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@lamberta
lamberta / vbox.sh
Created August 6, 2012 04:31
Convenience wrapper around VBoxManage for controlling VirtualBox virtual machines.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Convenience wrapper around VBoxManage for controlling VirtualBox virtual machines.
#
# Headless Ubuntu server gets stuck at boot menu on unsuccessful boots:
# http://serverfault.com/questions/243343/headless-ubuntu-server-machine-sometimes-stuck-at-grub-menu
function print_help {
echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [options] name"
echo "Easy control of VirtualBox virtual machines."
echo " -h Show this usage guide."
@vancluever
vancluever / gnome-tracker-disable.md
Last active November 13, 2024 18:26
GNOME Tracker Disable

Disabling GNOME Tracker and Other Info

GNOME's tracker is a CPU and privacy hog. There's a pretty good case as to why it's neither useful nor necessary here: http://lduros.net/posts/tracker-sucks-thanks-tracker/

After discovering it chowing 2 cores, I decided to go about disabling it.

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@anothergituser
anothergituser / backup.sh
Last active June 23, 2017 09:54
rsync website backup script
#!/bin/bash
# Website Backup Script
# http://webgnuru.com/linux/rsync_incremental.php
# Adapted to be run by anacron
# before running the script for the first time
# full_incremental should contain a dir like 2017-01-01
# empty or having a full backup