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• NixOS
• Atuin history sync
• Wluma

NixOS

It’s more than just a service, it’s a whole operating system. But it is great for my memory issues. I used forget every solution I created for my Linux problems, but with Nix I don’t have to remember each solution anymore. I can write operating system solutions as code and track different versions in Git.

Atuin history sync

Link: Atuin

Interactive search / recommendation / sync system for your shell history.

Beware: By default it hijacks your upper arrow key to suggest commands from your history. However, you can make it narrow down to commands within the same Git repository or folder.

Wluma

Adjusts your screen and keyboard brightness according to learned preferences. Everytime you adjust the brightness manually and wluma is running, it uses this information to adjust the brightness the next day around this time.

You can also use the webcam instead, but this might result in an LED flickering every 5 seconds.

For internal screens, like laptop screens, wluma works with minimal configuration. For external screens, you might need a Linux kernel module ddcii-driver, udev rules and maybe even create a i2c device.