Linux 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)

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: 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.

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.