Notes

Short thoughts and quick notes — not full blog posts.

Switching from GitLens to Git Blame and Git Graph was the right call; I was just keeping some bloatware out of habit.

Spent way too long debugging a “broken CLI tool” in Cursor… Turned out it wasn’t broken — it was Snap. Wrapper-based installs (like Snap) can quietly change how CLI tools behave inside IDE agents and scripts. Switched to a native package. Problem disappeared instantly.

Git 2.54 is another reminder that core developer tools still evolve in small but meaningful ways. Even when a release does not introduce flashy headline features, updates to Git can still affect everyday work through improved reliability, workflow polish, and bug fixes that shape how teams collaborate. For people who live in repositories all day, these incremental changes often matter more than they first appear.

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Manjaro 25.1 “Anh-Linh” just breathed new life into my ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 (Ultra 9 + RTX 3050 + Intel Arc) — battery now lasts noticeably longer and games run way smoother, all with zero extra tweaking. Everything finally feels right out of the box.

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Chrome is dead, they killed the essential extensions and now all these vulnerabilities: Google Chrome 3-Week Update Deadline—New Warning To Change Your Browser https://g.omid.dev/oxjMG57

Pidgin confirmed today that ss-otr, a third-party plugin listed since July 6, contained a keylogger and shared screenshots with unwanted parties. If you installed it, uninstall immediately. Going forward, listed plugins must have an OSI-approved open source license.

https://pidgin.im/posts/2024-08-malicious-plugin/

I had problem with Firefox freezing whenever tried to open File Dialog, tried hundred of different solution and none worked. finally a true boolean of browser.download.lastDir.savePerSite in about:config fixed it

Done ✅ All #Ubuntu servers upgraded successfully.

sudo sed -i 's/mantic/noble/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

Is it normal #KDE plasma shell is using about 1Gb RAM?

Goodbye #Debian and #KDE, Hello #Arch and #Xfce, I’m pretty much happier now! Thanks @ManjaroLinux!

Manjaro Xfce desktop

#Snap is coming to #Linux world to kill all the goods in package management, at least all the goods about #Debian and #Ubuntu , Sad to see #Chromium supports it

This is a perfect idea! Using an easy to say 3 words name for every 3m location in world instead of using ugly lang/lat addresses #what3words https://what3words.com

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