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My Nixos Experience

Tue, 06 May 2025 09:32:45 +0200

Change Linux systems frequently until you locate your haven.

I went to NixOS this time.

After trying it a few years ago, I found it harder than any other system I’d used, even Arch. That’s right… But I tried it again this time, armed with all the knowledge I had learned before.

It wasn’t easy at first; I had to try a few different configurations before I could say that I had it right (in my opinion).

Cosmic — Alpha 6

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:08:31 +0200

I’ve been using System76’s “Cosmic-DE” for the past 10 days. It’s still being worked on (Alpha 6).

I have made the decision to transition from Arch Linux with DWM (Xorg — X11) to the Fedora Spin with Cosmic-DE. Since it’s a beta spin, it uses the Fedora 42 beta. I wanted to see how far along Wayland was for everyday use.

Things have been pretty good for me so far! Cosmic is already coming along very well, and I think it’s ready to be used every day. I have to say that I LOVE my DWM system—it’s so easy to use, so quick, and just great (though not perfect because it’s a bit old since it uses Xorg). So, overall, I’m really impressed with this desktop environment.

Website 2.0

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:39:03 +0100

Yesterday, I switched over to the latest version of my website, which I’ve been working on for the past couple of days.

I was no longer updating my website, and I no longer enjoyed looking at its state. I found it difficult to read the contents, and that just made me want to make a better version of it.

This new theme was highly inspired by Kev Quirk’s website. Thanks to him and his 512kb.club, I was inspired to make my new website as minimal as possible! Even without the use of JavaScript (yes, it does not have JS).

My Server - Raspberry Pi 4

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:53:26 +0100

Why a Raspberry Pi 4?

I chose to use the Raspberry Pi 4 (before the launch of the 5th) because I knew how small it is and how power-efficient it is! I know that in the price range (a bit more than 100€ with everything, not counting with an HDD), I could buy some used PC and have a more powerful machine, and probably even cheaper. But, a thing I consider really important when setting up a server is power consumption. And really, hardly any machine consumes less than a Raspberry Pi.

Why create a website?

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some reasons:

To use it as a portfolio
To be able to share content
To learn new things, such as
- Hugo (static website generator)
- To develop HTML and CSS a little better
- Getting back to using JavaScript
- Cloudflare (Pages)
Being able to write and translate in different languages (EN - FR - PT)

How was the site created?

Now that you know more about why I decided to create a website, I’ll tell you how I did it…

Why M0streng0 as a pseudonym?

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The pseudonym m0streng0 comes from the name mostrengo, a poem written by Fernando Pessoa, one of the most important Portuguese poets of the 20th century. This poem is part of the work “Mensagem”, which was published in 1934.

The “mostrengo” is a legendary creature that symbolizes the dangers and challenges faced by Portugal throughout its history. The poem describes the creature as something terrible and frightening that lurks, representing the external threats that the country has had to face over the centuries.