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Today I learned… that you can use SSH host aliases in git remote URLs! First of all, here is my problem and use case: I want to be able to have multiple remotes in a local git repo with different logins and of course different SSH keys, because I use one pair of SSH keys per connection. For repositories with only one remote I used to set core.sshCommand. This applies to every remote you configure. You could use the GIT_SSH_COMMAND environment variable on the command line to overwrite the core.sshCommand setting, because it would be prioritized. This could be done by writing it on the command line manually, or by using a shell alias, or git alias. None of these options are really practical in everyday use. ...

A simple tutorial on installing Debian on an encrypted LVM with btrfs and subvolumes :-) There are plenty tutorials out there already and I used to mix several methods to create my way of the process. This blog post is a kind note for myself. My recipe for something that fits and that I can read and use when I need it – but shared so that others can use it as wels :-) ...

Bisher habe die files in meinem Obsidian zwischen iPhone und meinem Linux Desktop per Git synchronisiert. Das funktioniert zuverlässig, aber Bedürfnisse ändern sich ja schon mal und ich wollte eine schnellere und bequemere Methode. Ein Bekannter von mir nutzt dafür den Obsidian-livesync service. Dieser wird mit CouchDB betrieben und nur dafür wollte ich das nicht installieren und überlegte erstmal weiter. Da ich auch eine Nextcloud habe, suchte ich in den community plugins von Obsidian nach WebDAV und fand das remotely-safe plugin. Zuerst richtete ich ein neues vault zum Testen ein und installierte das plugin. In den Einstellungen habe ich den login-Namen, das app-Passwort, das ich hiefür generiert habe und die URL nach folgendem Schema hinterlegt: ...

I’m using rofi as application launcher on my linux desktop systems and since I’m using AppImages as well I also wanted to know how I can easily launch them via rofi. I always thought that I had to extend rofi’s search path, but I haven’t found a solution yet. Today I found out that .desktop files per application integrate them into the menu. Thank you til.scapegoat.dev for your article about it! I knew that .desktop files existed, but I have never used them myself. Now I know these are to create shortcut icons on desktops, or to create system menu entries and submenus. ...