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diff --git a/public/posts/09Kernel b/public/posts/09Kernel new file mode 100644 index 0000000..020e7e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/posts/09Kernel @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en-GB"> + <head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <meta name="author" content="Shipwreckt"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <title>Compiling the Kernel π§</title> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="../styles.css"> + <link rel="icon" href="../Images/favi.png" type="image/x-icon"> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <nav> + <ul> + <li><a href="../index.html">Home</a></li> + <li><a href="../links.html">Links</a></li> + <li><a href="../projects.html">Projects</a></li> + <li><a href="../contact.html">Contact</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + </header> + <main> + <h2>Compiling the Linux Kernel π§</h2> + <h3>Date: 28-08-2024</h3><hr> + + <p>Today I have compiled the newest version of the Linux kernel being <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/?h=v6.10.6">6.10.6</a>!</p> + <p>The main reason why I have done this is because whenever I try install to install <a href="https://gentoo.org">Gentoo</a> I fail. I do know you can convert a Linux distro into Gentoo but I want to install it from the ISO first before I do that.</p><hr> + + <h2>Was it easy?</h2> + <p>I would say compiling the kernel was very easy; all I did was input a few commands and copy the defauly config over. There is not much I can say because compiling the kernel is not that complex, but one thing I will say is that my computer was crying during the process.Β </p> + + <h2>Results?</h2> + <p>As of right now my computer and Laptop both feel a bit faster now that a I have compilied the kernel, and now that I have learnt how to compile the Linux kernel I will now do it whenever I get a new laptop!</p> + + <center><hr> + <pre><a href="../index.html">Back πͺ</a> | <a href="tags/Linux">More Linux π§</a> | <a href="tags/Tech">More Tech π§βπ»</a> </pre> + </center> + </main> + </body> +</html> + diff --git a/public/posts/10Gentoo b/public/posts/10Gentoo new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ed2061 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/posts/10Gentoo @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en-GB"> + <head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <meta name="author" content="Shipwreckt"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <title>Gentoo π§</title> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="../styles.css"> + <link rel="icon" href="../Images/favi.png" type="image/x-icon"> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <nav> + <ul> + <li><a href="../index.html">Home</a></li> + <li><a href="../links.html">Links</a></li> + <li><a href="../projects.html">Projects</a></li> + <li><a href="../contact.html">Contact</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + </header> + <main> + <h2>Installing Gentoo Linux</h2> + <h3>Date: 31-08-2024</h3><hr> + <p>Over the past three days I have been installing and tinkering with Gentoo Linux!</p> + <img src="../Images/logos/gentoo.png" class="right-image" width="300"> + + <h2>Installing</h2> + <p>I found the <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page">Gentoo Handbook</a> extremely useful for installing Gentoo Linux. In the past, my attempts to install Gentoo on my test PC, which uses a BIOS system, were, just a big fail due to a bunch of small mistakes I made. But this time around I installed Gentoo on my main PC, which has 18 cores, that allows me to compile things faster. Overall, I found the installation process to be very straightforward. I simply SSHed into the computer and copied the necessary commands to install the required packages, along with some miscellaneous things like ensuring the file systems where 100% working.</p> + + <h2>NVIDIA</h2> + <p>After installing I wanted to get my desktop enviroment of <a href="00dwm">DWM</a> working. Now sadly I do have a NVIDIA Gpu and I knew before I even started installing Gentoo that I would have problems with it. So I tried the simple solution first just installing the <a href="https://www.x.org/wiki/">Xorg server software</a> and the NVIDA graphics drivers. It did not work so I did some more tinkering and updated my system with a configured kernel but I sent it into a panic. At this point I just lost all hope and I had been using Gentoo for two days at that point and I just wanted a normal desktop so I reinstalled <a href="https://archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a> and played some video games because I was just tired at that point.</p> + + <h2>Final thoughts</h2> + <p>I really enjoyed messing around with Gentoo, even though it took a long time to do so. The documentation on their website was excellent, and I highly recommend trying it out if you're looking for a faster operating system. Personally, I plan to switch to Gentoo once I get an AMD GPU since AMD is supported way better on Linux.</p> + + <p>My favorite thing about Gentoo is that it doesnβt require <a href="https://systemd.io/">Systemd</a> as your init system. Instead, Gentoo gives you the choice to use OpenRC, which I find to be simpler and more efficient and not to add more clean than Systemd. I also love that Gentoo requires you to compile everything, and I noticed that my system ran way faster compared to when I was using Arch Linux or any other Linux distro.</p><hr> + + <p>But that is all, thank you for reading!</p> + + <center><hr> + <pre><a href="../index.html">Back πͺ</a> | <a href="tags/Linux">More Linux π§</a> | <a href="tags/Tech">More Tech π§βπ»</a> </pre> + </center> + </main> + </body> +</html> + |