Linux

Nice thing to use when working with CSV-files is CSV Kit.

See the file statistics: csvstat -e UTF-16 test.csv

Merge all files in a folder: csvstack -e UTF-16 -t *.csv > all.csv

Save column 2 to output .csv: csvcut -c 2 -e UTF-8 all.csv > output.csv

pip show csvkit

Here is a useful command when you need to shutdown you machine at a specific time of the day. For example after a specific event you needed to log.

shutdown -h hh:mm

Shutdown scheduled for ons 2017-04-12 22:35:00 ICT, use 'shutdown -c' to cancel.

Remark, you can can always cancel the shutdown with "shutdown -c".

Example:

shutdown -h 22:35

Get more info with "shutdown --help".

Glxgears is a very simple benchmarking tool for your graphics card.

Running glxgears with no vsync (vertical synchronization) is a great simple way to do a very simple benchmark of your graphical situation when you are testing out drivers on your linux system.

You just run the command: vblank_mode=0 glxgears

Easy way to see current graphics driver in use in Xorg: egrep -i " connected|card detect|primary dev|Setting driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Downloading videos from Facebook: http://fbdown.net/down.php

I did not succeed with youtube-dl unfortunately.

Here is a great reference how to compress and reduce the size of PDF files with Ghost Scrip (gs) in Linux: http://blog.virtualzone.de/2012/11/how-to-reduce-pdf-file-size-in-linux…

Example: "gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf"

I used a couple of moments to figure out if I wanted to stay on Kubuntu 14.04 LTS (Long Term Support), but then I decided to go with the new version 15.10. I want the new KDEnLive, so I can create more bad videos no one watches on my Youtube Channel PlantSugar.

Initial Setup

Update 2022-12-22: Optimized and started to strike through old not needed info when using Windows 11 and Kubuntu 22.10 end of 2022.

Get the bootloader working with Windows 10

In the old days we all had CD-drives, but most modern computers these days don't have an optical drive. This makes things even more efficient, because you need to think smart. Some people choose to have an external optical drive, but why all the hassle when you can have a bootable USB or a bootable partition on your harddrive. There ar many guides on the internet, how to get that done manually. Again, why the hasse when we have UNetbootin, the perfect software for booting your favorite ISO's from your harddrive!

My random notes regarding screen capture. The screen capture is not hard, and it is not hard to have one source of audio like the microphone. The hard part is to have multiple audio sources, like the microphone and the system sounds.

I use Cheese for the built in webcam capture. Here are the random links:

TLP is an advanced power management tool I use for my laptop that runs Linux. I have not tested the different settings, but it seems that the battery time is increased compared to not running it. :-) I only use it in battery-mode. There are some extra features for Thinkpad laptops.

TLP settings file Ubuntu: /etc/tlp.conf

Reload config: sudo tlp start

Check TLP status: sudo tlp-stat 

Check battery: upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0