Reproducible Arch images with mkosi

Posted on za 31 augustus 2024 in systemd • Tagged with Arch Linux, mkosi, systemd, reproducible

In the previous article I investigated how to create a reproducible image but ended up with only managing to create two identical image directories. In this article we'll end up with a fully bit-by-bit reproducible filesystem image!

Some things have changed since the last post, mkosi now no longer creates …


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Investigating creating reproducible images with mkosi

Posted on zo 18 augustus 2024 in systemd • Tagged with Arch Linux, mkosi, systemd, reproducible

I've blogged before about creating vagrant images using mkosi as part of an investigation to move image creation to mkosi but also as I will be giving a talk at All Systems Go about Arch Linux images mkosi and reproducibility.

With reproducible images in this article I mean that anyone …


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Building vagrant images with mkosi

Posted on za 27 juli 2024 in systemd • Tagged with Arch Linux, mkosi, systemd

Last FOSDEM, there where some talks around mkosi using it for kernel hacking and systemd integration tests. These talks got me interested in mkosi, a systemd project for building OS images. After chatting some more with the maintainers, I considered the idea of moving the arch-boxes project to mkosi. (note …


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GNOME battery charge control

Posted on zo 28 januari 2024 in Linux • Tagged with GNOME, UPower, Kernel

As someone who has to use a laptop for work, I keep my laptop plugged in 8 hours or more a day, 7 days a week. The laptop's battery during these days would discharge and charge, slowly degrading the battery because only the last ~ 20% would be charged and discharged …


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Phosh now available on Arch Linux

Posted on zo 10 september 2023 in Arch Linux • Tagged with Arch Linux, Phosh, Mobile

Having a full Linux mobile or tablet device has always interested me, to have an alternative to Android and use Arch Linux everywhere. Realistically I won't be able to give up Android on my phone, but what about tablet's?

Phosh was developed to be a graphical user interface for mobile …


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Notes/Task organisation

Posted on di 07 juni 2022 in notes • Tagged with Notes, kanban

To keep myself more organised I've done some investigations into setting up notes. My requirements are:

  • Simple to set up
  • Easy to get started
  • Syncing capabilities (between laptop/desktop)
  • A way to generate HTML out of notes
  • Markdown for notes

Outline was recommended to me by a friend as an …


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Network-bound disk encryption on Arch Linux

Posted on zo 05 juni 2022 in Arch Linux • Tagged with Arch Linux, Clevis, Tang

While in a discussion with my coworkers, a coworker brought up that they wanted to have automatic LUKS disk decryption on their desktop while it was at home. Normally they would use a passphrase to decrypt the LUKS volume but would prefer automatic decryption. There are multiple ways to achieve …


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Replacing Youtube with Kodi plugin

Posted on do 26 mei 2022 in Kodi, Youtube

As Google announced Gsuite is no longer free and I moved to GrapheneOs to de-google further, the last frequently used Google application I use is Youtube. For a long time Youtube has support for RSS feeds for channels although they are not publicly visible. I usually watch videos in my …


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Xandikos CardDAV/CalDAV server

Posted on wo 01 september 2021 in android • Tagged with carddav, caldav

In looking to moving my phone to LineageOS, I've started thinking about moving my mail, contacts and calendar data to my own server. After researching solutions for a while, I decided to try out xandikos. A simple Python carddav/caldav server intended for a single user with a basic feature …


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Arch Reproducible Progress July 2021

Posted on zo 01 augustus 2021 in arch linux • Tagged with arch linux, reproducible builds

At the end of July, I had some days off and some more time to focus on some unreproducible packages in Arch Linux and get some of the issues resolved. This post goes through the resolved issues by category.

gzipped man pages

By default if a manpage is compressed with …


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