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ElectricAlchemist 5 years ago
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      linux_general.txt
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If your distro users systemctl the easiest way to check errors is to look up the recent If your distro users systemctl the easiest way to check errors is to look up the recent
events in the system logs to do that type "journalctl" events in the system logs to do that type "journalctl"
-Getting the right dpi: (only applies to xorg)
Resources: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Display_size_and_DPI
First of all get the optimal dpi for your screen:
http://dpi.lv/
Then get the current dpi that the server is set on: (requires dpyinfo)
xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution
if it si already set to the right dpi you are good to go, else add to your
xinitrc or xprofile (if using a display manager):
xradr --dpi <your dpi>
-Using android devices: -Using android devices:
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Media_Transfer_Protocol Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Media_Transfer_Protocol
Android devices use the MTP interface, to be able to access them in your file manager it is usually required Android devices use the MTP interface, to be able to access them in your file manager it is usually required
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Sites for public IP discovery and information gathering: Sites for public IP discovery and information gathering:
https://www.iplocation.net/ https://www.iplocation.net/
http://www.whatsmyip.org/ http://www.whatsmyip.org/
With ip (standard)
ip link show
-Changing the MAC address: -Changing the MAC address:
Using macchanger: Using macchanger:
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run: run:
"ip addr add <ip>/<mask> dev <interface>" "ip addr add <ip>/<mask> dev <interface>"
where ip is the desired ip and mask is the desired network mask in 2 digit format, where ip is the desired ip and mask is the desired network mask in 2 digit format,
ex: "192.168.1.2/24" where 24 expands to 255.255.255.0 ex: "192.168.1.2/24" where 24 expands to 255.255.255.0
# USEFUL PROGRAMS
-"youtube-dl" is a tool that allows you to download content (eg. videos, audio and thumbnails)
from not only youtube but also from other streaming sites
-"firejail" is a program used to isolate other programs in a sandbox to make their execution
more secure, giving them minimal access to the system files
-"ms-office-online" (AUR) the online office suite for 'offline' use
NOTE: needs registration to the Microsoft services
-"maybe" lets you see what a certain command does before it does it, ex "maybe rm -rf /home" lets you see which files will be affected
by rm.
NOTE: this is a python script, to install it use "sudo pip install maybe", the "python-pip" package is required
-"gotop" Beautiful alternative to htop
-"neofetch" display system information in an aesthetic manner
-"feh" a simple image wiever that can also set the background
-"i3-lock" and "i3-lock-wrapper" a simple and suckless lock screen
-"st" a trurly suckless terminal with support for images, unicode and truecolor
-"rivalcfg" tool to configure steelseries mice in loonix
-"cmus" simple terminal music player written in c
-"mps-youtube" terminal youtube music player
-"mpv" required for above, extensible video/media player
# VIM COMMANDS
COMMANDS
:q to quit
:w to write
a combination of the two
:!.. to force a command (:q! to force exit without saoving)
?... to search
n to advance in the search
BINDINGS
p to paste
y to yank (copy)
d to cut
u to undo
Ctrl-r to redo
v to enter visual mode (selection)
Ctrl-s disables terminal input, press Ctrl-q to re-enable it

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Package | Description | Patches Package | Description | Patches
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dwm (xg) | window manager | fancybar, fullgaps, xrdb dwm (xg) | window manager | fancybar, fullgaps, xrdb
| | bottomstack
libX11-devel | required by dwm | libX11-devel | required by dwm |
libXft-devel | required by dwm | libXft-devel | required by dwm |
libXinerama-devel | required by dwm | libXinerama-devel | required by dwm |
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xsetroot | required for slstatus | xsetroot | required for slstatus |
st (xg) | terminal emulator | clipboard, scrollback, scrollback-mouse, st (xg) | terminal emulator | clipboard, scrollback, scrollback-mouse,
| | scrollback-mouse-altscreen | | scrollback-mouse-altscreen
| | xresources
dmenu (g) | simple menu | dmenu (g) | simple menu |
rofi | gui application menu | rofi | gui application menu |
zsh | default shell | zsh | default shell |
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ImageMagick | console image manipulator ImageMagick | console image manipulator
qpdfview | in my humble opinion better than mupdf qpdfview | in my humble opinion better than mupdf
vscode | uC IDE with platformio vscode | uC IDE with platformio
arduino | arduino IDE
weechat | Terminal IRC client weechat | Terminal IRC client
pcmanfm | graphical file manager pcmanfm | graphical file manager
transmission-gtk | torrent client transmission-gtk | torrent client
icecat | web browser icecat | web browser
kicad | electonic design and simulation suite kicad | electonic design and simulation suite
pywal | wallpaper setter and color scheme generator
gotop | process viewer similar to htop gotop | process viewer similar to htop
fontmanager | font manager and installer fontmanager | font manager and installer