HON95-wiki/config/pc/linux.md

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Using

{:.no_toc} Debian 10 Buster

Examples

Commands

File Systems and Logical Volume Managers

• Partition disk: gdisk <dev> (GPT) or fdisk <dev> (MBR)
• Create filesystem: mkfs.<fs> <dev>
• ZFS: See ZFS (TODO).

Files

• Find files:
  • By UID: find / -user <UID>
  • Without a user: find / -nouser
  • With setuid permission bit: find / -perm /4000
• Recursive search and replace: find <dir> \( -type d -name .git -prune \) -o -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's/123/456/g'
  • -type d -name .git -prune skips .git directories and can be excluded outside of git repos.

Fun

• Pretty colors: something | lolcat

Installations and Packages

• Find packages depending on the package: apt rdepends --installed <package>

Performance and Power Efficiency

• Set the CPU frequency scaling governor mode:
  • High performance: echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
  • Power save: echo powersave | ...
• Monitor system and processes: htop
• Monitor interrupt usage: irqtop

Processes and Memory

• Useful ps args: ps ax o uid,user:12,pid,comm

Tasks

Burn Windows ISO

1. Install the graphical application woeusb from ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8.

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