Grok source and model leaked in a 318 GiB torrent file.
The Grok AI has been leaked in a giant torrent. This is very interesting.
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How to use a patch file generated by the diff command on Linux.
How to apply a patch fle created by diff on Linux.
Read MoreGTK file picker still does not have icons in 2023.
Gnome 4.4 has icons in the file picker, but I wish everyone had 4.4. I need the icons.
Read MoreHow to encode a nice long Webm with sound easily.
How to encode a good quality webm file from a movie with a small file size.
Read MoreA very useful .vimrc file to make it much more usable.
Some very useful VIM configuration files to help set up a Linux installation.
Read MoreIcons in the file picker are now working in Fedora 38 beta.
Fedora 38 has icons in the filepicker at last. Gnome 4.4 is awesome.
Read MoreMATE desktop still does not have icons in the file picker after all of this time.
The file picker in GTK still needs to be fixed after all of this time.
Read MoreAnother way to encode a WEBM file in the best possible quality.
How to encode a WebM file in the best possible quality.
Read MoreHow to best extract sound from a video using FFmpeg.
How to use FFmpeg to rip the audio from a video file very easily.
Read MoreAdd GtkGridView to the filechooser. This is finally a thing in Gnome.
Gnome have finally started adding thumbnails to the file chooser. Will this finally end the debate?
Read MoreSome very interesting and evil shell tricks.
How to create a file with a blank filename and then delete this file. This is not too hard at all.
Read MoreHow to replace a system file on Ubuntu or Linux Mint that was deleted by accident.
If you executed a command on Ubuntu and messed up your system, there is hope. The apt-file utility can search the package repositories for the missing file and then tell you which package contains it. This is a good way to replace a system file that was accidentally deleted. This…
Read MoreSetting up your BASH prompt. How to get the most out of the BASH shell.
Setting up your BASH prompt. A nice BASH shell prompt. This shows the current time and the current folder you are in as well as a full directory path if you are in a subfolder. PS1="-\t– \u@\h [\w]\$ "PS1="-\t– \u@\h [\w]\$ " How to set the contents of the Xterm…
Read MoreGnome on Linux still does not have icons in the file picker. This is sad.
Gnome on Linux still does not have icons in the file picker There is an active feedback tracker task to add icons to the file picker, but this is still going since it was posted 17 years ago. And it still has not been implemented. 17 years. And it seems…
Read MoreDeleting a file named -f and other Linux tricks.
How to delete a file with a strange filename This can be an annoying trick to play on someone. Create a file named -f with this command: >-f and then ask them to delete it with the command line only. This can be frustrating exercise; you try to use rm…
Read MoreUbuntu 21.10 is now out. But the file-picker still does not have icons in it like Macintosh OSX has had for years.
The full release of Ubuntu 21.10 is now out, but the developers of GTK have still not fixed the file-picker not having icons in it. This patch fixes this issue but needs more work. https://gist.github.com/wfr/c8e431a61d300b4f3d15. And it would not take too long to add the option to have either a…
Read MoreNew Linux version of the Far21 file manager, this is rather like Xtree Gold.
The venerable Far21 file manager for DOS-based systems was very useful for managing files on an old Windows system. Now there is a Linux version. This means that there is now another file manager for Linux to compete with Midnight Commander. The screenshot above shows the Far 21 file manager…
Read MoreRecord a window in Ubuntu easily with the OBS studio application. This is very easy.
Recording a window with OBS is very easy, this allows easy streaming and recording of gameplay or a video window. The screenshot above shows an OBS studio window displaying a video window, you select the window by double-clicking the Window Capture (Xcomposite) 2 option. This brings up another dialogue to…
Read MoreUbuntu has many traps for the unwary.
I was using Redshift on Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop and it kept flickering off and on again. I found out that the Night Light feature in Gnome was enabled and this was conflicting with the Redshift app. I just disabled Night Light and this was fixed. But this is…
Read MoreHow to create a file named . on Linux easily. This is a very devious trick.
It is apparently possible to create a file named ., this will make the file unusable, but it is still very cool. I used this simple command. strace touch ‘.’strace touch ‘.’ Type a dot character “.”, then press Control-Shift-u and type 200b and then press ENTER, this will create…
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