Ubuntu Terminal Commands

0-ubuntu

gstreamer
https://askubuntu.com/a/1340796

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 7.0/dist/lib/wine/dxvk/d3d9.dll
Dxvk location

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/nautilus-admin-open-file-as-root-ubuntu

to preview gtk themes:
thewidgetfactory / gtk3-widget-factory

enter
admin:
into nautilus (with ctrl+l) to enable root


caps lock toggle normal cap


edit night light via terminal
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088650/gnome-night-light-setting-from-the-command-line/1088653#1088653

to see file location
whereis NAME

reset most settings:
dconf reset -f /

check kernel version
uname -r

check OpenGL / Mesa version
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"

check GNOME shell version
gnome-shell --version

check vulkan version
vulkaninfo

check vaapi version
vainfo
Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 19.2.1 for Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10, DRM 3.33.0, 5.3.0-24-generic, LLVM 9.0.0)


replace snap calculator with native one
sudo snap remove gnome-calculator gnome-characters gnome-logs gnome-system-monitor
sudo apt -y install gnome-calculator gnome-characters gnome-logs gnome-system-monitor



reboot/power off via terminal
sudo poweroff
sudo reboot

update everything:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt autoremove

make folder in root (open terminal in location)
sudo mkdir NAME

copy paste files from a to b (with root)
sudo cp -a /SOURCE/. /DESTINATION/

change audio volume via terminal
amixer -D pulse sset Master 25%

Open PulseAudio config
sudo gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa

Comment out
#load-module module-switch-on-connect
to stop changing default playback device to monitor after boot

to prevent clipping
load-module module-udev-detect ignore_dB=1


to disable mouse acceleration:
open gnome-tweaks > go to Keyboard & Mouse > under "Mouse" > acceleration profile > pick "Flat"


change mouse sensitivity
xinput --list --short
HP USB Premium Mouse

xinput --list-props "HP USB Premium Mouse"
or
xinput --list-props 8

xinput --set-prop 8 294 -0.40

use
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
to play twitch.tv streams

use
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock click-action 'minimize'
to minimize/maximize tab on dock icon left-click

in gnome-tweaks go to
Keyboard & Mouse > Additional Layout Settings > Caps Lock behavior > caps lock affects all keys



to check for all installed packages
apt list --installed


sudo apt update        # Fetches the list of available updates
sudo apt upgrade       # Installs some updates; does not remove packages
sudo apt full-upgrade  # Installs updates; may also remove some packages, if needed
sudo apt autoremove    # Removes any old packages that are no longer needed


chmod a+x rpcs3.AppImage
./rpcs3.AppImage

search with
sudo apt-cache search NAME

sudo apt-get install NAME
sudo apt-get install libxcb-xinerama0


in firefox go to
about:config

and toggle
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll


show full path in file explorer "Nautilus"
download the dconf-editor from the software store
open it
go to
org > gnome > nautilus preference
and toggle
always_use_location_entry


control gpu fan manually
sudo gedit /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon2/pwm1_enable
change 2 (auto) to 1 (manual)
sudo gedit /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon2/pwm1
change value. 0 to 255 where 2.55 is equal to 1%.

or via "tee"
echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon2/pwm1_enable
echo 255 | sudo tee /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon2/pwm1

more info on this: https://askubuntu.com/a/783021


remove software
sudo apt remove NAME

remove software and files
sudo apt purge NAME

remove PPA
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:NAME

enable freeSync?
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf
replace everything with this:
Section "OutputClass"
        Identifier "AMDgpu"
        MatchDriver "amdgpu"
        Driver "amdgpu"
        Option "DRI" "3"
        Option "VariableRefresh" "true"
        Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection

check after reboot with:
xrandr --props


Reddit Enhance
Page Navigator > Off
Never Ending Reddit > Off
Track Vote Weight > Off
Browse by Wheel > Off
Message Menu > Off


Synaptic Package Manager
to check for packages via gui


display(in terminal) the 10 largest folders
du -Sh | sort -rh | head -10


to edit audio settings (for buffer, sample rate and bit depth)
sudo gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf

resample-method = speex-float-10

default-sample-format = s16le
default-sample-rate = 48000
alternate-sample-rate = 44100
default-sample-channels = 2
default-channel-map = front-left,front-right

default-fragments = 4
default-fragment-size-msec = 25

fragments * fragment-size = 100ms (in this case)

restart pulseaudio with
pulseaudio -k
and check for applied settings with
pacmd list-sinks

more info
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#Audio_quality



/home/john/.config/mpv


change system monitor polling rate to lowest possible for each tab

gistfile2

https://old.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/iv2gyv/amd_laptop_gpu_overclocking_options_for_maximum/

https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/fedora-32-system-neu-aufstellen.1939903/#post-24015041

https://superuser.com/a/1609696

https://github.com/sibradzic/amdgpu-clocks

Example (/etc/default/grub):
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/swap rhgb quiet amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xfffd7fff"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff"
or
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff"

update grub with
sudo update-grub

https://www.maketecheasier.com/benchmark-gpu-linux/


chmod +x Unigine_Superposition-1.1.run

./Unigine_Superposition-1.1.run

cd Unigine_Superposition-1.1

./Superposition

gistfile3

https://github.com/azeam/powerupp

sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev build-essential python3 python3-pip
pip3 install upp
git clone https://github.com/azeam/powerupp.git
cd powerupp
make
sudo make install

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https://github.com/medusalix/xow

sudo apt install curl
sudo apt install cabextract
sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev
git clone https://github.com/medusalix/xow
cd xow
make BUILD=RELEASE
sudo make install
sudo systemctl enable xow
sudo systemctl start xow
sudo reboot

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/554908/disable-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigations/647715#647715