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diff --git a/tools.html b/tools.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef13675 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools.html @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +<p> + For any given task that enough people have wanted to do before on a computer, there is a multitude of tools available to perform that task on Linux. + Here is a small list of cherry-picked ones that I tend to forget (or that I want to promote :) ). + As I use Arch Linux, some may be Arch-specific. +</p> + +<ul> +<li><p> + <b>pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa</b>. [<a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa/" target="_blank">Arch repos</a>] + Assuming you use PulseAudio, if you want to run a very simple equalizer over whatever comes out of your speakers, use this package. + The GUI executable is called <code>pulseaudio-equalizer-gtk</code>. +</p></li> +<li><p> + <b>nload</b>. [<a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/nload/" target="_blank">Arch repos</a>] + For nice graphs/statistics on current network usage (mbits incoming/outgoing). + To show all interfaces, invoke it as <code>nload -m</code>; to show only a single interface, use e.g. <code>nload enp3s0f1</code>. +</p></li> +<li><p> + <b>paccache</b>. [<a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/pacman-contrib/" target="_blank">in pacman-contrib</a>] + To flexibly purge package files from the Pacman cache. + Pacman proper has <code>--clean</code>, but paccache allows you to remove e.g. all but the most recent three versions of all packages, ignoring stuff related to nvidia: + <blockquote> +paccache -r -k 3 -i nvidia,nvidia-settings,nvidia-utils,opencl-nvidia,linux,linux-firmware,linux-headers,cuda + </blockquote> + Also check out the other scripts in pacman-contrib, like pacdiff and rankmirrors. +</p></li> +<li><p> + <b>pdfpc</b>. [<a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/pdfpc/" target="_blank">Arch repos</a>] + Lightweight PDF presenting, with even some really esoteric features like detecting animated slides in a LaTeX beamer presentation (that doesn't really work in my experience). + Multi-monitor support. +</p></li> +</ul> |