You need a self signed certificate for your website over https, this post is here to take you through the few steps necessary to create your self signed certificate.

When you use pulseaudio and you increase the volume, it will increase the front volume but also the PCM value leading to crackling sound when reaching value above 80%. Here is how to change this behaviour.

If skype on linux gives you crackling sound and you use pulseaudio, here is the solution to fix it. Also if you have no sound and use archlinux/pulseaudio, solution is here too.

You need to re-install grub on your drive when booting from usb or live CD. This post is made for you, very straight forward step to do so.

I use git and literally love it but I have one problem with it, I often forget how to do things meaning I always have to go look for it either on the internet or in the manual. Therefore I have decided to write this post to regroup all the commands I use/need when using git.

You normally use glxgears to check performance of your graphic card but you get the same as your monitor refresh rate (60Hz = 60fps). You simply need to override a variable to not run synchronized to the vertical refresh.

In my post about catalyst 11.9, I wrote a rant about the AMD catalyst driver which after 6 months were still not working with gnome-shell. Another month has passed and unfortunately gnome-shell is still not usable with the catalyst driver.