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Get to runlevel 3 in Linux Mint 18.1

April 18, 2017 by John Cartwright

To get to runlevel 3 in Linux Mint, press the Control-Alt-F2 key combination and login at the virtual terminal, then run this command to shut down the login manager. sudo service mdm stopsudo service mdm stop Then you may use the Linux Mint virtual terminal instead of the desktop if you wish. Just run this … Read more

How to read the time from a Digital TV card with Linux. This is easy.

April 18, 2017 by John Cartwright

To read the system time from a Digital TV transmission, the tuner card installed in your machine must firstly be tuned to a channel. Then execute this command in a terminal. localhost% dvbdate Mon Apr 17 01:15:33 2017localhost% dvbdate Mon Apr 17 01:15:33 2017 This will read the time from the digital TV transmission and … Read more

John Cartwright on Finding password files and other information online using Google Dorks.April 30, 2024
S3 bucket find Using Google Dorks 🌍 Here are a couple of examples: site:http://amazonaws.com inurl:". s3.amazonaws.com/" site:http://s3.amazonaws.com intitle:index.
Glavinas Vaszilis on Install the Youtube Red app on Ubuntu and watch Youtube videos.April 28, 2024
how to run the command?
Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Oh WordPress ruined the command formatting. I think you can figure this out.
Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Both things can also be achieved with just yt-dlp. Print chapter titles: yt-dlp --print "%(chapters.:.title)#l" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jv509M8Zg Print 15 latest videos:…
slermcat on Another look at the NeXTSTEP source code.January 4, 2024
I used to administer a nextstep machine (color pizza slab, 24MB ram). Wrote display postscript demos and screensavers for it.…
slermcat on Amazing new shooter game that runs in awk.January 4, 2024
yeah good example of how simple raycasting a-la wolfenstein is i write fun stuf in bash but i'm less cool…
slermcat on How to get a nice waveform display with the MPV media player on Linux.January 4, 2024
mpv --config=no --audio-device=pulse/alsa_output.usb-0c76_USB_PnP_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo --quiet --vo=tct --lavfi-complex='[aid1]asplit[ao][a1];[a1]showcqt[vo]' /media/sdc2/Projects/Music/NSF/amazingmusic/NSF_Archive/Chiptune_Artists/Originals/* showcqt ftw! thanks!
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 7, 2023
Hi.. does the launcher comes in english..also in game options not working Thank you
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
I got to launch in english...but the launched in Russian...also option menu is not active in game...could you please help...thank…
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
Hi..I am installing it right now...thank you for replay One question...is it available with English language Thank you
John Cartwright on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Maybe, easier than Windows XP. IE is spread across the whole OS it seems with the Active Desktop crap. But…