System Maid

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  • [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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  • [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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      • [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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      • 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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      • [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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        • [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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          • [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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          • [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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            • [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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            • [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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              About 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…