Friday, February 27, 2026

NixOS: Libreoffice in distrobox does not use Adwaita dark theme

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GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark libreoffic or set in fish config: set -x GTK_THEME Adwaita:dark

NixOS: Firefox in distrobox does not use Adwiata theme (no hand mouse cursor)

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NixOS injects its Nix store paths into XCURSOR_PATH so the host system finds cursors in /nix/store/..., and distrobox inherits that variable...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

terminator: change size and location

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terminator --geometry=2420x650+80+800

NixOs: Can't start terminator from distrobox on nixos

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TypeError: unknown signal name: changed::font-name The error TypeError: unknown signal name: changed::font-name occurs because Terminat...
Friday, January 30, 2026

distrobox-assembly: Install arch with yay and some default packages

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distrobox.ini: [abox] additional_packages="git base-devel sudo curl" home=~/home-abox image=archlinux:latest init=true star...

Fedora atomic (vauxite xfce4): install nvidia drivers

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sudo rpm-ostree install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia sudo rpm-ostree kargs --append=rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core --append=mod...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

tigvervnc: example vncserver config setup

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vncserver-config-mandatory: session=startfluxbox securitytypes=none geometry=1800x1100 localhost alwaysshared
Monday, January 26, 2026

kde plasma: set kde theme from a command line in a distrobox

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List current themes: lookandfeeltool -list can return org.kde.breeze.desktop org.kde.breezedark.desktop org.kde.breezetwilight.de...

Bazzite (Fedora atomic): install virtualbox on Bazzite custom image

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Bazzite has rpm fusion repositories added in /etc/yum.repos.d/ . However, even though they are enabled, by default you can't install any...

distrobox: Basic programs for archlinux and fedora in distrobox

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yay --noconfirm -S mc vim fish htop tmux fd zoxide fzf terminator freerdp rdesktop bash-completion firefox firefox-developer-edition brave-...