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Export/Import Keyboard Shortcuts on Linux Mint 17/18/19/20 (Cinnamon)

Cats: command line, keyboard shortcuts, linux, linux mint

By PJ on February 10, 2015


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)

Cats: command line, linux

By PJ on October 18, 2014


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

Cats: linux, linux mint

By PJ on August 5, 2014


Here are some useful easystroke commands (especially for when the built-in ones don’t work). This is really for my own reference.

Web Fonts Not Initially Rendered on Chrome

Cats: web development

By PJ on February 26, 2014


We were having a problem with web fonts (Google Web Font’s Open Sans and some icon fonts, specifically) not showing up when a page loads. They were only showing after hovering over an item or a resize — in other … Continued

Simple Bash Script to Detect if Squeezeplayer is Playing or Paused

Cats: bash, command line, raspberry pi, squeezebox

By PJ on February 22, 2014


Here’s a bit of code running on my Raspberry Pi that detects if the current Squeezelite player is playing or is paused. Replace 192.168.1.10:9000 with the IP address of the server and replace 62:74:01:10:10:40 with your player ID. Note, you … Continued

Handful of Bash Scripts for Window Positioning Using wmctrl

Cats: bash, linux mint

By PJ on February 11, 2014


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)

Cats: apache, linux, linux mint, php, web development

By PJ on December 5, 2013


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

Keyconfig Addon for Firefox – Download Mirror, Previous and Next Tab Bindings

Cats: firefox, keyboard shortcuts

By PJ on October 13, 2013


For my own reference, really. And because the keyconfig.xpi download link seems to jump around page numbers on Google’s search results. The original download is at http://mozilla.dorando.at/ (and my mirror). The binding to switch to the next Firefox tab is:

Getting lynx to work on shared hosting after the error Lynx file “/etc/lynx.lss” is not available.

Cats: command line, linux, web development

By PJ on September 24, 2013


Getting the error message: Lynx file “/etc/lynx.lss” is not available.

Getting Nokia BH-216 Bluetooth Headset to Work with Windows 7/8/XP

Cats: bluetooth, windows

By PJ on September 20, 2013


Having trouble finding the correct drivers for your Nokia BH-216 Bluetooth Headset for Windows?

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