Update notebook as of 2021-11-06

- Some updates to pacman as I'm going to trying to use Open Build
Service which apparently has support for publishing Arch Linux packages.
Pretty nice!

- Starting to take more notes for Git as I use it beyond the simple
commit and push workflow. I mostly use it to create patches for
packaging other applications.

- Updates for Drawabox.

notebook/2021-05-05-19-43-14.org

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 :END:
 #+title: Look for live sessions as another form of examples
 #+date: "2021-05-05 19:43:14 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2021-05-20 00:29:46 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-10-27 16:41:42 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 
 
 There is something powerful in seeing others doing the task as you are now seeing the process in action.
-This is why seeing live sessions such as live studying, live coding, and speedpainting sessions are compelling to watch.
 A possible reason is our human tendency to follow by example.
 
 Watching live sessions in any form can be a good way to learn and gain perspectives as you're viewing the raw footage of the task from its conception to its completion.
+This is why seeing live sessions such as live studying, live coding, and speedpainting sessions are compelling to watch.
 
-Even pre-rendered forms of live sessions such as documentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, and commentaries are great to look for albeit incomplete.
+Even pre-rendered forms of live sessions such as documentaries, pre-recorded competition matches, behind-the-scenes footage, and commentaries are great to look for albeit incomplete.
 It still gives you an idea of the process behind the topic.

notebook/cli.curl.org

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 :END:
 #+title: Command line: cURL
 #+date: "2021-06-04 10:56:52 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2021-06-20 20:25:49 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-10-24 22:02:49 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 #+property: header-args  :eval no
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To see more, you can view the cURL manual page (i.e., ~man curl.1~) and see the
 
 - =-o [FILE], --output [FILE]= - save the results in the given file
 - =-O, --remote-name= - save the results as the remote name; useful for downloading
-- =-L, --location= - if there redirects, follow them; mainly used in HTTP
+- =-L, --location= - if there redirects, follow them; mainly used in HTTP and download links that often redirects to the real location
 
 
 

notebook/cli.pacman.org

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 :END:
 #+title: Command line: pacman
 #+date: "2021-06-08 15:00:04 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2021-10-09 18:12:07 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-11-06 12:05:11 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 #+property: header_args  :eval no
 
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ pacman -S podman
 Here's what you can do with the package manager:
 
 - =-S= are concerned with syncing the local database to the remote databases.
-  - =-y= syncs the local database to the remote database; running with this flag alone is not recommended as the package manager will have problems.
-  - =-u= upgrades the local database; this should be used with =-y= if you intend it for a proper operating system upgrade.
+  - =-y, --refresh= syncs the local database to the remote database; running with this flag alone is not recommended as the package manager will have problems.
+  - =-u, --sysupgrade= upgrades the local database; this should be used with =-y= if you intend it for a proper operating system upgrade.
+  - =-g, --groups [GROUP]= prints what packages belong to the given group
 - =-Q= is primarily from querying information from your installed packages ranging from listing installed packages to listing all of the files owned by a certain package.
-  - =-l, --list= lists the files associated with the package.
-  - =-i, --info= prints information about the package.
-- =-F= are mostly query-related operations with the database.
+  - =-l, --list [PACKAGES...]= lists the files associated with the package.
+  - =-i, --info [PACKAGES...]= prints information about the package.
+- =-F [FILENAME]= are mostly query-related operations with the database.
+  It also prints which package owns the given file.
+  - =-y, --refresh= refreshes the database.
 - =-R= removes installed packages.
   - =-n, --nosave= removes the configuration files associated with the package; this doesn't remove files from the home directory, though.
   - =-s, --recursive= will recursively removes dependencies that are not used anywhere else.
@@ -96,3 +99,14 @@ Another interactive script with [[id:4eb1f8b1-bc12-4a6c-8fa4-20e4c3542cf2][fzf]]
 #+begin_src bash
 pacman -Q --native --quiet | fzf --multi --prompt "Remove installed package(s) > " | xargs doas pacman -Rns --noconfirm
 #+end_src
+
+
+
+
+* Related notes
+
+- pacman does not have a way to query packages that are not installed;
+  for example, you cannot know what files are owned by the package unless it is installed (also you have =pkgfile= for that)
+
+- pacman also cannot view the PKGBUILD of packages that are not installed;
+  you can use

notebook/linux.systemd.org

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       20830b22-9e55-42a6-9cef-62a1697ea63d
 :END:
-#+title: Exploring systemd features
+#+title: systemd
 #+date: "2021-05-20 22:37:22 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2021-08-07 20:21:53 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-08-29 00:07:15 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 #+property: header-args  :eval no
 

notebook/literature.DrawaboxFreeExercise.org

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 :END:
 #+title: Drawabox course
 #+date: 2021-10-22 13:53:45 +08:00
-#+date_modified: 2021-10-29 17:03:30 +08:00
+#+date_modified: 2021-10-30 19:04:13 +08:00
 #+published: 
 #+author: 
 #+source: https://drawabox.com/
@@ -51,12 +51,20 @@
 
 - Superimposed lines - this is an exercise enforcing to draw with your arm;
   it is a straightforward exercise so far
+
 - Ghosted Lines - this is where the ghosting method is introduced which is essential as more exercises will build upon this technique;
   it is an interesting exercise especially for me having some hand-eye coordination issues ;p
+
 - Ghosted Planes - this is "Ghosted Lines" exercise but on steroids;
   enforces the ghosting method even more
+
 - Tables of Ellipses - this is where I have problems with creating smooth ellipses;
   I eventually realized my problem is how I grip and how it fall backs to creating ellipses with my wrist instead of my arm;
   it's harder than I thought to draw circles with a pen;
+  it's a disaster;
   this is a habitual problem and will work out on this;
   I'm very tempted to restart this exercise but as the course says "No grinding and attempts at mastery before moving to each exercise"
+
+- Ellipses in Planes - I've done a little warm up with creating ellipses with the ghosting method and it indeed improve my ellipses unlike the previous disastrous result;
+  most of the ellipses appear to be confident but not much in accuracy;
+  that's the next thing to be worked on the upcoming warm ups, I guess

notebook/packages.flatpak.org

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 :END:
 #+title: Flatpak packages
 #+date: "2021-06-27 23:46:41 +08:00"
-#+date_modified: "2021-08-14 15:54:46 +08:00"
+#+date_modified: "2021-11-04 16:21:45 +08:00"
 #+language: en
 
 
@@ -11,8 +11,17 @@
 - while runtimes can be created, there are only a handful of them in the official Flathub remote
 - some of the runtimes include Freedesktop, GNOME, and KDE
 - you can run the runtimes to know the installed packages (e.g., ~flatpak run org.freedesktop.Sdk//19.08~)
+- Flatpak can get packages from a repository referred to as *remotes* similar to Arch packages or FreeBSD ports
+- the package definition are referred to as a *manifest* similar to [[id:963c043e-4972-4b29-8360-223ec3465203][Nix packages]]
+- Flatpak can create bundles from a manifest, enabling easier distribution without a Flatpak remote
+- similar to [[id:963c043e-4972-4b29-8360-223ec3465203][Nix packages]] and [[id:be917383-84c4-4bf5-9ca0-b04bfb778f4f][Guix package manager]], sandboxing is an important part of the build process;
+  thus, there are limitations such as no network availability, filesystem access, and socket access;
+  by default, applications only have access to their runtime folders
+- Flathub, the main repository, is concerned with [[id:fe9e21bc-3b38-4d0f-a785-253248a38ed7][Reproducible builds]]
 - examples:
   + [[https://github.com/flathub/com.mojang.Minecraft/][Minecraft]] is fairly simple by fetching the compiled binary and its dependencies with minimal compilation needed
   + [[https://github.com/flathub/com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee][RawTherapee]] is slightly complex with various dependencies defined mostly in one file
   + [[https://github.com/flathub/org.gnucash.GnuCash][Gnucash]] has a complex manifest that is composed of multiple dependencies packages as its own module file
   + [[https://github.com/flathub/org.libretro.RetroArch][RetroArch]] is similarly complex to Gnucash with its vendored dependencies packaged as its own module
+- Flathub has a [[https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak-builder-tools][curated set of scripts]] to automate building manifests for several projects such as Python, Rust, and Node similar to roam:nixpkgs
+- Flathub also has a [[https://github.com/flathub/shared-modules/][collection of modules intended to be shared among the repo]] serving as an additional base for the most common dependencies that cannot be found in runtimes

notebook/tools.git.org

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#+title: Git
+#+date: 2021-08-27 22:10:45 +08:00
+#+date_modified: 2021-08-28 16:27:45 +08:00
+#+language: en
+
+
+The de-facto version control system.
+
+
+
+
+* Submodules
+
+- one way to vendor dependencies or use another project within the worktree
+- Git will inspect =.gitmodules= as the submodule configuration file;
+  while it is plain-text, it is mostly managed with the ~git submodule~ subcommand
+- to clone an existing project that uses submodules, you can add the =--recursive= flag on the ~git fetch~ subcommand;
+  if it's already clone, you can proceed as normal (e.g., ~git submodule init && git submodule update~)