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IRC

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is an open communication protocol that has been used for over 23 years for chatting and file exchange. The client I use on Linux is irssi. It is an …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Convert PDF to Images

When I wanted to read a PDF on my old cell phone, I always had to convert the files to images. The same commands I used back then also proved useful for converting scanned book …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Amarok MySQL

In Linux, my favorite music player is MPD for its simplicity, for running as a daemon, and for allowing me to choose between various GUI options (or none), but sometimes I miss …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Short Prompt in Bash and ZSH

I strive to keep my files well organized so that it’s easy to find a file when I need it; one consequence of this organization is that sometimes it’s necessary to navigate through …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Blu-Ray

Linux To play Blu-ray movies on Arch Linux. Download and install the libbluray-git library: tar xvfz libbluray-git.tar.gz; cd libbluray-git; makepkg; sudo pacman -U …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Alternative Alsa device in Mplayer

In general, pulseaudio manages my sound cards, but sometimes I want to play a video in mplayer while playing music in mpd, but on different devices. To discover the available …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Torrent

Post updated in August 2012 This article is quite dated. My current recommendation is to use Docker. Undoubtedly, torrent is one of the best protocols for file sharing.

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Julio Batista Silva
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Motorola SBV5121 Modem

This is the NET modem. Its settings can be accessed at http://192.168.100.1. User: admin Password: motorola

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Julio Batista Silva
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Dictionaries

Updated in October 2021. Online Dictionaries There are several online dictionaries that are very good for casual queries. The best ones I know are: Portuguese Michaelis - …

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Julio Batista Silva
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Vim colorscheme

I program a lot in C++ and Python using Vim, and since I spend several hours looking at the screen, I decided to look for a color scheme that would facilitate programming and not …

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Julio Batista Silva