Pi + Hermes and Zero Cloud: My Whole Home Setup in One Workflow
My laptop’s coding agent and my home server’s assistant now talk to each other over one line of config. Long jobs ping my phone, replies flow back, and no cloud service …
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LivingOnLinux
Living life on freedom mode. Choosing Linux and other freedom tech for everyday life.
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Can a Laptop Set Itself Up? AI Agent vs 5 Linux Hardware Bosses
I wiped Windows on a new Lenovo Legion and let a local AI agent install Omarchy and fix five hardware bosses. Final score: 60/100.
Read more →Omarchy First Look: DHH's Arch Linux Distro in VirtualBox
Omarchy is DHH’s opinionated Arch Linux + Hyprland distro — ‘Beautiful, Fun & Agentic Linux.’ I install it and test it, including configuring the OS with AI.
Read more →Linux Logging Explained: journalctl, /var/log & OpenRC
Linux has been logging everything your services do — you just need to know where to look. journalctl and /var/log on Fedora and Alpine.
Read more →Linux Services Explained: From One Command to a Real Service
What’s the difference between a process and a daemon? I build darkhttpd into a real managed service on Fedora (systemd) and Alpine (OpenRC).
Read more →KitchenFlow Raw AI Exchange Transcript
Complete conversation transcript between James and AI agent during KitchenFlow spec generation
Read more →KitchenFlow Technical Specification
Full 40KB technical specification for the KitchenFlow recipe management application
Read more →Why I Pulled My Contacts from the Cloud (And How To Do It Without Losing Your Mind)
How to migrate 700+ contacts from Google to a local-first stack using Radicale, Syncthing, and GNOME Contacts.
Read more →Bypassing Flatpak Sandbox Crashes: Building Native ARM64 Electron Apps on Linux Phones
The Reality of Mobile Linux Dependencies
Moving to Linux for my mobile phone has been full of surprise pain points. Years of using Linux on the desktop did not lend themselves to …
Read more →FLX1s Unboxing and Initial Impressions
Unboxing the new FLX1s — my new Linux phone daily driver.
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Reclaiming digital freedom by choosing Linux and open solutions for everyday life.
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LivingOnLinux is a project born out of a simple realization: the tools that give us digital freedom shouldn't feel like a chore to use. For too long, "using Linux" has been synonymous with staring at a scary black terminal screen, borked wireless cards, and buggy graphics drivers.
I'm here to show that you can cultivate a digital life that is private, open-source, and most importantly practical for everyday life.
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