Convert HEIC to JPG
This script works on Mint 20. HEIC files are converted and moved to a folder (created by the script) called ‘JPEG”. #!/bin/bash # ============================================================ # convert_heic.sh # Run from inside…
Create a bootable USB installer for OS X El Capitan
Mount the .dmg file, install the app, and use the createinstallmedia command in Terminal. Format an 8GB+ USB drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) named “MyVolume”, then run: /Applications/Install\ OS\…
PopOS/Impish sources.list
## See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. # deb cdrom:/…
These .deb files work on Mint 20, 21, and 22
Super Simple GUI Download Simple GIU for yt-dlp .deb file Demo Video Works with mint 20, 21, & 22. Simple Light & Dark Theme Download GIU – Dark & K…
Some build notes from ChatGPT – August 28th (Charlie’s Birthday!)
📦 Build Recipe: YouTube Downloader Standalone on Linux Mint Install prerequisites (system-wide, once only) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y python3-venv python3-pip Set up a clean build environment python3…
Python – wildly random notes
get release info: lsb_release -a Note: The tips below (the tips for Mint 20) helped me rebuild a new binary when I had installed some conflicting python packages on my…
Kdenlive – Speed Up Rendering
This is weird: Using the same operating system (Mint 20, lately – even though it’s out of date) my rendering times for the same sized files will vary wildly from…
Some random notes on Vmware
Sometimes when I use Vmware to install a Linux virtual machine there is no 1920×1080 option for screen resolution. Simple copy the below lines and save the file as setscreen.sh…
50 Tips and Tweaks for Linux Mint – PART ONE
50 useful tips and tweaks for your Linux Mint (PART 1): Contents of this page: 1. Make Windows the default option in the Grub boot menu 2. Forgotten password: what…
Only I Would Care: Restore Win 8.1 on an Acer Aspire E15-511 With Discs
UPDATE: Why I did this and why it’s a waste of time, really So I have this older Acer E15-511 and I had installed Windows 8.1 and it was missing…