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@LarryIsBetter
LarryIsBetter / Linux Laptop Optimizations.md
Last active July 7, 2024 16:53
Linux Laptop Optimizations

I have a website now that includes a more dumbed down but straight forward version of this guide that isnt basied towards Arch Linux but considers most distros. https://linuxguidance.net/improve-battery-and-optimize-your-linux-laptop/

Everything I do in this guide is mostly taken from the Arch Wiki, and is for Arch Linux, obviously this can probably be applied to other Linux distributions especially Arch based ones, this guide is for people who want a laptop with similar effciency they had on Windows or MacOS. I hate the excuse of having to compromise on Linux to have good battery or thermals on laptops.

Please think of this guide as more of a starting point, if you're serious about fully optimizing your laptop research your laptop and the hardware inside of it as that can get you even further down the rabbit hole.

This guide assumes you have a relatively modern laptop with at least an SSD from the factory, if you don't, don't worry you can still probably follow this guide perfectly, if you have a 32-b

@Y-LyN-10
Y-LyN-10 / aws_cli_params.md
Created December 12, 2019 07:36
AWS CLI Parameter Store - get decrypted value only
$ aws ssm get-parameter --name /system/something_passphrase --region us-east-1 --with-decryption --query "Parameter.Value" --output text
> (Get-SSMParameterValue -Name /system/something_passphrase -WithDecryption 1).Parameters.Value
@mohanpedala
mohanpedala / bash_strict_mode.md
Last active July 20, 2024 08:31
set -e, -u, -o, -x pipefail explanation
@sebble
sebble / stars.sh
Last active May 17, 2024 20:59
List all starred repositories of a GitHub user.
#!/bin/bash
USER=${1:-sebble}
STARS=$(curl -sI https://api.github.com/users/$USER/starred?per_page=1|egrep '^Link'|egrep -o 'page=[0-9]+'|tail -1|cut -c6-)
PAGES=$((658/100+1))
echo You have $STARS starred repositories.
echo
@barrywoolgar
barrywoolgar / hb_all_books_dl.js
Created September 2, 2016 11:06 — forked from graymouser/hb_all_books_dl.js
Humble bundle book bundles - download all books at once
/*
After purchasing a humble book bundle, go to your download page for that bundle.
Open a console window for the page and paste in the below javascript.
This will download all the books in all the formats available.
*/
$('a').each(function(i){
if (['MOBI', 'PDF', 'EPUB'].indexOf($.trim($(this).text())) >= 0) {
$('body').append('<iframe id="dl_iframe_'+i+'" style="display:none;">');
document.getElementById('dl_iframe_'+i).src = $(this).data('web');
}
@ronoaldo
ronoaldo / clouddns-update
Last active June 7, 2017 16:25
Cloud DNS record set configuration during instance startup.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Helper script to auto-configure a Cloud DNS record during
# compute engine instance startup.
#
# Setup:
# 1. Download and install the script in the instance:
# curl -L https://gist.github.com/ronoaldo/6d6f97bc20a5a40c4aac5e4fa6c09dd5/raw/ > /etc/init.d/clouddns-update
# 2. Give this script permissions and setup as startup daemon
@Khoulaiz
Khoulaiz / gist:41b387883a208d6e914b
Last active June 10, 2024 15:36
Checking ports without telnet

Here are several different ways to test a TCP port without telnet.

$ cat < /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/22
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3
^C

$ cat &lt; /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/23
@mesimeris
mesimeris / grok-patterns
Last active April 16, 2021 22:10
LOGSTASH: syslog listener filtering with grok patterns and applying useful tags
# NOTE: These patterns take into account the additional log-line information passed to the logstash listener from rsyslog. YMMV.
DHCPD ((%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:timestamp})\s*(%{HOSTNAME:hostname})\s*dhcpd\S+\s*(%{WORD:dhcp_action})?.*[for|on] (%{IPV4:dhcp_client_ip})?.*[from|to] (%{COMMONMAC:dhcp_client_mac})?.*via (%{USERNAME:interface}))
IPTABLES ((%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:nf_timestamp})\s*(%{HOSTNAME:nf_host})\s*kernel\S+\s*(%{WORD:nf_action})?.*IN=(%{USERNAME:nf_in_interface})?.*OUT=(%{USERNAME:nf_out_interface})?.*MAC=(%{COMMONMAC:nf_dst_mac}):(%{COMMONMAC:nf_src_mac})?.*SRC=(%{IPV4:nf_src_ip}).*DST=(%{IPV4:nf_dst_ip}).*PROTO=(%{WORD:nf_protocol}).?*SPT=(%{INT:nf_src_port}?.*DPT=%{INT:nf_dst_port}?.*))
DNS ((%{MONTHDAY:day})-(%{MONTH:month})-(%{YEAR:year}) (%{TIME:timestamp}) client (%{IPV4:dns_client_ip})#(%{NONNEGINT:dns_uuid})?.*query: (%{HOSTNAME:dns_dest}) (%{WORD:dns_type}) (%{WORD:dns_record})?.*(%{IPV4:dns_server}))
PGSQL ((%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:pgsql_timestamp}) (%{HOSTNAME:pgsql_hostname})?.*SAST >(%{WORD:pgs
@hoegertn
hoegertn / init script
Created September 14, 2012 21:07
stunnel init script
#!/bin/sh
#
# stunnel Start/Stop the stunnel daemons
#
# description: stunnel is a script that runs stunnel daemons
# version 1.00
#
# chkconfig: 345 40 60
#
# processname: stunnel
@rgreenjr
rgreenjr / postgres_queries_and_commands.sql
Last active July 22, 2024 09:57
Useful PostgreSQL Queries and Commands
-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
ORDER BY query_start desc;
-- show running queries (9.2)
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'