Download videos from websites easily using yt-dlp.
How you can download a variety of online videos using yt-dlp on Linux.
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How to best extract sound from a video using FFmpeg.
How to use FFmpeg to rip the audio from a video file very easily.
Read MoreHow to list all web browsers with Wireshark.
Some useful tips and tricks for using Wireshark on your network.
Read MoreThe MATE desktop is still a better alternative to Gnome Shell.
How to install MATE on Manjaro Linux and enjoy a nice and fast Linux desktop environment.
Read MoreHow to disable the annoying F-keys function in Byobu.
How to fix the annoying keybinds in Byobu when using it over SSH. This interferes with the keys in Midnight Commander.
Read MoreHow to generate a very secure password very quickly.
How to use the Linux command line to generate a secure password. And how to create a password string for /etc/shadow with the command line.
Read MoreHow to install and use MySQL in 2022. This has changed a bit since the early days.
How to install and use MySQL in 2022 with the proper password set for the root user. How to fix the ‘SET PASSWORD has no significance for user ‘root’@’localhost” error and use this database properly.
Read MoreHow to add a new user on Ubuntu server and add a desktop environment if desired.
Adding a new user to the Ubuntu server is very simple. The useradd command may be used in a script to create multiple users very easily. This is a very good bash shell script to create a bunch of users in one go. All you need to do after this…
Read MoreXterm tips to make this simple terminal emulator even better.
Some very useful tips for setting up the Xterm terminal emulator on Linux or UNIX.
Read MoreUbuntu Linux tips and various tricks to master the command-line interface.
Ubuntu Linux tips and tricks for using it on the desktop. The main thing about using Linux is getting it installed is one thing, but getting various hardware working and configured is another. Nvidia drivers are one major stumbling block for willing Ubuntu users. Here is a nice tutorial that…
Read MoreHow to add subtitles to a movie with ffmpeg on Linux.
Merging a subtitle *.srt file to a move on Linux is very easy. Just download a suitable srt file from the Internet, then put it in the same directory as the TV show or movie you have. Then do this to merge the two. 1 2 3 4 5 6…
Read MoreGet information about running services with Systemd on Ubuntu.
The Systemd framework in Ubuntu may be used to get good information about running services on your machine. This is very easy. To list all active services on your Ubuntu machine, use this command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Videos$ systemctl list-units –type=service –state=activejason@jason-desktop:~/Videos$ systemctl list-units –type=service –state=active Or this command which is a fast…
Read MoreVery nice Windows 7 basic aero theme for Linux GTK apps.
This theme I found is a very nice GTK theme for your Linux machine. This themes your desktop computer to look like Windows 7 basic. With a non-transparent Windows 7 styled GTK look and Window borders. Download the theme here. https://codeload.github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-7/zip/2.1. This is what this theme looks like. It is…
Read MoreHow to play 3 videos at once with mpv on Linux.
There is a very nice trick you can do with MPV on Linux. This is playing 3 videos at once. In the above image, I am playing 3 videos at once with mpv on Linux. This is very easy to do and a lot of fun. This is how to…
Read MoreInstall Google Earth easily and browse the planet.
Install the Google Earth viewer easily on Ubuntu. This allows viewing any place on the Earth you wish to see. As well as street view and 360 photos. Download Google Earth from this link. https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb. Then easily install it on Ubuntu. 4.4 Fri Jun 19 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo dpkg…
Read MoreSet up Ubuntu 20.04 after installation.
Ubuntu 20.04 is a very good Linux experience. This is very easy to install and use. Here are some useful tips for setting up your Ubuntu 20.04 distribution after installation. Put the dock on the bottom of the screen. Go to the settings dialog and find the appearance section, then…
Read MoreListen to the radio on Linux very easily with an SDR dongle.
I have an SDR dongle I am using to listen to the radio, this has been flashed with different firmware to enable using it as a multi-band radio. Set up your SDR dongle very easily. https://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/rtl-sdr-on-linux-with-a-rtl2838-dvb-t-dongle/. The best software to use for listening to the radio on Linux is Gqrx….
Read MoreHow to install a very minimal Ubuntu system in a partition.
There is a very minimal Ubuntu release I have found. This is as bare-bones as it can be. This could be the basis of a custom Linux distribution. Download a copy here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/19.10/release/ubuntu-base-19.10-base-amd64.tar.gz. I had a spare 35 Gigabyte Linux partition, so I unpacked the contents of the tarball into…
Read MoreVarious useful tips for using Ubuntu.
How to check the installed Ubuntu version with the command line. Use this command to check the installed version of the Ubuntu distribution. 4.4 Sat Mar 07 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"4.4 Sat Mar 07 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu…
Read MoreUbuntu not always writing data to USB hard drives when I copy files to them.
Sometimes I copy files from my Linux installation to my NTFS external hard drive, and the files are not always fully transferred. This must be due to the fact it is always connected and therefore I am not removing it. But if I run the sync command in a terminal,…
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