Dev posts

Some posts about technology and how I configured my working environment.

How I use Firefox

I use the Firefox browser a bit differently than the average user. I have multiple profiles configured, specific extensions on each one. I even have something similar to chrome web apps but for firefox. Check this post to see some useful tips that may be useful for you as well.

Launcher centric workflow

As a side efect of using so much the terminal, I rarely need to use the mouse. I stopped using docky, plank and other popular bottom panels to use launchers insted. Here I describe my journey and current configurations.

Linux distros do not make the difference

Having tried Debian, Xubuntu, Mandriva, Fedora, Manjaro over the past 15 years give you some perspective of what is important and what is not. Here are my thougths about what was useful for me and what wasn't.

Terminal, vim, tmux

It took me a while, but finally found a set of tools that I'm comfortable with. I work and teach pretty much using only the terminal, check this post to see why.

The unix philosophy

Some real world examples about why learning the basic building blocks of unix can make your daily work more productive.