Tehoor Marjan

Manjaro is a fantastic way to get a fully-featured Linux desktop up and running in minutes. Its graphical installer, sensible defaults, and curated package selection making it a great choice for both newcomers and power users. However, over time, I found that Manjaro’s repositories lagged behind Arch, and—at least for the XFCE flavor—stability was not what I expected. I wanted to keep my working setup, but move to a system that is easier and more stable to maintain: pure Arch Linux.

Rust is a systems programming language that aims to provide memory safety, performance, and concurrency. It achieves this through a combination of features such as ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes, which allow it to enforce memory safety at compile time without needing a garbage collector. This makes Rust particularly suitable for performance-critical applications and systems programming, where manual memory management is typically required. Rust’s zero-cost abstractions promises that high-level features do not incur runtime overhead, further enhancing its performance. The language’s concurrency model is designed to be safe and efficient, making it easier to write concurrent code without the common pitfalls of data races.

The Rotrics DexArm is a quirky and intriguing addition to the world of 3D printing and laser cutting. Unlike traditional laser cutters, it’s a 4-axis desktop robotic arm with modular versatility, allowing it to switch seamlessly between roles like laser engraving, 3D printing, plotting, and even gripping objects.

Using GNOME Keyring on XFCE on Manjaro is not complicated, but the documentation of ArchLinux doesn’t apply and you can scratch your head for a few hours before getting what you want. Well, loose no more hair, here are the simple steps.

Installing Manjaro Linux with system-wide encryption and a modern Btrfs filesystem can significantly enhance your system’s security and functionality. However, the default GRUB configuration doesn’t account for non-US keymaps at boot, potentially causing headaches when entering your encryption password. This guide walks you through setting up encryption, replacing GRUB with Systemd-boot, and configuring Secure Boot for increased security (and cooliness 😁).