asciiquarium cbonsai -lim "$(fortune)" 1cow=$(cowsay -l | sort -R | head -1) 2fortune -s | figlet | cowsay -nf $cow | lolcat Watch the Collatz Conjecture collapse: 1x="$(du -sc ~/.cache | tr -d '[:alpha:]' | tail -1)" 2until [ "$x" -eq "1" ]; do 3 test "$(( x % 2 ))" -eq 0 && x=$(( x / 2 )) || \ 4 x=$(( x * 3 + 1 )) 5 …

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Kernel modules live in lib/modules/$(uname -r) Change Load them with 1modprobe ath9k Or remove one with 1modprove uvcvideo The PC's irritating speaker beep can be really annoying. Disable it with: 1modprobe -r pcspeaker Permanently disable a module by blacklisting it in /etc/modprobe.d: 1echo 'blacklist pcspkr' > …

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System-Wide Capslock and Escape Swap This works everywhere, including in a bare-ass tty. Select a keymap, and create a new custom map. 1su root 2ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ 3 4basemap=/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/pl1.map.gz 5newmap=/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/custom.map.gz 6 7gunzip -c $basemap | \ 8 sed …

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Get the basic config: 1mkdir ~/.config/khard 1cp /usr/share/doc/khard/examples/khard/khard.conf.example ~/.config/khard.conf Short list 1khard list Longer list 1khard show Show from addressbook 'work' 1khard list -a work Make a new contact in address book 'family' 1khard new -a family 1khard edit grampa 1khard remove …

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If you want to kill a program in a graphical environment, open a terminal and type: Graphical Programs 1xkill Then click on the application which you want to kill. All Programs To kill a program, find it with: 1pgrep discord This will give you the UUID, e.g. 19643. Kill the program with: 1kill 19643 Types of Kill To …

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Warm Up Deep breath. Cup of tea. Remove the old LaTeX junk you've installed. Search for 'texlive' or 'latex' in your package manager's installed files. Find tlmgr in your package manager. tlmgr The LaTeX Package manager is known as tlmgr, and often resides in /opt/texlive/${YEAR}/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr. Double-check …

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Config File If you don't have a ~/.config/lf/lfrc file, you can probably find an example in /usr/share/examples/lf. 1cp -r /usr/share/examples/lf ~/.config/ Go straight to root with two keys. 1map g/ cd / Have lf open a file with the default program when you press 'o', using the program mimeo. 1map o &mimeo $f Change …

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There are two types: Soft links Hard links

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Your locale tells the computer your location, preferred time-and-date format, standard language, papersize, et c. A list of supported locales is available at /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED See a full list with: 1cat /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED Take the first portion to generate full locale information for a region: …

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Type type shows what kind of thing you're running, be it an alias, function, or binary program. 1type cd 2type ls 3type -P ls 4type -a cat Whereis the Program Where is grep and all its configuration files? 1whereis grep Which one of these is the binary file which you actually use? 1which grep More Search instantly with …

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