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… Read More »
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 to manage your eBook collection, but also comes with a set of useful command-line tools. One… Read More »
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 the files in resized_images, time to resize them all: mogrify -resize 800 *.jpg This will resize them all to a width of 800px while keeping… Read More »
Most DivX/XviD movies you download from Torrent sites are packed in multiple RAR archives. It takes some time for each to extract. If you don;t want to wait, you can use VLC and unrar to play the file within instantly. You won’t be able to rewind and move fast forward within the file, but you’ll… Read More »