Installing Claude Desktop on Linux: An Unofficial Guide

A guide to installing and running Claude Desktop on Linux systems using Nix Flakes

January 9, 2025 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

Setting Up NixOS on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)

A guide to installing and configuring NixOS on WSL2, including graphical application support.

December 17, 2024 · 3 min · Greg Hilston

NixOS: The Path to Truly Reproducible Linux Systems

A personal journey from distro hopping and manual configuration management to discovering NixOS’s declarative approach, exploring how it solves common Linux setup challenges through configuration files, flakes, and reproducible environments.

December 16, 2024 · 5 min · Greg Hilston

How to Copy to Clipboard From Terminal

Want to quickly copy file contents to your system clipboard from the command line? xclip is the tool for you.

November 28, 2024 · 1 min · Greg Hilston

How to Add a New Application to Dmenu

I’m a big fan of tiling window managers. Today I use i3, which I happen to have configured to use dmenu, which is an efficient tool for searching across all your applications. I often find myself wanting to add custom applications to dmenu, say a custom script I’ve written, and I’d like to capture how that’s done. Example Desktop File Let’s say you want to add Postman to your dmenu. You’ll need to create a desktop file for it....

July 19, 2024 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

Brewfile

What Brew, a Brewfile is, and why you should be using them on OS X and Linux

April 9, 2022 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

Tiling Window Managers

What a Tiling Window Manager is and why you should be using one

February 11, 2022 · 6 min · Greg Hilston

Focus Mode

A short script that helps one with multi-monitors focus

January 1, 2022 · 3 min · Greg Hilston

How To Get Notified When A Program Ends

Simple approach to getting notified when a program finishes

August 18, 2021 · 3 min · Greg Hilston

How To Add Application To Pop OS Gnome Launcher

How to add a custom application to the Pop OS Gnome Launcher so one can launch from the UI.

July 18, 2021 · 1 min · Greg Hilston