Paul Jobson pjobson

Linux Bluetooth CLI with BluetoothCTL

I've had a lot of problems using the built in blueman application under Ubuntu/Mint distributions. I'm not exactly sure why, frequently devices will connect then instantly disconnect. I've parsed through various StackOverflow articles and other help pages, I could never get a working answer.

WARNING

If you're having bluetooth issues, do not uninstall the libbluetooth3 package. It

Dell 83T0C Thunderbolt Card in Lenovo ThinkStation P330

The Lenovo ThinkStation P330 can be upgraded to Thunderbolt 3 using their riser card (p/n 4XH0Y77510).

The card requires DisplayPort in and a 5-pin connector. These cards originally retailed for around $200-$300, they can be had on eBay as of this writing for $100 from China.

I purchased a ThinkStation P330 and noticed the connections for the card,

How to mount a qcow2 disk image

This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords, edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.

Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host

modprobe nbd max_part=8

Linux Adblocked YouTube WebApp

I suspect this will work for any Mint/Debian/Ubuntu variant distribution.

WebApps

This requires a package called WebApps included with Linux Mint. You can download the source or deb file from their releases section, it is contained in the packages.tar.gz file.

Enable Cheats for PCSX2 Linux

This assumes:

You have the Linux AppImage and are successfully running games with it.
You have rudimentary commandline experience.

I'll be using Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel for this example, but the concepts should be the same for any game.

	Larget Font in Steam Linux - Good for using on a TV from a couch.

	Direct Install:

	Exec=sh -c 'GDK_SCALE=2 steam %U'

	Flatpak Install:

	sh -c 'GDK_SCALE=1.5 /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/steam --file-forwarding com.valvesoftware.Steam @@u %U @@'

	# /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service
	[Unit]
	Description=qBittorrent Command Line Client
	After=network.target

	[Service]
	Type=forking
	User=qbt
	Group=qbt
	UMask=007

	https://launchpad.net/~tomtomtom/+archive/ubuntu/k9copy

	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomtomtom/k9copy
	sudo apt update
	sudo apt install k9copy

	Add to the end of: /etc/config/firewall

	config rule
	option name 'Allow-Admin-Wan'
	list proto 'tcp'
	option src 'wan'
	option dest_port '22 80 443'
	option target 'ACCEPT'
	option enabled 'true'

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	alias yt-dlp="/home/pjobson/bin/yt-dlp --write-sub --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "en.*" --ffmpeg-location /opt/video/bin/ffmpeg -S vcodec:h264,res,acodec:m4a --remux-video mkv --merge-output-format mkv "
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