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Ubuntu Cheats

GPU mgmt

lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'
cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch
sudo tee /proc/acpi/bbswitch <<< ON
lsmod | grep nvidia
modprobe nvidia
nvidiaismi 
modprobe -r nvidia
sudo tee /proc/acpi/bbswitch <<< OFF

installs

sudo dpkg -i yourfile.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo sh yourruntime.run

copy (from directory containing )

cp -avr <foldername> <newtargetfolder>
cp -avr kmlc-challenge-1-cats-vs-dogs ~/data

copy between machines

scp user@ip:filename localdir
scp paperspace@184.105.188.221:testfile.txt ~/data 

scp localfile user@ip:dirname

untar

tar -xvzf /path/to/yourfile.tgz

Window off screen

Alt-Tab or Click on Launcher Bar until the window name shows on top menu bar, then Alt-F7 to move or Alt-Space to bring up the Close - Min - Max menu from Top Menu bar

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