Linux

List of my GUI and terminal applications

Submitted by ravisagar on

Thinking of switching to Linux but not sure what apps you need? Let me share the list of my GUI and terminal based apps and utilities I use.

#mylinuxapps

Check your disk usage in Linux

Submitted by ravisagar on

If you have limited hard disk space like me then understanding what directories and files consume the most space is very important. You just need one command to do that easily in Linux.

#linux #diskusage

Fix your Linux date time

Submitted by ravisagar on

My computer's time was 2 minutes ahead of the actual time, so I fixed it by running "timedatectl set-ntp true"

#linux #arch #timedatectl

Enter the matrix on your terminal

Submitted by ravisagar on

Do you love Matrix and want its famous screensaver that you can run on your terminal? Then you need cmatrix.

#linux #cmatrix #Matrix #Screensaver

cmatrix

How Linux users generate thumbnails?

Submitted by ravisagar on

I generate my YouTube thumbnails using ffmpeg and shell script. I modified the script further to add transparency to my text background. Let me share the script with you. Have fun!

#ffmpeg #linux #Thumbnail #LinuxMemeGenerator

Script

dwm - Apply all tags to focused window

Submitted by ravisagar on

I was looking for an efficient way to ensure a windows stay on all the tags in dwm window manager and I found an easy way to do it. Let me show you how.

#dwm #Arch

Using tree utility in Linux

Submitted by ravisagar on

Started using terminal? Great, now use an utility like tree to list content of a directory in a tree format. You will love it.

#tree #ListDirectoryContent #Linux

Convert docx ppt xlsx files from terminal

Submitted by ravisagar on

Install libreoffice and you can use terminal based utilities like soffice to quickly convert from one file format to another. Let us do that today.

#convert #libreoffice

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