Category: Linux
Linux Freeze Recovery, Magic-SysRq, and OOM Kill Guide
# Linux Mint: Freeze Recovery, Magic SysRq, and OOM Kill Guide This guide documents a practical playbook for recovering from “barely responding” system states on Linux, using Magic SysRq, quick non-interactive process inspection, and optional early userspace OOM helpers. One very common source of your computer’s “freezes” or is “very sluggish”, is an “out of…
Properly Configuring Tabby Terminal for Development Environments
Configuring Tabby terminal so it loads your Path properly, and you can run all your installed commands.
Rename Files with Linux Ext4 Names to NTFS Names
Linux file names can have some common characters, that are not allowed in NTFS file names. These include: colon :, backslash \, vertical bar |, double quote “, asterisk *, question mark ?, less than sign <, greater than sign >. There are many posts about how to do it with a difficult to read…
Linux TTY Console Font Too Small?
Linux TTY Console too tiny to read? There are other fonts, probably already installed, that are much bigger and easy to read. Here’s how
Converting Audio Formats on Linux
Need to convert an audio or video file? On Linux, ffmpeg works great, but has very complex command line options. Here’s the “convert to MP3” instructions
Change Dolphin’s Application Icon, in Linux Mint
Discover how to customize your Linux Mint experience, modifying application icons. Perfect for enhancing workflow and personalizing your desktop.
How to Change Tooltip Colors in Kate Editor and Other QT5-based Programs
Struggling to read tooltips in QT5 programs such as the Kate Editor, due to illegible colors? Learn how to customize QT5 colors and font sizes, for better legibility.
How to Fix Authentication Problems on FileZilla Linux — Too many authentication failures
Learn how to fix FileZilla’s SSH key authentication issue on Linux Mint. Discover how to install the latest version and start FileZilla without SSH keys.
Make a Multiple-Boot USB Drive in Linux Mint
In Linux, you can have USB boot disks that have multiple ISO files, for booting in multiple operating systems, and multiple OS versions. Ventoy is one tool to make these.
Troubleshooting Invalid Characters in Website Forms
I found this when I had trouble pasting a phone number from Google Voice, into Zoho Contacts. 4158826300 typed in, works415-882-6300 typed in, works(415) 882-6300 typed in, works(415) 882-6300 pasted from Google Voice, invalid (has UTF-8 characters)415-882-6300, pasted from Google Voice, invalid (it’s not the parentheses)(415) 882-6300 pasted into Atom from Google Voice, copied from…