systemd Fedora 28: Enable NumLock on Login There are plenty of different ways to enable NumLock on login. This post walks through a user service solution via systemd and numlockx.
CLI Sort git Config As I was updating some gitflow config today, I noticed that my .gitconfig is a little messy. Like many things, it's grown organically and I've just never thought about tidying it up. It doesn't have to be organized, but neat and tidy files always
wxPython Installing wxPython 4.0 (Project Phoenix) on Fedora 27 I've stayed away from wxPython in the past because updates were slow and Python 3 wasn't supported. Within the last couple of weeks, 4.0 was completed, which at least
rofi rofi: Useful Options I rofi is a neat little tool that does so many cool things. This post highlights several useful rofi options. I don't try to script anything here, so it's a fairly short read.
rofi rofi: Matching and Sorting rofi is a neat little tool that does so many cool things. This post looks at configuring rofi's matching and sorting and continues investigating both dmenu and script modi applications.
rofi rofi: Change Window Location rofi is a neat little tool that does so many cool things. This post looks at changing rofi's window location, introduces rofi's dmenu capabilities, and investigates script modi.
rofi rofi: Scripting modi Discovery rofi is a neat little tool that does so many cool things. This post looks at automatically updating modi lists. It also covers some intro awk stuff, so feel free to skip around.
rofi rofi: Basic Configuration rofi is a neat little tool that does so many cool things. This post looks at basic rofi configuration.
rofi rofi: Overview and Installation rofi is a neat little tool that does so many cool things. This post provides a rofi overview and installation instructions.
Automation Cursor Detection Run Time Analysis This is a quick follow-up to an earlier post today comparing various cursor snooping methods. I don't have much to add, just more code and some (basic) graphs. Direct Xlib usage is seriously the way to go.
Automation Quickly Detect Cursor Position and Color I miss AutoHotkey. I spent this weekend in Google and Stack Overflow porting a couple of very basic features for the X world.
Vagrant Ubuntu Notes: Unlocking /var/lib/dpkg I ran into some issues this morning setting up a Xenial box via Vagrant. On boot, /var/lib/dpkg was totally locked with nothing I knew to link it to in ps aux. I've created a fairly novel solution; my purchase today was learn about something new.
KeePass KeePass + ssh I've begun taking my online identity a bit more seriously and I'm building a collection of keys for everything. It's safe, but it's insanely annoying to have to re-enter all those passphrases more than once, say, a month.
KeePass KeePass + FreeRDP My xfreerdp credential solution is to use Keepass (I recommend ~2; that's what you'll see below.). Like other repetitive user-based CLI tasks, KeePass kills xfreerdp.
