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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I wish I new how to easily install an AUR package manager when I first started.

    Step 1: go to the AUR and choose a package manager. I recommend paru, but there are plenty of others.

    Step 2: install git using pacman

    sudo pacman -S git 
    

    Step 3: copy the git clone URL for paru and pull it

    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
    

    Step 4: CD into the new directory

    cd paru
    

    Step 5: install paru

    makepkg -si
    

    Now when you find a package from the AUR you want, you can easily install it.

    paru -S [package]
    

    Also, when you update your system, you only need to run paru -Syu. You don’t need to run both pacman -Syu and paru -Syu.









  • My Rotring 600 mechanical pencil, my Canon 2000 film camera, and my TI-36x Pro calculator.

    • When it come to writing, I have never used a smoother implement, nor one that is constructed of such robust materials. For a long time I used a “nicer” mechanical pencil from Tūl, but does not compare to the Rotring.
    • My Canon film camera is old and not a particularly fancy model, but it takes excellent photos and perfectly exemplifies the authentic emotion of film photos. I use it when I go on adventures with my friends, and the photos are always fun and genuine.
    • I have tried a dozen different calculator apps, and none of them are as efficient to use as a physical calculator. It does what I need to without the feature cramming that calculator apps suffer from.