binary space partitioning window manager (bspwm) Resources
In an effort to consolidate informative resources related to my two major binary space partitioning window manager (bspwm) projects, I plan to maintain an archive of useful assets here. If…
Kittey Terminal w/ Kitty Help
Lightweight Panels & Menus (examples)
revised: 20 Dec. 2020 26 Apr. 2023 The following Panels & Menus are intended for Linux/Unix use. These tools represent a much lighter weight set of panels & menus (consuming…
USB Pointers & Tricks
The following two articles offer excellent assistance in getting troublesome USBs (broken USBs) to function: Repair corrupt USB Drive (Make Tech Easier) How To Fix A Broken USB Drive Using…
Find duplicate files (3+ methods)
Let’s say you have a folder with 5000 MP3 files you want to check for duplicates. Or a directory containing thousands of EPUB files, all with different names but you…
Xfce Menu Items
Xfce or Whiskermenu Menu items can normally be found in the following locations: For user installed items: $User/.config/autostart $User/.local/share/applications For system-wide installed applications: /usr/share/applications You might also check (for items…
Using “dd” to clone an HDD
The following command (using dd) will clone one hard disk (HDD or SSD) to another hard disk: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=noerror
Find & delete Core Dump files
Find all core dump files: find . -type f -regex “.*/core.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$” The regex in the above command matches the file name “core.xxxx” where “xxxx” is exactly four numbers 0-9. If…
Using “dd” to create a Bootable USB
The following commands need to be run in terminal mode, be sure to 'fix' the [distro-name] Start by running the following command on your mounted USB device (to clean it…
Audio Tricks
Make an mp3 playlist: ls -1 *.mp3 > playlist.m3u Make mp3s from raw wav files: ffmpeg -b 192k -i The_Rain_Song.wav The_Rain_Song.mp3 Convert m4a to mp3: ffmpeg -y -i ./BWV0666.m4a -ab…
Fix Sound setup on MXLinux
Slightly modified from the original MakeTechEasier article: How to fix Kali’s sound issue Getting audio output is a simple enough process with a little bit of effort. The first thing…