Run custom programs in a Steam Game Proton context

I’ve always been a big fan of HITMAN 3 by IOI Interactive. After switching to Linux, I was able to play the game without any problems thanks to Valve’s Proton. Thanks Valve! Every now and then, however, I want to try out certain passages or functions, or just go completely crazy. Under Windows, I had a trainer that patched the game and gave me infinite ammunition, for example. But this trainer wasn’t available on Linux. ...

October 3, 2025

Unlocking your Fedora (or RHEL) LUKS partition with a TPM

Most of the time when I used Linux at home, I had my OS disk and partitions encrypted and decrypted them with a password at boot time. This worked fine, but I also wanted to try other methods, such as automatic unlocking with a Yubikey or a TPM. A quick look at the Arch Wiki on “Trusted Platform Module” didn’t necessarily show me how to automatically decrypt my partitions when all conditions are met, similar to Bitlocker on Windows. ...

October 3, 2025