dreamfarer

How to Access LUKS-Encrypted Drives on Windows

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2), set up Debian, and mount LUKS-encrypted drives on a Windows system.

Prerequisites

• A LUKS-encrypted drive that you want to access.
• Windows 10 (version 2004 and later) or Windows 11 with support for WSL 2.
• Administrator privileges on your Windows system.
• Basic knowledge of command-line operations in PowerShell and Linux.

JensForstmann

Sometimes you want to use a specific SSH key when accessing a Git repository, e.g. when using a deploy key.

Method 1 - Overwrite Git's SSH command

Use a key for every following git command:

export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i /path/to/id_rsa"

xavierfoucrier

GPG signing –

Here is a short guide that will help you setup your environment to create signed commits or signed tags with Git locally. This has been extensively tested on Windows with Git and the Github Desktop application: I use it every day for my professional development projects.

I you face any issue, feel free to leave a comment below.

Summary

1. Sign commits or tags
2. Key passphrase
3. Disable signatures
4. Renew a GPG key

fnky

ANSI Escape Sequences

Standard escape codes are prefixed with Escape:

• Ctrl-Key: ^[
• Octal: \033
• Unicode: \u001b
• Hexadecimal: \x1B
• Decimal: 27

MatthewSteeples

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

while ($true)
{
  $Pos = [System.Windows.Forms.Cursor]::Position
  $x = ($pos.X % 500) + 1
  $y = ($pos.Y % 500) + 1
  [System.Windows.Forms.Cursor]::Position = New-Object System.Drawing.Point($x, $y)
  Start-Sleep -Seconds 10
}