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sidewinder040 / how-to-ssh-agent.md
Created December 28, 2025 19:59 — forked from nepsilon/how-to-ssh-agent.md
Remember passphrases with ssh-agent β€” First published in fullweb.io issue #31

How to use ssh-agent to cache your SSH credentials?

Contributed by Fabien Loudet, Linux SysAdmin at Rosetta Stone

Tired of always having to enter your SSH key passphrase when logging in to remote machines? Here comes ssh-agent. Enter the passphrase once and it will keep it in memory for you

Using ssh-agent in your shell session:

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sidewinder040 / realtek-alc898-surround-setup-5.1-analog-3.5mmjacks.md
Created March 21, 2024 20:13 — forked from Brainiarc7/realtek-alc898-surround-setup-5.1-analog-3.5mmjacks.md
Analog surround sound setup on Linux with a Realtek ALC898 sound card on the Clevo P751DM2-G

Setting up analog surround sound on Ubuntu Linux with a 3 3.5mm capable sound card:

A while back, I received the Logitech Z506 Speaker system, and with Windows, setting it up was a pretty plug and play experience. On Linux, however, its' a wholly different ballgame. For one, there's no Realtek HD Audio control panel here, so what gives? How do you around this problem?

Introducing the tools of the trade:

You'll want to use a tool such as hdajackretask , pavucontrol and pavumeter for the pin re-assignments and audio output monitoring afterwards respectively. The tools are installed by running:

sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui pavumeter pavucontrol
# Installation on Dell XPS 9570
# Connect to Internet
wifi-menu
# Sync clock
timedatectl set-ntp true
# Create three partitions: