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fawkesley / irssi.md
Last active July 10, 2018 20:26
irssi IRC client

irssi cheat sheet

These commands configure a network (e.g. freenode) with servers (e.g. irc.freenode.net) and channels (e.g. #doesliverpool).

Once configured you can just /connect <network> and everything happens automatically.

Add Freenode network

/network add -autosendcmd "/^msg nickserv identify <password>" freenode

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fawkesley / install.md
Last active July 25, 2018 09:29
Install Ubuntu 18.04, restore from backintime backup

Prerequisites

  • A full backup of /home/paul using backintime

Install Ubuntu

  • Choose "Something else" to enter the partitioning tool

  • Select "use the advanced partitioning tool for more control"

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fawkesley / pre-commit
Last active November 20, 2019 06:06
Configure git email and signing key on a per-repository basis
#!/bin/sh -u
# Install this into ~/.githooks/pre-commit
#
# Make it executable:
# > chmod +x ~/.githooks/pre-commit
#
# Configure git to point at your hooks directory
# > git config --global core.hooksPath ~/.githooks
#
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fawkesley / hockeypuck-supervisor.conf
Last active September 23, 2018 16:15
Installing Hockeypuck with PostgreSQL on
# /etc/supervisor/conf.d/hockeypuck-supervisor.conf
# Do `service supervisor reload` then start/stop with `supervisorctl start hockeypuck`
[program:hockeypuck]
user=hockeypuck
directory=/home/hockeypuck
command=/home/hockeypuck/bin/hockeypuck -config /home/hockeypuck/etc/hockeypuck/hockeypuck.conf
redirect_stderr=true
autorestart=true
startsecs=10
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fawkesley / firefox.md
Last active February 23, 2024 12:37
Firefox profile addons and settings
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fawkesley / fksync.sh
Last active November 6, 2018 17:19
fksync
#!/bin/sh -eu
# fksync
#
# This scripts keeps your PGP keys in sync with your team by:
#
# 1. periodically uploading your key to the keyservers
# 2. periodically downloading their keys from the keyservesr
#
# Note: it can't handle *new* team members. You'll need to get their key the
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fawkesley / raid-1-luks.md
Created January 11, 2019 10:51
Raid-1 + LUKS encrypted filesystem

make encrypted luks partition on raid-1 array from free space

  • use cfdisk /dev/sda to create a new partition in free space with type "Linux RAID"
  • repeat for /dev/sdb
  • cat /proc/mdstat to see what /dev/mdX device is next
$ mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md4 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda6 /dev/sdb6
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fawkesley / .gitconfig
Created March 11, 2019 21:33
.gitconfig snippet for nice `git log` showing signature status
[log]
date = relative
[format]
# https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html#_pretty_formats
pretty = "%C(yellow)%h %C(blue)%<(50,trunc)%s %C(green)%<(8,trunc)%ad %C(reset)%ae%n%>(69,trunc)%C(magenta)%G? %GS%n%-b"
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fawkesley / commands.sh
Last active December 16, 2019 20:17
SSH user / authorized keys
export NEW_USER=exampleuser
export NEW_HOME=/home/$NEW_USER
sudo useradd $NEW_USER \
--home $NEW_HOME \
--create-home \
--shell /bin/bash \
--groups ssh
sudo passwd $NEW_USER