This is a nice one-liner, it will return the current Bitcoin price in USD. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5] └─$ curl -s usd.rate.sx/btc?T | grep avg: | awk ‘{ print $2}’┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5] └─$ curl -s usd.rate.sx/btc?T | grep avg: | awk ‘{ print $2}’ This is the script in action. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5] └─$ curl -s usd.rate.sx/btc?T | grep … Read more
LG 27GP83B QHD 165Hz FreeSync HDR Nano IPS 27in Monitor This would be an ideal gift idea for any gamer, this is a nice 27 inch PC monitor display. This has a 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution and a very fast refresh rate. 165 HZ will be an ideal refresh rate to ensure smooth gameplay. … Read more
Gtf is a utility for calculating VESA GTF modes. Given the desired horizontal and vertical resolutions and refresh rate (in Hz), the parameters for a matching VESA GTF mode are printed out. Two output formats are supported: mode lines suitable for the Xorg xorg.conf(5) file, and mode parameters suitable for the Linux fbset(8) utility. This … Read more
Changing the brightness of a DVI or HDMI monitor on Linux is very easy. This is done with the xrandr utility. This allows a user to change the properties of a connected monitor. Get a list of connected monitors with the xrandr -q command. 4.4 Fri May 22 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ xrandr -q Screen 0: … Read more
How to use a simple Linux utility to see what is hogging your network bandwidth. The nethogs utility allows you to see what is hogging your bandwidth. Type sudo apt-get install nethogs to install this. Then run it like this: 4.4 Mon Dec 17 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo nethogs 1) All commands run with root … Read more
Multiwall 7680×2160 pixels wallpaper. https://i.redd.it/mop3bruh706y.jpg. Collection of sci-fi quad monitor wallpapers. These are ideal for a Linux desktop with 4 monitors. [7760×1440] Sci-fi and Landscape – Larger Collection & More user friendly resolution. Collection of high-res, (12764×3590 pixels resolution) panoramic photos. Best quality for multiple monitors. [12764×3590] Here's a few high resolution panoramic images I've … Read more
To install this very useful Linux monitoring tool on your Linux system, firstly add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.lst file. deb http://apt.izzysoft.de/ubuntu generic universedeb http://apt.izzysoft.de/ubuntu generic universe Then download the required GPG key for the apt packages. wget http://apt.izzysoft.de/izzysoft.ascwget http://apt.izzysoft.de/izzysoft.asc And then add this GPG key to apt. jason$ sudo apt-key add izzysoft.asc OKjason$ sudo … Read more
Use this command to capture packets with the tcpdump command. This will output to STDOUT, but you may use redirection to divert it to a text file. [root@deusexmachina homer]# tcpdump -i wlp2s0[root@deusexmachina homer]# tcpdump -i wlp2s0 This is the output that you get when you are capturing packets. This is on my home network, so … Read more
Our computing technology has come so far since the early days of the 8086 and 8088 x86 computers. We used computers back then with 640K of RAM and we liked it. But these days we have machines with 12 Gigabytes of RAM. I remember my father sending me to the computer shop to purchase a … Read more
This new computer monitor is a 4K screen that displays 3840×2160 pixels. That is incredible. I have two 1680×1050 monitors and I can not imagine using a screen that high res; you would be set for real estate if you had two of them side by side. That would be 7680×2160 pixels. That would be … Read more
The monitoring of your network interfaces just got a little easier with the iftop command. This command will return information about a certain network interface and will allow you to see who is hogging your bandwidth. Read more here: http://linux.die.net/man/8/iftop. This is one very useful Linux command. Start it like this if your network interface … Read more