https://blog.yaslam.org/Writings about Linux and other free and open-source software. 2026-04-14T21:33:10+01:00 Yusef Aslam https://blog.yaslam.org/ Jekyll © 2026 Yusef Aslam /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2025-11-26T18:37:00+00:00 2025-11-26T18:37:00+00:00 https://blog.yaslam.org/posts/how-to-fix-file-associations-on-dolphin-in-hyprland/ Yusef Aslam

Recently, I’ve ran into an issue where file associations are broken in KDE applications when running them inside Hyprland, but not when they are running inside KDE. KDE apps, when running outside of KDE Plasma, look at /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu to determine which applications can open a file type. and on my system this file did not exist. So to work around the issue, we can symlink the ...

2025-10-28T08:32:00+00:00 2025-10-28T08:32:00+00:00 https://blog.yaslam.org/posts/how-to-reset-the-master-layout-on-hyprland/ Yusef Aslam

Since Hyprland does not come with a way to reset the Master layout like X11 window managers such as XMonad, this has to be done manually using hyprctl: #!/bin/bash # Reset the master layout on Hyprland. # Hyprland does not come with a way to reset the layout # like XMonad and some other window managers do. # So we have to do it manually. # # Author: Yusef Aslam # Reset the master/stack factor...

2025-10-22T00:00:00+01:00 2025-10-22T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.yaslam.org/posts/how-to-build-a-pc/ Yusef Aslam

In this guide, I will show you how to build a PC that uses the AMD AM4 motherboard socket and the ATX form-factor.

2025-10-03T12:55:00+01:00 2025-10-03T12:55:00+01:00 https://blog.yaslam.org/posts/how-to-flash-stock-rom-galaxy-a52s-5g/ Yusef Aslam

In this post, I will explain how to flash the stock ROM back onto a Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G. This guide applies to you if you had flashed a custom ROM and want to revert back to the stock ROM.

2025-09-17T00:00:00+01:00 2025-09-17T00:00:00+01:00 https://blog.yaslam.org/posts/how-to-access-admin-console-tgvacv2/ Yusef Aslam

The Technicolor TG589VAC-V2 comes with the ability to SSH into it to perform basic administration tasks. In this post I will explain how to enter the SSH console of this router. Find the login details The default username is engineer for SSH access. The password can be found underneath the router where it says “Access Key”. Access the router through SSH If the router is operating in b...