SidharthArya

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import json
import subprocess

direction=bool(sys.argv[1] == 't' or sys.argv[1] == 'T')
swaymsg = subprocess.run(['swaymsg', '-t', 'get_tree'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
data = json.loads(swaymsg.stdout)
current = data["nodes"][1]["current_workspace"]

bikubi

How to record a nice sounding podcast over Skype, using Pulse and Ardour

The situation: we record a podcast over Skype. We both have USB audio interfaces (Behringer U-Phoria UMC202 and 404, respectively). We each record our respective audio inputs and mix those later, manually adjusting the delay. Skype is only used for communication and is not involved in the recording.

There might be a way to do this without ardour, pulse-only. But since we have ardour in our workflow already, we prefer this way, even if it seems needlessly complicated.

Tested on Arch Linux; all referenced programs refer to Arch packages.

ageis

YubiKey 4 series GPG and SSH setup guide

Written for fairly adept technical users, preferably of Debian GNU/Linux, not for absolute beginners.

You'll probably be working with a single smartcard, so you'll want only one primary key (1. Sign & Certify) and two associated subkeys (2. Encrypt, 3. Authenticate). I've published a Bash function which automates this slightly special key generation process.

jonahbron

# Wrapper for ssh to automatically source bash config file on remote machine.
# Sources ~/.bashrc_remote
#
# author Jonah Dahlquist
# license CC0

sshs() {
        ssh ${*:1} "cat > /tmp/.bashrc_temp" < ~/.bashrc_remote
        ssh -t ${*:1} "bash --rcfile /tmp/.bashrc_temp ; rm /tmp/.bashrc_temp"
}