Linux

Remove DRM from Amazon Kindle’s ebooks using Linux

When you buy an ebook using your Kindle, there’s a 99% chance it’s a DRM file. That means you won’t be able to read it anywhere else but on your Kindle. And we won’t accept that. To be able to convert that file and remove its DRM protection, you need a set of Python scripts [...]

Convert eBooks in Linux

Say you just bought an Amazon Kindle or a Barnes and Noble Nook. You want to convert your eBook collection to .EPUB or .MOBI format. For this, install Calibre. The application not only provides you with a graphical way t[...]


Batch resize images using the command line in Linux

If you have a ton of images that need resizing, you can do it all with the imagemagick package:cd /home/user/imagesmkdir resized_imagescp /home/user/images/* /home/user/images/resized_images Now that you have a copy of t[...]


Find out active IPs in a Linux LAN

If you are on a LAN and wish to find out which computers in it currently have access to that certain LAN, you can use the following command: for ip in $(seq 1 254); do ping -c 1 192.168.1.$ip>/dev/null; [ $? -eq 0 ] &[...]