System¶

Text mode at boot

sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
sudo reboot

Batch compress files with the following tools

Stuff related to GNU/Linux.

The following tools make installation USB keys from ISO files.

Ventoy : an open source tool to create a bootable USB drive loading ISO files in the partition.
Rufus : flashing Linux/Windows ISOs in Windows.
Etcher : flashing Linux ISOs in Linux/Windows.
Gnome disks

Use the usermod command to move one user's home dir.

Use heredoc to pass the string as-is between two delimiters (e.g. EOF)

cat << "EOF" >> ~/.xprofile
# ~/.xprofile
export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
ibus-daemon -drx
EOF

Will append the following lines to ~/.xprofile:

.xprofile

export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
ibus-daemon -drx

Use the ntfs3-3g driver instead of the default ntfs3 driver.

echo 'blacklist ntfs3' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ntfs3.conf
sudo rmmod ntfs3
sudo apt install ntfs-3g

Reload nvidia GPU driver to fix "NVML: Driver/library version mismatch" error without rebooting. Source

Add the following entry to /etc/fstab to automatically mount NAS drives at boot

Find and kill zombie process(es). Source

ps axo stat,ppid,pid,comm | grep -w defunct

Kill parent process(es)

sudo kill -9 <ppid>

sudo pkill -U UID

Open Windows Powershell with Administrator rights and run:

powercfg /batteryreport /output "C:\battery-report.html"

See the report at C:\battery-report.html.