Useful things

This is a list of free and useful things on the net, along with quick fixes to peculiar problems.

Tutorials & References

• Learn to Code HTML & CSS by Shay Howe is a seemingly up-to-date resource. I use this to refresh my HTML5 and CSS3 knowledge.
• Markdown Cheatsheet by Adam Pritchard

Linux

• Unless you’re using a wildly popular distro (Ubuntu, Fedora), your fonts probably don’t look all that good. Fortunately, I’ve found a quick fix on StackExchange. Create or replace the contents of your ~/.fonts.conf with the following configuration:

    <?xml version='1.0'?>
    <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
    <fontconfig>
        <match target="font">
            <edit mode="assign" name="rgba">
            <const>rgb</const>
        </edit>
        </match>
        <match target="font">
            <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
                <bool>true</bool>
            </edit>
        </match>
        <match target="font">
            <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
                <const>hintslight</const>
            </edit>
        </match>
        <match target="font">
            <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
                <bool>true</bool>
            </edit>
        </match>
        <match target="font">
            <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter">
                <const>lcddefault</const>
            </edit>
        </match>
    </fontconfig>
  

  Don’t forget to restart your browser and DE afterwards. I’ve successfully tested this on Slackware 14.2.

• Firefox won’t play H.264-encoded video on Slacwkware 14.2 by default. Facebook and Netflix deliver video this way. There’s an easy fix for this–either compile ffmpeg from Slackbuilds with X264=yes or use AlienBob’s package which already has this enabled.