a weird case that my laptop wifi does not connect to the internet. It was a librebooted machine with an Atheros wifi chipset. It runs internally as "ath9k" (as lcpci -v indicates). I have looked through many solutions but they did not solve it completely.

Prepare a Lightweight Linux Distro - Slax - to Play with!

I felt like one Linux install is not enough! That's why I got myself another to play with inside my existing one!

Running Automated Tests on Websites using Codeception

Testing some website after update or any change can be a boring task at times. Wouldn't it be great if we can automate the testing with a virtual, invisible browser robot thingy?

Solving Funky Problems on Arch Linux with Linux LTS Kernel

I have many installations of Arch. I also have installations of Parabola, which is a strict Free Software Operating System which does not have any closed source bits that normal kernel has. It is just linux, minus all the binary blob nonsense stuff. Arch usually has "linux" installed, and Parabola has "linux-libre". I love to use Parabola on my Librebooted Thinkpad T60. Completely Free system from BIOS to OS. But I faced some issues, and Linux LTS solved those for me.

How to build Textadept from Source

There are loads of text editors out there. But if you want a lightweight texteditor that is extendable up to your keystrokes, you want Textadept. Today we see how to compile it from source and extend even more.