About keyboard layouts

After a few years alternating Mac and PC Keyboards, I ended up deciding that I like the Mac layout of the Command Key (next to the space bar), so I changed my Ctrl key position. So I use the following layout (bottom left of the keyboard): Super | Alt | Ctrl | Space I also like to use my “Caps Lock” key as a Super key (like a Chromebook keyboard), so all my window shortcuts are available with my left finger on the super key and my right finger on the specific key (like Suprt+D or Super+F) ...

April 2, 2025 · 2 min · Alfons Soriano

Arch Install Part 2: Post-Install

This is a follow-up of the previous post. Once we have our system up and running, we can start adding stuff Install yay (aur helper) git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git && cd yay-bin && makepkg -si Add Chaotic Aur Binary Repo # Solve problem with gnupg not using systemd-resolved sudo ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf # Add chaotic repo keys # https://aur.chaotic.cx/docs sudo pacman-key --recv-key 3056513887B78AEB --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB sudo pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' sudo pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst' # Add repos su cat >> /etc/pacman.conf <<EOF [proaudio] Server = https://arch.osamc.de/$repo/$arch [chaotic-aur] Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist EOF CLI Apps # CLI utils vim vi-vim-symlink bash-completion htop btop ncdu # Hardware tools ethtool smartmontools upower tlp powertop acpi brightnessctl fastfech inxi stow jq # Network and internet inetutils net-tools nfs-utils mtr w3m neomutt newsboat openvpn-update-systemd-resolved Sound and Video acceleration yay -S pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-zeroconf alsa-utils pulsemixer bluez bluez-utils yay -S intel-media-driver intel-gpu-tools vdpauinfo Graphical Desktop # Sway Desktop yay -S sway swaybg swayidle swaylock-effects wlsunset wl-clipboard cliphist mako kanshi autotiling # Integration xdg-desktop-portal-wlr xdg-desktop-portal-gtk xorg-xlsclients # Launchers, bars and themes wmenu wofi waybar i3status-rust breeze-gtk arc-gtk-theme # Basic apps and utilities foot imv thunar tumbler iwgtk blueman wdisplays # Fonts terminus-font ttf-liberation ttf-dejavu ttf-font-awesome # Display Manager ly # Multimedia yay -S mpv mpv-mpris yt-dlp Permissions A part from sudo, you can also allow privileges using the polkit daemon, allowing certain users to reboot o shutdown the system without using sudo. ...

February 27, 2025 · 2 min · Alfons Soriano

Arch Install Part 1: Disk

In this post I describe the steps I follow in order to install Arch Linux with disk encryption and TPM2. This is basically a howto/notes for myself. After booting from the USB installation drive, these are the first steps: Setting up Networking Connecting to internet: iwctl station wlan0 scan iwctl station wlan0 connect $YourESSID ip a passwd #we setup a password, so we can login via ssh Connect via SSH from another computer (so you can copy & paste commands): ...

February 25, 2025 · 2 min · Alfons Soriano

My DAW: Reaper

In this post I recollect resources regarding my DAW setup, based on ArchLinux and Reaper Operating System That’s easy, for me the formula for choosing the best Linux distribution for audio related tasks is: Customizable + Up to date software + Extended repository (AUR) = Arch Linux Resources Arch Wiki Professional Audio RealTimeConfigurationQuickScan Arch Linux Pro-Audio Binary Repo LinuxMusicians Forum Digital Audio Workstation Powerfull+Customizable+Efficient+Linux = Reaper Resources https://forum.cockos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20 https://reapack.com/repos https://admiralbumblebee.com/ReaperScripts.html Scripts Key Sequences: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=269134 Fast FX Finder https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=229807 MIDI Chordgun https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=213180 Plugins FX Name Website Package Airwindows https://www.airwindows.com/ - bkFX https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369138 - Dragonfly https://michaelwillis.github.io/dragonfly-reverb/ dragonfly-reverb-vst TAL Plugins https://tal-software.com/products tal-*-bin Tukan https://forums.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=2506848 (reapack) Resources Linux Native Plugins: ...

June 19, 2023 · 2 min · Alfons Soriano

My OS: ArchLinux

I want to talk about the operating system I’ve chosen as my daily driver: Arch Linux. Why I wanted to change my OS I’ve been using Arch for a couple years now. Before that I had been an Ubuntu user since it’s beginnings (around 2005), and before that Debian, which is still my OS of choice for servers. Before discovering Arch, I was more or less satisfied with Ubuntu and it’s derivatives, but I had several “pain points”: ...

September 19, 2022 · 4 min · Alfons Soriano