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03 Nov

How to install Cursor on Arch linux

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1. Go to Cursor's website 2. Press Download for free (it should download an .Appimage file) 3. Navigate to the file and run chmod +x cursor-<version_number>.Appimage to make it executable 4. Run ./cursor-<version_number>.Appimage to make sure it starts 5. If yes, add it to the application list with sudo mv cursor-<version_number>.AppImage ~/opt/cursor.appimage 6. Make a desktop entry for the app sudo nano /usr/share/applications/cursor.desktop CTRL + V this into the file: [Desktop Entry] Name=Cursor Exec=/opt/cursor.appimage Icon=/opt/cursor.png Type=Application Categories=Development; Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode 7. Save the file, move the icon cursor.png of your choice to ~/opt/ 8. You are done!…

11 Aug

I Changed My Mind – NixOS is NOT the Best Linux

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Well I didn't expect to be writing this post, ever. Most of my posts on here have just been NixOS and praising its glory to all but recently I have been greatly disliking NixOS more and more. But what does this mean for you? It could mean nothing, or it could mean everything... NixOS Pros I can't say NixOS isn't great, it has so many amazingly useful features that just make using Linux so much easier. All packages are version locked. (Easy to roll back versions) All package dependencies are per package so version conflicts are prevented. Thousands of services…