Liv's blog

Home sweet systemd-homed

What if there was a way to manage users with a self-contained, encrypted image that can only be accessed by the user? Enter systemd-home ...

Implementing a containerized Python action

One thing I wish was embraced more, and not just by users but also platforms such as GitLab is re-usable actions, or workflows if you will. As they help spend less time away from your primary project. Also, containers. ...

Why you want the EUPL (or not)

As someone was asking this morning what license to pick and many days never go buy until that same question comes up again I decided to answer why you want the EUPL (or not) ...

Working with virtualized distroboxes

Using distrobox containers for development makes it super easy to separate one or more development setups from the host system. I got used to setting up a container with a different image while still having my user and tools setup as I’m used to. It’s one thing to spin up a container to test out a difference between SUSE Linux Enterprise and Tumbleweed, or see how Ubuntu behaves in a certain case. Having your shell setup as you’re used to reduces disruption in a different environment, and you already have access to the repos you work with, too. ...

Modal VI-style editing with Helix

If you work with terminals a lot you probably also edit text in it. helix has become my default after years of vim, vi and neovim. Why? Because my config file got too big. ...

Multiplexing your terminal with Zellij

Terminals are crucial to my development workflow, locally and remotely. zellij has replaced tmux for my tiling and session management needs. ...

Developing in Distrobox containers

As an avid container user and occasional distro hopper Distrobox has my interest peaked. ...

Making music without the touch of a hand

For a while I was harboring a fascination for an instrument which produced music following your mere motions. Unfortunately theremins are prohibitively expensive. Or so I thought until I discovered the Open Theremin project. ...

Reading blog posts without saying a word

It’s nice sometimes being able to listen instead of reading, isn’t? If only there was a way to automagically be able to do that for all blog posts 🤔️ ...

Publishing re-usable actions

GitHub Actions provide one of the easiest ways to add CI to a git repository with minimal effort. Drop a YAML file in the right place and you’re good to go. How do you create one, though? It’s easier than you might think! ...