Howtos

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Revision as of 17:04, 11 October 2011

these are more recipes, or even just sample of CLI that works in real life.

add a group to user:

sudo gpasswd -a <user> <group>

make a sudo command works without passwd

$USERNAME ALL=NOPASSWD:/path/to/app

Try to get a flick from your computer to a DVD

Start X when Log in occurs

Running another X session somewhere else.

The Short Dirty Kernel DIY

Mount mtp devices

Remember AlsaMixer settings

I love Grub1 (Grub 'legacy' now)

A word on SLIM

Use curl to tweet.

Using the CLI to burn an .iso cd.

find stuff.

ffmpeg to convert videos for my phone.

Allow sudo to open up a graphic application as loan modification root from your normal user account or from a root terminal in your normal user account

remount a ro filesystem rw: mount -o remount,rw so that when the system drops you to a shell on boot failure, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FOR FUCK'S SAKE! And no, it is not in man 8 mount, it isn't.

Connect remotely to a VirtualMachine - how arch-cool is that?

Simple rsync line that works here

MPlayer code to listen to France Inter and other radios, Now, radiotray is cool too.

MPlayer code to watch my QuickCam Communicate STX Webcam

A healthy, fast image gallery starts with reasonably-sized pictures: thanks imagemagick!

Cool ssh

vnc is flawless in Fedora :)

throttling the cpu - mixed results, if for battery life.

Custom Bash - Some Terminal Fun

Calculating Pi