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My Obsidian Settings

I use Obsidian to capture notes, thoughts and tasks. In this post, I want to note down the settings I use in Obsidian so that, next time I configure a new system, I can just reference this.

My operating system is Ubuntu. So, these instructions are specific for that operating system.

Installation

Install Obsidian by downloading the deb file from https://obsidian.md/download. Sometimes, the Obsidian Web Clipper does not work with the one installed from the snap/Ubuntu Software. Hence, install it using the deb file directly.

Settings

These are the settings. I’m only listing settings that differ from the defaults.

  • General
    • Log in to get the Catalyst license
    • Enable Command Line Interface
    • Enable Receive Early Access Versions
  • Editor
    • Spell Check Languages
      • English (United States)
      • English (United Kingdom)
      • Hindi
  • Files and Links
    • Default location for new attachments: In the folder specified below
      • Attachments
    • Automatically update internal links: True
  • Appearance
    • Theme: I change it after every few days. I can start with Minimal
    • Disable Inline Title
  • Core Plugins
    • Following core plugins are switched off
      • Audio Recorder
      • Publish
      • Random Note
      • Slash Commands
      • Slides
      • Sync
      • Unique Note Creator
      • Workspaces
  • Community Plugins
    • Turn off Restricted Mode
    • Enable Automatically Check for Plugin Updates
    • I use following community plugins
      • Advanced Tables
      • Automatic List Management
      • Calendar
      • Charts
      • Dataview
      • Excalidraw
      • Git
      • Homepage
      • Reminder
      • Tag Wrangler
      • Tasks
      • Templater

Core Plugin Settings

Daily Notes

  • New file location: DailyNotes
  • Template file location: Templates/Template_DailyNotes
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD

Templates

  • Template folder location: Templates

Community Plugin Settings

Apart from the ones listed below, remaining plugins (Advanced Tables, Charts, Dataview, Excalidraw, Reminder, Tag Wrangler, Tasks) work well with their default settings.

Automatic List Management

  • Turn off: Auto Sort On Changes

Calendar

  • Words Per Dot: 2048

Git

  • Auto commit-and-sync interval: 60
  • Auto commit-and-sync after stopping file edits: On
  • Pull on startup: On

Homepage

  • Turn on Pin
  • Homepage view: Reading View

Templater

  • Template folder location: Templates