Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage
https://github.com/bimbashrestha/BlobBackup

https://redd.it/lm2imi
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Automatically join online classes.

Many of us need to attend classes online, and finding the right url for each class and clicking on it at the appropriate time is such a pain (I am too lazy to do all that).

So here is a solution I found out to make my life a little easier.
I started using **calcurse** to maintain my class time table. It is a beautiful tui application which manages events and todos. It has this amazing feature to run a command just before an event start. The default command would send a notification regarding the upcoming event. But this command can be changed to anything. Changing this command to open the class url would automatically open the class for you.

# Requirements
* calcurse

# Procedure

#### Adding Timetable

* Added each class as a recurring event in calcurse with the noscript having the class name and the class url as follows
```
Topology <Tab Space> https://meet.google.com/url123
```

#### Setting up noscript to open url
* Now when I run calcurse --next from the command line I get output as follows
```
$ calcurse --next
next appointment:
[08:26] Topology https://meet.google.com/url123
```
> This means the next class is topology and it is in 8hr 23min and the joining link is that.

* Here is a small noscript that would notify about the next event and also open the url if it exists.
```
#!/bin/sh

browser="brave"
event="$(calcurse --next | sed "1d")"
name="$(echo "$event" | sed -E 's/.*\] ([^\t]*).*/\1/')"
url="$(echo "$event" | grep -o "http\S*" )"

if [ -z "$url" ]
then
notify-send "$name"
else
notify-send "$name" "opening link..."
eval $browser $url 1>/dev/null 2>&1 &
fi
```
Save this as an executable somewhere

#### Configuring Calcurse to run the noscript
Now all that is left to do is to configure calcurse to run this noscript 15 seconds before the event starts.
* Add the following lines to calcurse config file (~/.cache/calcurse/conf).
```
notification.command= /home/user/path/to/this/noscript
notification.notifyall=all
notification.warning=15
```
And there we have it. Now whenever calcurse is open (or launched as daemon), all your classes will be automatically opened in the browser.

## Extra

* If you are really adventurous there are browser plugins that automatically mute, switch off camera and auto join you into google meet.
* I also add the following as a module in my status bar noscript to show when I have my next class.
```
event="$(calcurse -n | sed 1d | sed -E "s_^ *\[(.*):(.*)\] ([^\t]*)\t?.*_[\1h \2m->\3]_")"
```
This would give an output as *07h 27m -> Topology*.

This is taken from my [gitpage](https://github.com/pystardust/automeet)

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A little ZSH cheatsheet

Hi there!

I recently wrote a small framework in ZSH, and that required me to look how to perform many things with the language that aren't always easy to find.

So I made a little cheatsheet, in case it can help anyone!

It shows the syntax for various processings you may have to perform (modifying an array properly, slicing, replacing, iterating over a global pattern silently...)

Here is the link, feel free to tell me if that helped you and/or if you see any error/potential improvement!

https://gist.github.com/ClementNerma/1dd94cb0f1884b9c20d1ba0037bdcde2

https://redd.it/lm4hmi
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Alacritty color emoji support

Hey guys i recently started to play with alacritty terminal but i cant get color emoji rendering I looked it up on github they says alacritty support fallback fonts but I couldn't step joypixles font anyone know how can I get color emoji working on alacritty???

https://redd.it/lm8o56
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Pinkpill, a minimal package update checker that supports AUR helpers

Should have put this in the noscript, but I forgot: this software works on Arch and derivatives only.

I am sure this has been done before, and maybe also better than what I did; but I had fun doing that, and so I thought I would share it.

This aims to be effectively just a background program that checks for updates and spawns a notification whenever updates arrive. It runs on NodeJS and TypeScript as a meme but that is fine as long as it works ig.

Link is https://github.com/AryToNeX/pinkpill

I hope this will be useful to people who have minimal Arch setups or people who dislike KDE's Discover so much.

Also, contributions are always welcome.

https://redd.it/lm812x
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How do I create a file in another directory without changing directories?

I’m taking a Linux class. Currently working on the command line and after rereading the chapter over and over, I don’t understand how to do this.

The question is:

Without changing directories, and using a single command, create a file called January that contains a calendar for January 2021 in your Jan sub directory. Indicate the command below.


This is probably something basic for people who know how to work on the command line but I don’t know how to do it, some help would be greatly appreciated!

https://redd.it/lmdjwz
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Free & Open Source Photo Software

I’m looking for free and open source photo software that can detect duplicate photos plus do basic photo editing.

I have well over 20,000 photos and I know there are duplicates but it would be very time consuming to go through every one. Thank you for your help and your advice.

Is there such software available?

https://redd.it/lmdb6e
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Simplest way to remotely access SSH for a headless Linux server?

I'll be deploying some small rigs for friends and was wondering what the general consensus is for a simple remote SSH setup. My current home server runs wireguard which I use to SSH into from wherever I'm at, but that requires being local to the device for initial setup. It's been rock-solid for the 1+ year it's been running.

So I guess my question is how can I setup a Linux server such that after I ship it is then able to be plugged in and ready for me to remote SSH into it?

https://redd.it/lmd7rs
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I play games, but when will /if Linux be able to play triple a noscripts?

I know some steam games do work with Linux but as a gamer and video editor, when will I be able to run Linux on my main machine and not have to worry about compatibility. I truly think Linux is the future and community-driven software is better for everyone. I just want to know when I can stop dual-booting Linux and Windows

https://redd.it/lmeuk9
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gnome-disk-utility changes LUKS partition key PBKDF on passphrase change.

I had a luks partition using non default pbkdf settings. I used the disk utility to change the passphrase. Then luksDump showed the pbkdf settings changed to default values.

Might be a concern to some cause I would had never guess something other than the passphrase had changed.

https://redd.it/lmh5gt
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Thanks to all maintainers for this great gift

Every time I interact with a Windows/any Apple environment, I feel especially grateful to have this well maintained gem that is (GNU/)Linux. Not only is it super well made, it also helps me believe in humanity where otherwise I see mostly greed and new disgusting mechanisms restrict freedom and monetize peoples actions (I still cannot get over the fact that win10 comes with mfking candy crush by default).
Therefore, a big shoutout to all the maintainers who spend their spare time making other peoples lives better!

https://redd.it/lmi6dl
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RSS Guard implements Feedly via plugin

Guys, just short announcement. I am working on Feedly plugin for RSS Guard (and as majority of users are Linuxers, posting here).

Here is some initial "documentation" with screenshot. Development CI builds are compilling RN and will appear here, as usual.

Right now, things are bit unstable but feel free to file a bug report if something comes up. :)

Cheers.

https://redd.it/lmiz58
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Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleOnlineSecurityBlog/~3/TwyzOIWSR5s/mitigating-memory-safety-issues-in-open.html

https://redd.it/lmas89
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Mabox Linux 21.02 released - Manjaro spin with OpenBox
https://maboxlinux.org/mabox-21-02-foltest-is-here/

https://redd.it/lmmk3p
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LFS for final year project (Focus on CTF)

Hi, I am currently a 3rd year student in Computer Science(Security) and will be doing my fyp project on the next semester. I've been thinking of building a linux system with focus on Capture The Flag(CTF) tools and features. This means that I would like to compile most used tools into the system. I have been using Ubuntu and Kali for 2 years and are quite comfortable with it. What do you think about my idea? It is possible? Practical? Thank you in advance!

https://redd.it/lmnisa
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BeagleV – The First Affordable RISC-V Computer Designed to Run Linux
https://beagleboard.org/beaglev

https://redd.it/lm8kan
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Drew DeVault's take on rewriting everything in rust
https://drewdevault.com/2021/02/09/Rust-move-fast-and-break-things.html

https://redd.it/lmg7dw
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Tiny Core Linux v12.0 released
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,24798.0.html

https://redd.it/lmry8w
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Maybe someone here will appreciate this

Someone on my team asked me to approve the PURCHASE of a secureCRT license. I literally had a good laugh after asking the requester why we are paying money for a terminal emulator. His response is that secureCRT will drive efficiencies when having multiple terminals open.

I asked this requester if they had heard of Linux and realized it’s available for free. Will support countless terminal windows across multiple tty’s or even desktops, if that’s their thing.

That wasn’t good enough so I asked them if they heard of putty and it’s ability to support multiple profiles.

I ended up approving the ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE USD purchase so someone can feel the perceived comfort of their preferred emulator.

Thought there may be some of you who can appreciate that conversation, as much as I did...

I’ll go back in my hole now.

https://redd.it/lms6np
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2020 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-news-59/2020-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-award-winners-4175690667/

https://redd.it/lmry2h
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Alternative to Onedrive?

Hi. I am trying to switch Windows to Linux as my default OS again. I was using Onedrive free version (5gb) to storage my documents and pictures. What are the best alternatives to Onedrive for Linux? I am running Xubuntu.

https://redd.it/lmwkxa
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