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Quickly create a video presentation of your Linux desktop

Linux users enjoy various sets of tools that allow one to record the active desktop. From GUI applications to command line scripts. A simple way is to use just vncserver: vncserver -geometry 800×600 Open another Ter[...]


View Image File Metadata From the Command Line

Did you know you can access all the information store in a JPG/PNG/GIF file from the command line? Install the ImageMagick package and do this: identify -verbose image_file.jpg The output will be something llike this: Im[...]


Run VMWare client operating systems faster

If you find VMWare rather slow and would like to speed things a little bit, ad these lines to the .vmx file of your guest operating system: sched.mem.pshare.enable = “FALSE”prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize[...]


Set e-mail reminders from the Linux command line

You don’t need a fancy e-mail client with calendar capabilities to get a quick reminder. This is especially useful if you’re on a SSH prompt and don’t have a post-it neatby echo “mail -s ‘[...]