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xfce4-panel plugins

apt-get install xfce4-goodies

Alter bash prompt (/.bashrc)

PS1="[\t] > "

I setup a new droplet about 36hrs ago and followed the tutorials here on DO to create the ssh keys for my local computer. I logged out and then back in after to make sure it worked and I must have logged out and back in a few times after that. Today h

Did you check port 22 in the firewall?

Install Atom

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt-get install atom

Installing WiFi driver

First I check what network card I have:

$ lspci

01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)

Then with root priveleges install the right packages and restart:

$ apt install firmware-b43-installer

$ apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

$ reboot

#git #github

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#ruby on rails #raspberry pi

List network connected devices with nmap

Regular and basic:

$ sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24

Shortened and decluttered with grep:

$ sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 | grep -E ‘MAC|report’

#nmap

My choice of KDE widgets

It’s the 21 of November of 2016, the weather widget is showing -1°C and the night time is 01:26. Tonight was the first lake-ontario-effect snow of the new winter!

Weather

Netspeed

Thermal Monitor

#kde

Push the Git like this

First initialize git within project directory

$ git init

Add current directory for a commit

$ git add .

For a status update

$ git status

To commit changes

$ git commit -m "Detailed notation"

Adding the remote repository (from GitHub)

$ git remote add origin https://github.com/username/project_name.git

Pushing to whichever branch (e.g. master)

$ git push -u origin master

#git #github

Raspberry Pi booting off SD onto USB

In order to use a USB drive over a microSD card for operations, you still need both. The SD card is required for boot, so the USB drive will hold the operating system.

Extract OS onto the USB, copy over the boot files from the boot partition onto the SD, and:

Change cmdline.txt on sdcard from:

root=/dev/mmcblk0p2

to:

root=/dev/sda2

#raspberry pi

Gnome Desktop and Themes

Install gnome-shell and ubuntu-gnome-desktop

Install user themes from Firefox

Install tweak-tool

Find themes at gnome-look or deviantArt

#gnome #ubuntu