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Kelson on December 27th, 2025.
If you are using a Linux distribution with the X11 windowing system—like my current setup, Manjaro Xfce—you’ve likely faced the constant inconvenience of reconfiguring your screen positions. You connect to a dual-monitor setup at your desk, arrange everything perfectly, but the moment you unplug or reboot, your settings vanish. While...
Kelson on May 30th, 2021.
Recently while working with scheduled python scripts in cron jobs, an interesting requirement turned up: ensuring that the previous scheduled execution had finished prior to allowing the next cron job to run. This post aims to present one feasible solution for such a requirement, which I believe deserves a post. Assume you have a...
Kelson on May 9th, 2021.
We can consider every command in Linux as a job that is executed. We execute most of the ordinary jobs quite fast, where the user does not need to wait long periods to regain control of the shell. However, some jobs may require longer periods of execution. These may include moving long folders, script execution and others. Saying...