Dragon's notes | Force sand to think

A calendar icon 07 Sep 2026 A tag icon bsd Table of Contents The General Idea… NetBSD and pkgsrc Rebuild all packages Common operations with pkgsrc Notes When I was using Linux, I (most of the time, except my MOPSLinux/Slackware/Gentoo usage) installed so…

A calendar icon 20 Aug 2026 A tag icon emacs it Table of Contents Preamble Mastodon.el overview Mastodon.el common configuration Hacking the Mastodon.el TL icons Use Nerd Icons for toots stats Use Nerd Icons to show successful completion of actions Increa…

A calendar icon 05 Jul 2026 A tag icon emacs it Table of Contents Preamble Calling the Dired File operations Powerful rename Copy/move files like in mc (or Far) Search for something find-name-dired find-grep-dired External programs Dired and photos/images…

A calendar icon 24 Mar 2026 A tag icon bsd it thinkpad Table of Contents Intercepting functional key presses with devd Processing functional keypresses with shell script ACPI IBM module settings for LEDs (Bonus section) Alert with Morse code and ThinkLight

A calendar icon 22 Jan 2026 A tag icon bsd it Table of Contents Prerequisites How to switch Prerequisites The XLibre X server exists in the binary repositories since FreeBSD 15.0.

A calendar icon 07 Nov 2025 A tag icon bsd it Table of Contents Installation (in the sandbox) Fix problem with JNA Startup script Notes I spent few hours trying to launch home automation software — OpenHAB (4th version) — to the my NetBSD box.

A calendar icon 05 Nov 2025 A tag icon photo Table of Contents Birbs!

A calendar icon 10 Oct 2025 A tag icon emacs it Table of Contents Pros Cons Switching from use-package to "old-school" configuration Loading packages Delighting modes Hooks Keybindings Configuration variables Code Modes Custom faces Note about readability…

A calendar icon 20 Sep 2025 A tag icon bsd it This little instruction covers Slidgram1 installation in NetBSD OS.

A calendar icon 15 Sep 2025 A tag icon it Table of Contents Preamble Installing sandboxctl Sandboxctl prerequisites Describing sandbox netbsd-native netbsd-release Hooks Running sandbox Using sandboxed program at system startup Notes Disclaimer: I'm not a…

A calendar icon 28 Jul 2025 A tag icon bsd it Table of Contents Preamble Studying the Libreboot log Studying the FreeBSD dmesg log Removing non-existent battery Replacing iwm driver with iwlwifi Turning off unnecessary USB devices Results Preamble Since I…

A calendar icon 24 Jul 2025 A tag icon bsd it Table of Contents Preamble High DPI Update 2026-01-22 Keyboard configuration Rewrite configuration for xorg.conf Multimedia keys Pointing devices Touchpad Trackpoint Trackball Mouse Drawing tablet Screensaver…

A calendar icon 09 Jul 2025 A tag icon bsd it thinkpad Table of Contents Preparations Installation Results Before, I wrote a lot of rumblings about my problems with FreeBSD Stage 3 loader with removed graphics support (because of Netflix) and with Librebo…

A calendar icon 06 Jul 2025 A tag icon bsd it Table of Contents Notes ### # ### ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # # # # #### ### # # After you see list of loading kernel modules by t…

A calendar icon 30 Jun 2025 A tag icon emacs it Table of Contents Preamble Emacs configuration template How is it starting?

A calendar icon 15 Jun 2025 A tag icon photo Table of Contents Reptiles and snakes ("Reptilium") Some arts on the same festival Streetphoto A birbs!

A calendar icon 25 May 2025 A tag icon it ____ __ ___ /\ _`\ /\ \ /\_ \ \ \ \L\ \_ __ __ __ ___ ___\ \ \____\//\ \ __ \ \ ,__/\`'__\/'__`\ /'__`\ /' __` __`\ \…

A calendar icon 30 Mar 2025 A tag icon bsd it Table of Contents Preamble Poudriere installation Removing unwanted dependencies More complex examples of deWaylandization Ports flavors Patching Makefile Results and thoughts Notes Preamble My everyday FreeBSD

A calendar icon 16 Mar 2025 A tag icon photo Этой зимой я фотографировал гораздо меньше обычного — потому что грязь на дорогах, холод в районе -15°C…-20°C, практически постоянное отсутствие солнца и низковисящие серые облака, полностью закрывающие небо —…

A calendar icon 16 Mar 2025 A tag icon photo This winter I have photographed much less than usual — because of the mud on the roads, the temperature around -15°C…-20°C, the almost permanent absence of sunshine and the gray clouds that completely cover the…