Ubuntu 18.04 Boot Speedups.
Checking startup speed and delays $ systemd-analyze Startup finished in 16.116s (firmware) + 22.465s (loader) + 4.241s (kernel) + 7.064s (userspace) = 39.888s graphical.target reached after 7.056s in userspace $ […]
Linux Tips
Ubuntu 18.04 DNS set to VPN DNS
To ensure your vpn’s dns server is used, the following script can be put in “/etc/NetworkManager/”. It will need execute permission and the “CONNECTION_ID” changed to the vpn connection name. […]
Usb serial devices, make symlinks so we dont need to know device.
I had a little problem, I always have a TTY Usb serial adapter plugged in. I use this to program and debug avr micro-controllers. Lately I have started using NodeMCU […]
Configuring Network Manager to redirect domains to specific DNS servers on vpn connections.
Some work networks and vpn’s use “internal” DNS servers to resolve, for example a work vpn (like mine) which has dns resolving hosts to internal addresses, where as you get […]
Configuring Ubuntu 17.04 Network Manager to use dnsmasq (Properly)
By default the Network Manager configuration in Ubuntu 17.04 is configured to use systemd-resolv to configure dns. This is fine until you want to use a vpn that requires “internal” […]
Convert audio on any video to AC-3
Some videos now come with advanced formats that my receiver is too old to play, so I created a small script “toac3.sh” which will convert leaving the video alone. #!/bin/bash […]
password free sudo
On occasion when installing a fresh linux, on whatever device I like to have my user be able to use “sudo” without having to use a password.I always forget the […]