Bit of a headache. Apparently DYMO stopped supporting the drivers because the repo version (and even their downloadable version) do not work. Luckily there are some fine souls updating a fork of the repo. At the time of writing, it … Continued
Related to the number of files able to be watched by a user. I need to run this on every fresh install!
This is a simple timer script, implementing the pomodoro technique for time management. There are tons out there already but I didn’t like how they auto- started breaks. And most lacked shortcut abilities, so that was a dealbreaker. The script … Continued
The Spotify app for Linux seems to trigger a cascading failure with Cinnamon on my machine, where it balloons up sucking up all my ram and cpu power. Great! So let’s switch it to a single instance app using Chromium.
The AskUbuntu question was: How do I SSH to machine A via B in one command?
Quick reference for linux on how to output the stdout/stderr to the term window and to a file at the same time:
For some reason, they took away the ability to change the title of bash within a gnome-terminal window in the new Linux Mint 18 Sarah. I needed it to identify certain windows. Add this bit to your .bashrc to get … Continued
Add this little bit of code to your script:
This works great on the Asus Zenbook! I have a Surface Pro 2 which has a relatively dense, 10-inch 1080p screen. It hurts my eyes to look at individual UI elements and text without dpi scaling. On Windows, everything is … Continued
Something I came across from this page http://askubuntu.com/questions/515185/run-several-xdotool-commands-in-one-line-separated-from-each-other. It’s a pretty awesome way to quickly record and playback macros. Install xmacro using this guy: sudo apt-get install xmacro And then to record, bind a keyboard shortcut like CTRL-F7 to this: … Continued