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…
Convert antiX to an XFCE4 based Distro (a tutorial)
To begin, install a recent antiX per normal procedure (I used and tested this tutorial on antiX19alpha2 version; this may work with previous 17.4 versions, as well). Once you have…
Creating an Xfce4 Thunar Custom Action (Tutorial)
Image Conversion Function(s) The following Thunar Custom Actions require that you have imagemagick installed. Here are the commands for each. To Convert jpg to png; the action command is: To…
Create MX Linux Minimal (Script)
The following script (or cli) will reduce MXLinux 18 to a relatively small distro. ################################# #!/bin/bash sudo apt update sudo apt-get remove --purge aisleriot asunder chromium-bsu chromium-bsu-data clementine clipit dconf-editor…
MX Linux Setup (example)
I remove the following standard MX components from the basic installation: sudo apt-get purge gmtp orage featherpad nomacs nomacs-l10n pppoeconf asunder chromium-bsu chromium-bsu-data clipit gnome-ppp gnome-hearts hexchat hexchat-common lbreakout2 lbreakout2-data…
Fix gnome-keyring problems (via reset)
To Reset the gnome-keyring: sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon-oldsudo killall gnome-keyring-daemon