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Planned

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:58:09 +0100

Posts to be done:

Homelab journey
dotfiles
Gaming on Linux
what works, what does not
Desktop Environments and Window Managers

direnv

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:38:29 +0100

direnv is an extension for your shell. It augments existing shells with a new feature that can load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory.
https://direnv.net/

So what does it do?
Once entering a folder in a shell it can change your environment variables, load programs, etc.

It is quite popular in the Nix ecosystem, but applies to every other distribution as well. See the direnv website on how to install.

About

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:03:44 +0100

later perhaps…

State/ToDo

migrating services to open source or free (as in no-big-tech)

Mail: …
Music: …
Braindump: wallabag
Code: forgejo and codeberg
Files: Nextcloud for Google Drive
Media: jellyfin
PC/Laptop: Linux
Photos: immich

Linux journey

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:19:16 +0100

Linux full time!

It’s been a year of Linux full time for me now.
After getting more and more frustrated by the direction Windows 11 is taking, I decided to switch (again).

Back in the early 2010s (?) I ran a dual boot with Arch Linux and Windows installed.
Unfortunately Arch did Arch things and fubar’d. I did not have the motivation to repair and went back to Windows.

tl;dr timeline

Dec 2024: Fedora "I want rollbacks" Silverblue
Jan 2025: screw Fedora, let's NixOS
Jul 2025: NixOS Desktop + Homelab
Dec 2025: dammit-I-can't-configure-the-server-without-compiling-nix-while-traveling 😠
Dec 2025: Arch Desktop, Homelab Debian + Ansible 😄

why?

Windows, you know? All the AI stuff, all the Copilot, all the unwanted.
Looking back, it turns out it was the right decision.