Useful Easystroke Commands
Here are some useful easystroke commands (especially for when the built-in ones don’t work). This is really for my own reference.
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Handful of Bash Scripts for Window Positioning Using wmctrl
Centre window (with a bit of randomness, so it doesn’t perfectly overlap) centre-window.sh Two monitor setup. I have a laptop screen (1600×900) left of my main monitor (1920×1280). Change accordingly! move-to-left-monitor.sh move-to-right-monitor.sh
Linux Mint 16 (Saucy): Downgrade PHP 5.5 to 5.4.9 (and Apache too)
After much searching, the solution was found by user marcinello at Super User. Why would someone want to downgrade PHP 5.5 to 5.4.9? Primarily it’s because PHP 5.5 is the first to deprecate the MySQL extension (suggesting either MySQLi or … Continued
Bash Script to Centre The Active Window for Ubuntu/Linux Mint
I recently discovered that Linux Mint lets you use the Super/Win key plus left, right, up, down to control the current window size (window left, window right, maximize, unmaximize, respectively!), which is awesome. But I also like my windows centred … Continued
Bash Helper Scripts for Mounting and Unmounting SSH/SFTP drives
These are the helper scripts I use to set up SSH mountpoints.
Using a USB flash drive as RAM in Linux Mint/Ubuntu
Cats:
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Alright, so it’s not exactly RAM, but rather swap space. Simply put, when the OS runs out of physical RAM it uses the ‘swap space’, which is like RAM but on a hard drive. And because it’s on a hard … Continued
How to bind Ctrl-Alt-w as a custom keyboard shortcut in Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon
Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon wouldn’t let me bind Ctrl-Alt-w as a custom keyboard shortcut. It kept opening up the search in the settings window. Here’s how I got around it.
Location of the “brightness” file on Samsung Series 9 (NP900X3B/C) in Ubuntu/Linux Mint
If you need to change the brightness of the screen on your Samsung Series 9 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, you can find it here.
Location of Nautilus-mounted network shares under Linux Mint
More for my reference than anything… When you mount a network share using Nautilus under Linux Mint, the location of the mounts sit here: ~/.gvfs/ For example: ~/.gvfs/SomeShare on Server1 UPDATE: On Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon, the (Nemo) shares are … Continued
Single Instance and Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu/Linux Mint
Linux Mint 18 Nemo Update below… Anyone who knows me well enough to know that I love my keyboard shortcuts indeed knows me well. Quickly moving between GUI apps makes development so much quicker and more efficient. Or at least … Continued