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addohm / ImageWorx.py
Last active January 3, 2018 15:36
Image conversion and resize with constraints
import os # , sys, io
import argparse
from pathlib import Path
from PIL import Image
xfp_vmax = 225 # Do not change
xfp_hmax = 384 # Do not change
sfp_vmax = 0
sfp_hmax = 0
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rampfox / Chromium-at-startup.md
Last active June 1, 2024 03:55
How to open Chromium in full screen at startup on the Raspberry Pi

(debian 10 buster)

First, it seems that ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart does not exist by default.

  1. copy the autostart
cp /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/
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dtmilano / colors
Created November 26, 2019 01:31
Shows terminal colors
#! /bin/bash
n=32
arg=setaf
text='Hello World! This is %s %d'
_help()
{
printf 'usage: %s [--help|-H] [--16] [--256] [-t|--tiny] [--background|-b]\n' "$(basename $0)"
exit 0
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probonopd / Wayland.md
Last active June 17, 2024 10:11
Think twice about Wayland. It breaks everything!

Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!

Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating everyone else (e.g., people using just an X11 window manager or something like GNUstep) in the process.

Wayland proponents make it seem like Wayland is "the successor" of Xorg, when in fact it is not. It is merely an incompatible alternative, and not even one that has (nor wants to have) feature parity (missing features). And unlike X11 (the X Window System), Wayland protocol designers actively avoid the concept of "windows" (making up incompr