System Maid

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Nice to meet you, you can call me Laika, "System Maid" or "Tech Maid" VTuber. I'm using promoting open-source/libre software and making videos about tech, anime and videogames. My blog where you can f... more

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

System Maid episodes:

August 25, 2024 [Guide] Pipewire bug that causes battery drain
In this video, I will guide you through identifying and mitigating an issue with Pipewire that may affect battery life on portable linux devices with built in camera.
Blog version - http://system-maid.neocities.org/post/pipewire-camera-bug/
Original the gitlab issue - https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/2669
Credits
MiFix - emotional support and useful feedback.
Assets
Emojione icons by Joypixels;
Earphones from “Sony Walkman TPS-L2 Cassette Player” model by berilbasak;
Vroid studio presets owned by Pixiv;
Pipewire logo made by Pipewire developers.
Software used
Vroid Studio - Character model;
Blender - Modeling and rendering;
Inkscape - Vector image editing;
PiperTTS - Voice;
Kdenlive - montage and subtitles;
Asciinema - Terminal recordings.
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December 03, 2023[Guide] How to use QT Designer
In this video, I will use QT Designer to make interface for simple notepad application and connect it to PyQT5 code
Text version of tutorial:
https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/qt-designer/
Project files:
https://codeberg.org/system-maid/cute-writer
Useful Links
Download QT5 - https://www.qt.io/download
PyQT5:
PySide2 documentation - https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-5/PySide2/QtWidgets/ (compatible with PyQT5)
PyQt5 tutorial I used myself https://kirelos.com/how-to-write-a-simple-text-editor-in-pyqt5/
Another PyQt5 tutorial resource I used https://www.pythonguis.com/tutorials/
Credits
MiFix - emotional support and useful feedback
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
Captions made using Kdenlive and Kate
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October 22, 2023 [Guide] Running Software On NixOS
NixOS is a Linux distribution based around nix package manager, and this video is about main ways to run software on it.
Check out my article version for commands and useful links!
https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/nixos-software/
Credits
NixOS community
MiFix - emotional support and useful feedback
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
Captions made using Kdenlive and Kate
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October 07, 2023 Halloween model test
Just me yawning.
This is actually just a small test I made before recording material for a video, but it was good enough to be used as a showcase for small changes I made, which I decided to put on video accounts for experiment.
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August 22, 2023[Tech Maid] Mesecons Basics
Mesecons is a electronics mod for voxel game engine Minetest, primarily aimed for use with default Minetest game and it's derivatives. This video will guide you through basics of this mod and tell you how to make super fast 3x3 door.
Check out my article version!
https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/mesecons-basics/
Related links:
Minetest
Mesecons
Credits
Amazing people who created Minetest, and awesome people who made Mesecons!
MiFix - emotional support and useful feedback
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
Captions made using Kdenlive and Kate
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April 16, 2023[Tech Maid Guides] Using Switch motion controls in Cemu and Dolphin (linux)
Today, I will wake up from my deep slumber and tell, how to use Nintendo switch controllers’ motion controls in several emulators, such as Dolphin and Cemu, on Linux.
Check out my article version to get commands in a format you can easily copy!
https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/joycond-cemuhook/
Original guides links
https://github.com/nicman23/dkms-hid-nintendo
https://github.com/DanielOgorchock/joycond
https://github.com/joaorb64/joycond-cemuhook
Credits
Amazing people who created these amazing drivers, protocol, and script
MiFix - emotional support and reminders about making video
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
Captions made using KDE Subtitle Composer + Youtube Auto Captions (as experimental time saver)
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January 29, 2023 [Tech Maid Talk] Encryption and chat software
This is video about encryption keys, end to end encryption and some of chat applications categorized by their encryption and if it provides actual privacy.
Read article version of this video on https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/encryption/
This is NOT a professional education video, I just provide my simplified interpretation of the topic and I cannot provide any warranty regarding software I recommend in this video. Please, think with your own head and do your own research when you need to safely exchange sensitive information.
Credits
Mentioned software and it's branding belong to respective copyright holders
MiFix - emotional support and reminders about making video
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
Captions made using KDE Subtitle Composer + Youtube Auto Captions (as experimental time saver)
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December 29, 2022[Tech Maid Guides] Recreating Material Shell in KDE Plasma
Small video about recreating some of Material Shell features in KDE Plasma Desktop Enviroment
Text version of tutorial just so happens to be a better one ^^
See https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/material-plasma-22-12-28/
Links
Bismuth - KWin windows tiling
KDE theme Materia
GTK theme Materia
Kvantum
Credits
Papirus icon pack is used, official logos of AwesomeWM and Material Shell belong to their creators, KDE Plasma is a product made by KDE collective
MiFix - emotional support
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
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December 14, 2022 [Tech Maid Talk] Open Source Videogames
Small video about free and open source videogames. These games plays native on Linux, "free to play", "free to win/lose" and "free to modify". This list does not include engine ports, games with only engine-specific code opened etc.
See full list of mentioned games with links to their respective websites on my blog:
https://system-maid.neocities.org/post/oss-games-22-12-14/
Credits
Papirus icon pack is used and mentioned games belong to their respective creators
MiFix - idea
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
Pseudo Tags:
Games videogames linux windows osu! osu!lazer Sonic Robo Blast 2 SuperTuxKart Xonotic Mindustry Minetest Pixel Dungeon FreeDroid RPG Pingus Super Tux 2 Teeworlds HedgeWars AAAAXY
Video shitpost ending credits:
"Gurumin A Monstrous Adventure" creators
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November 27, 2022[Tech Maid Guide] MPV media player - improve Youtube and Twitch support with yt-dlp and Streamlink
Small video about improving youtube videos and twitch streams support in mpv media player.
Warning! This tutorial may or may not become outdated with time.
Links for tutorial
yt-dlp releases
yt-dlp official installation guide
config line for mpv
script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=/bin/yt-dlp
streamlink official installation guide
streamlink example command
streamlink --player=mpv example.com/stream best
Credits
Music:
東方萃夢想 // IAMP / Suika's theme by TAMusic
Splatoon 2 - Color Pulse (Splatfest Main Theme) [Lofi / Chill Remix] by Qumu
Qumu - Awake Now
Qumu - To the Other Side
Images:
Papirus icon pack
Twitch, yt-dlp and streamlink logos from their respective official sources
Videos:
Windows footage made by MiFix
We are Japanese Goblin clip made by MTB
Splatoon 2 Splatfest Trailer made by Nintendo
Other:
Character model made with Vroid Studio and rendered in VSeeFace
Voice made using text-to-speech software (coqui-tts)
Everything else recorded/made by me using OBS, Inkscape and Kdenlive
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FAQs about System Maid:

How many episodes does System Maid have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.