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How to install gyazo

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May 6, 2020 at 5:09 pm

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/gyazo/gyazo-for-linux/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install gyazo -y

Source: https://github.com/gyazo/Gyazo-for-Linux

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Xubuntu, fastboot, ADB and Redmi Note 7 adventures

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September 8, 2019 at 11:58 pm (last edited September 9, 2019 at 4:27 am)

Install adb and fastboot:

sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot -y

Supposed your phone device bootloader is unblocked:

– Settings –> About Phone –> MIUI version and MIUI Version 7 Times
– Settings –> Additional Settings –> Developer Options and check “OEM unlocking” [should be already checked] and “USB debugging.”… Read the rest

Xubuntu 127.0.0.53 issue in /etc/resolv.conf file

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January 26, 2019 at 2:58 pm (last edited October 6, 2021 at 1:21 pm)

The problem when you seemingly configured all right and Google’s DNS resolvers are good:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

But system still shows wrong information

Install resolvconf if needed

sudo apt-get install resolvconf -y

You need to disable systemd-resolved to get rid of 127.0.0.53 from your /etc/resolv.conf… Read the rest

How to install Wireshark on Xubuntu

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October 15, 2018 at 1:51 pm

Add the stable PPA, update and install it:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wireshark -y

To run:

sudo wireshark

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How to install roxterm on Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

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September 27, 2018 at 3:56 pm (last edited June 29, 2021 at 2:39 pm)

roxterm no longer exist in debian pkg

Download and install roxterm using source below

http://roxterm.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=installation&lang=en

git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/roxterm/code roxterm

cd roxterm

Install python if needed:

sudo apt install python

You may skip below three steps and install and install dependencies firstly

sudo python ./mscript.py

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How to synchronize time on Ubuntu

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December 22, 2017 at 2:56 pm (last edited December 22, 2017 at 4:21 pm)

View your current timezone's settings:

date
timedatectl status

Find your timezone from the list using command below:

timedatectl list-timezones

Update your timezone:

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Kiev

Check:

date

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How to downgrade to Firefox 56.0

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December 22, 2017 at 2:28 pm (last edited December 23, 2017 at 2:07 pm)

Backup your current settings if needed

cp -rp .mozilla/ .mozilla_bk

Purge current firefox

sudo apt-get purge firefox -y

Download 56 version

wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/56.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-56.0.tar.bz2

sudo su

tar -xvf firefox-56.0.tar.bz2

cp -rp firefox /opt/

cd /usr/bin

ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox firefox

Finally, you have to avoid upgrading to the newer version.… Read the rest

Xubuntu, how to convert mp4 to mpeg

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November 10, 2017 at 10:21 pm

To install:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

To convert:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.mpeg

Available formats:

ffmpeg -formats

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How to change piority on linux processes

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October 5, 2017 at 10:44 pm

The Linux niceness scale goes from -20 to 19. The lower the number the more priority that task gets.

If the niceness value is high number like 19 the task will be set to the lowest priority and the CPU will process it whenever it gets a chance.… Read the rest