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Working Remotely in Linux

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

From Linux to Linux

Command Line Mode Using ssh

  1. Using X forwarding, you can also run GUI applications on the server. This is not recommended unless it's short quick work.

Remote …

Undelete Files in Linux

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

The best way to "recover deleted files" is really to avoid permanently delete files. It is suggested that you avoid using the rm command (unless you are 100% sure what you …

Convert HEIC Images in Linux

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

Installation on Ubuntu

wajig install heif-gdk-pixbuf libheif-examples

Usage

heif-convert input.HEIC output.jpg

Batch Convert Using IPython / JupyterLab

If you have multiple HIEC images and you want to convert all of …

Manage systemd Services and Units

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. List all services names.

    service --status-all
    
  2. List all systemd units.

    systemctl
    
  3. Disable a service.

    systemctl disable service_name
    
  4. Check whether systemd is running as PID 1.

    ps --no-headers -o comm 1
    

A …

Reduce GRUB Timeout

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. Open the file /etc/default/grub with sudo permission.

    sudo vim /etc/default/grub
    
  2. Update the value assigned to GRUB_TIMEOUT to a smaller one (e.g., 3). Notice that the time …