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• Installing Fingerprint GUI on MI Pro (Arch Linux Environment)

  All hardware components of MI Pro have Linux driver support (including fingerprint), which is quite rare.

  During installation and usage, I encountered some minor issues, which I'll point out here:

  1. Refer to Arch Wiki to install Fingerprint GUI
  2. After installation, found that Fingerprint GUI only works with root privileges
  3. Solution as follows (reference github issues)
  Feb 27, 2019 Author: xz-dev Category: ArchLinux Read more →

• Reinstalling Arch Linux Using Timeshift

  Timeshift is a backup utility that features incremental/scheduled backups and backup management.

  Use case: Need to migrate the entire system

  Detailed steps/precautions:

  Feb 27, 2019 Author: xz-dev Category: ArchLinux Read more →

• Time (2018/12/20)

  Most of the time, we are dragged forward by time

  Occasionally, we wish for time to pass because we anticipate something

  But who knows, it's merely an illusion

  Dec 20, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: Daily

• Project Cancellation: LineageOS Port for Honor Pad 2

  Huawei devices are troublesome

  After one month of preparation, no relevant geek forums, vendor files or kernel sources were found. Considering my limited personal capability and resources, I'm delaying (abandoning) the porting project for Huawei Honor Pad 2. Sorry 🙁

  Jun 30, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: LineageOS

• Fedora, Ubuntu and LineageOS

  LineageOS officially builds using Ubuntu

  Here's how to build LineageOS with Fedora

  Installing Dependency Packages

  Fedora

  Jun 28, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: LineageOS Read more →

• HAProxy with ShadowSocks

  • Self-hosted ShadowSocks often fails to utilize full bandwidth, resulting in slow downloads for large files
  • Having multiple shadowsocks servers but only using one wastes resources

  HAProxy provides a solution for these scenarios

  Installing HAProxy (Fedora as example)

  sudo dnf install haproxy
  

  Jun 27, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: Science Online Read more →

• Ubuntu, Fedora and Nvidia

  Nvidia drivers have always been one of the obstacles for beginners using Linux.

  There are already many methods online about how to install drivers, but more or less they contain errors or unnecessary steps.

  Therefore, here we reorganize the correct installation methods.

  (Blogger currently uses Fedora, former Ubuntu user for one year)

  Ubuntu Installation Method

  Unable to Enter Installation Interface

  Jun 24, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: Nvidia Read more →

• Honor Pad 2 Adaptation Plan

  This Plan Has Been Canceled

  Inspired by the excellent experience of Lineage OS on Xiaomi Mi 6,

  I conceived the idea of completing the adaptation of Lineage OS for Honor Pad 2 during the summer vacation.

  Given that there's already a recovery package and third-party ROMs (suspected to be genuine) available for this device,

  Jun 22, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: LineageOS Read more →

• Approaching Finals - 2018-06-19

  Having stayed at school for a semester, I feel like I've accomplished nothing.

  All progress seems so sluggish

  I dislike this semester's courses, yet these very courses keep me trapped

  Jun 19, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: Daily Read more →

• CET-4 2018-06-16

  Memories flow through my pen tip, nowhere to place my unease

  Everything here feels unfamiliar to me. I feel lost in this land—it's nothing like my hometown, the place I know so well.

  The people here make me nervous. There's no one I can truly communicate with or trust. Everyone seems to wear masks 🎭

  Jun 16, 2018 Author: xz-dev Category: Daily Read more →