Getting notify-send to Work in Cron-Jobs and Over SSH on Linux Mint 17/18 Cinnamon
Add this little bit of code to your script:
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Asus Zenbook HiDPI Support on Linux Mint 18
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
Quick Macro Record/Playback Keyboard Shortcuts
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
Reading Redshift’s Current Transition Period Value for Bash Scripts or Conky or Whatever
Quick one-liner to read in Redshift’s current transition period value and assign it to a variable. (Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen when it gets dark.) Or assign to a variable:
Quick Way to Get Random Sentences for Seed-Data on Linux
When working on a Laravel project, I needed a quick way to seed in some random (but still coherent) sentences. The ultimate for PHP/Laravel projects is fzaninotto’s Faker, which can generate everything, from addresses to credit cards. If you’re in … Continued
Export/Import Keyboard Shortcuts on Linux Mint 17/18/19/20 (Cinnamon)
I’ve been looking for this one FOREVER. Love how easy it is to migrate home dirs and config files to a new Mint installation, but one of the things that I could never get right was moving the custom keyboard … Continued
Record or Rip a CBC Radio 2 Program Stream Daily on Linux (and probably Windows)
Wanted to listen to past episodes of Laurie Brown’s CBC The Signal, but unfortunately they don’t have (many) past episodes available for download or stream. Here’s how I got around it.. September 2016 Update at bottom. Found a listing of … Continued
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.
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
Getting lynx to work on shared hosting after the error Lynx file “/etc/lynx.lss” is not available.
Getting the error message: Lynx file “/etc/lynx.lss” is not available.