Posts on Franco Lopez

Synergy 1 + Waynergy on Omarchy Arch Linux (Hyprland Wayland Setup)

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Overview

After many hours of testing, trying:

Synergy 3 on macOS and Linux
Flatpak builds
AUR variants
Deskflow and other alternatives

I finally landed on a combo that actually works well on Wayland with Hyprland:

macOS (server): Synergy 1
Arch Linux (client): Waynergy
Desktop: Omarchy / Hyprland
Backend: wlr
Keyboard fix: using Waynergy raw-keymap instead of xkb

Mouse was perfect from the start. The hard part was the keyboard, especially the letters A, E, R and the Command / Option keys from the Mac mapping correctly on the Arch client.

The final working solution uses:

Hyprland’s own keyboard map (wl_keyboard_map = true)
Synergy key codes (syn_raw_key_codes = true)
A custom [raw-keymap] section

Huge thanks to ghost for this comment and mapping reference:
https://github.com/r-c-f/waynergy/issues/84

Omarchy Setup Dual boot and Auto-login (manual installation)

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Overview

This guide walks through setting up Arch Linux manually with:

No LUKS (to enable autologin)
limine as the bootloader
Larger /boot partition to accommodate multiple kernels
Dual boot with Windows 11
Omarchy desktop environment (curl -fsSL https://omarchy.org/install | bash)
VFIO passthrough using AMD iGPU + NVIDIA RTX 4090
Snapshots via BTRFS (optional)

Always Learning: Building My PC and Fixing a DRAM Training Issue

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

One of the things I’ve loved most about my career in technology is that you never stop learning. Even after a lifetime of building, programming, and troubleshooting systems, there’s always something new waiting around the corner. This past week, I was reminded of that truth while building my latest PC workstation.

Arch Linux Setup with VFIO GPU Passthrough

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

My notes and reference for using AMD iGPU for Host + NVIDIA RTX 4090 for VM (VFIO) on Arch Linux. System Specs Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.3) CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (32 Threads) GPU 1 (Host): AMD iGPU (Raphael, RDNA2) GPU 2 (Passthrough/Optional Host): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2×32GB) 5600 MHz CL40 (XMP, CMK64GX5M2B5600C40) OS: Arch Linux (Hyprland) + Windows 11 Pro (separate disk) BIOS Configuration Before installing Arch, reboot into BIOS and configure:

Fedora 42 Workstation with Hyprland & VFIO

Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fedora Workstation Setup

Here are some of my notes for my Fedora 42 workstation and VM gaming environment. Happy hacking!

Cheatsheet: Nmap Commands

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A practical list of commonly used Nmap scan profiles. Use these to discover hosts, detect services, find open ports, trace routes, and identify firewall rules.

FortiGate - Setup and Config notes

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Over the years, I’ve worked with many FortiGate units across different sites. This are some of my notes where compiles some of the most common changes, configurations, and CLI commands that I use to standardize and secure deployments.

Cheatsheet: Docker CLI

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

my notes and reference for common Docker commands, organized by task. Nothing crazy, just useful.

Cheatsheet: SQL

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This cheatsheet is built from my notes collected over time. Can apply to PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite, these commands are for querying, filtering, modifying, and joining data.

Cheatsheet: Cisco Networking Commands

Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This notes includes some of my most useful Cisco IOS CLI commands I’ve used for managing networks in both lab and production environments. It covers basic access protection and VLAN isolation to advanced ACLs, NAT, and LACP configuration.

Cheatsheet: Kubernetes with Talos Linux

Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s a quick reference guide I put together to help manage my Talos Linux Kubernetes clusters… both at home and at work. Since kubectl is my main tool for daily operations, I hope this guide also proves useful to others navigating similar setups.

Cleaning Fedora Workstation

Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

After months of daily use, testing software, and general tinkering, my Fedora Workstation setup continues to be reliable and solid.

Fedora has become my go-to distro for development, desktop productivity, and gaming. Running Hyprland (specifically ML4W Hyprland), it’s fast, modern, and refreshingly stable.

Welcome

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:17:53 -0400

Hi 👋

This blog is currently in progress. Over the next few weeks, I’ll begin migrating many of my personal notes, experiments, and technical documentation from Obsidian & Notion to this public space — in hopes that some of it may help others too.