Accessing WhatsApp on Linux
Go to https://web.whatsapp.com and follow the instructions.
Debian
Save a list of all my music to a file
SSH to slave27.local and then issue one of the following commands: cd Music tree -l > /home/andy/Dropbox/music-2017-01-28.txt Which gives output that looks something like this: ├── !!! │ └── Thr!!!er │ ├── 01 Even When The Water’s Cold.m4a │ ├── 02 Get That Rhythm Right.m4a │ ├── 03 One Girl _ One Boy.m4a │ ├── … Read more
Tor browsers on various platforms
Worth a blog post at some point. In the meantime: iOS – Tob Windows/Mac/Linux – Tor Browser Android – Orbot Also consider Tails
Non-interactive Debian upgrade script
This could be run as a cron job on any Debian based system (tested on Debian, Ubuntu, Raspian). #!/bin/bash export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive yes ” | apt-get -y -o DPkg::options::=”–force-confdef” -o DPkg::options::=”–force-confold” dist-upgrade See http://slave27.local/debian-handbook/sect.automatic-upgrades.html for more details.
Checking Ubuntu and Debian for non-free software
This can be done by installing the package vrms (stands for virtual Richard Stallman). It will tell you if you have any non-free software installed (and tell you what it does).
Comparing packages between Debian and Ubuntu
To compare specific package versions between Debian and Ubuntu see http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/mdt/all.html. It’s also a good place to point people at who say that the two distributions are basically the same.
Building the Debian Administrator’s Handbook
Instructions for creating a local HTML copy of the Debian Administrator’s Handbook. All work related to this project was done on a Raspberry Pi Zero running Raspian, so I suspect it will work on anything running any Debian derivative (although Ubuntu 16.04 is the only other system I’ve tested this on so far) Get hold … Read more
Converting .epub to .mobi
This assumes the source file is DRM free, and that the machine already has calibre installed. for book in *.epub; do echo “Converting $book”; ebook-convert “$book” “$(basename “$book” .epub).mobi”; done
Merging PDF files
The best graphical PDF merging tool for Linux is probably pdfmod. It’s in the Ubuntu repositories, and can do anything Preview can do as far as merging/exporting PDF files from multiple sources. For command line merging, pdftk does the job well. The syntax would be something like: pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf Which would merge … Read more
Adding cowsay to login
To get an interesting picture and quote each time you log in to a terminal session add the following to /etc/profile: echo;fortune | cowsay -f dragon;echo This requires fortune and cowsay to be installed first (through apt or homebrew depending on platform). The optput should look something like: _________________________________________ < Caution: Keep out of reach … Read more