Description

List of how-to tutorials, mostly for Debian/Ubuntu/Linux related stuff.

Contents

• Coding

  • pyenv: install and configure pyenv.
  • Synapse: guide on how to upload and download stuff from Synapse (scientific data storage).

• Computer vision

  • OpenCV: guide to install the OpenCV library in Ubuntu/Debian.
  • 3D Slicer: guide to install and troubleshoot 3D Slicer issues.

• GNU/Linux

  • Swap: guide on how to create, modify (e.g. change size), and delete swap files.
  • NVIDIA driver: guide on how to install any version of the NVIDIA driver.
  • HD recovery: recover data from a failing hard disk drive.
  • apt-dpkg: all the Debian/Ubuntu package system tricks, e.g. how to modify a .deb file to remove a dependency.
  • Docker: guide on how to install Docker with GPU support and a web GUI for management.
  • Rootless-docker: tutorial on how to run a rootless Docker daemon.
  • autofs + sshfs: guide on how to configure an sshfs mount from boot.
  • keyboard: collection of tutorials on how to tweak keyboard functionalities.
  • MS Teams: guide to install and troubleshoot MS Teams.
  • rc-local: tutorial that shows how to add a script called rc.local that gets executed at boot.
  • SystemD service: guide that explains how to create a service that runs a command at boot.
  • LUKS: hard disk encryption tutorial.
  • xournal: totorial explaining how to fill and sign a document in Ubuntu.
  • autossh: guide on how to setup autossh.
  • Remote virtual screen: guide on how to run a virtual screen on a headless computer and access it remotely via ssh.

• Hardware platforms

  • NVIDIA Clara: guide on how to flash the NVIDIA Clara.
  • Orange Pi: guide on how to deploy several services in the Orange Pi single-board computer.

• Maths

  • Intel MKL: guide to intall Intel Math Kernel Library in Ubuntu/Debian.
  • NumPy-MKL: guide to compile NumPy from source linked to Intel MKL.
  • faiss-gpu: guide to install faiss.

• Miscellaneous

  • LaTeX: install instructions along with a mix and match of helpful latex code snippets.
  • PDF compression: code and guide to help you compress a PDF file.

• Multimedia

  • ffmpeg: set of ffmpeg useful commands, e.g. convert a video to images or an RTSP stream to HLS.
  • PDF to PNG: convert a PDF into a high resolution PNG image.
  • SVG to PDF: convert an SVG image to a high resolution PDF image.
  • QR code generation: generate an image with the QR code of a given URL.
  • Split a PDF by pages: split a pdf by range of pages.
  • RTSP server: setup an RTSP server to stream video.

• Networking

  • Chrony: guide that shows how to synchronise computers via NTP.
  • WPA supplicant: guide on how to connect a Linux computer to a WiFi network from the command line.
  • Wireless access point: guide on how to setup a wireless access point.
  • DHCP server: guide on how to setup a DHCP server.
  • nginx reverse proxy: tutorial to install nginx as a reverse proxy to serve web-based Python applications.
  • Cloudflare: Cloudflare-related tutorials (e.g. dynamic DNS update).
  • no-ip: manual that explains how to set up the No-IP client to update the domain associated to a dynamic IP.
  • godaddy: manual that explains how update a GoDaddy domain automatically from a PC that has a dynamic IP.
  • network-bridge: explains how to bridge two network interfaces.
  • ftp: guide to show how to deploy an FTP server.
  • samba: guide to how how to deploy a Samba server.

• Shell

  • zsh: guide on how to install zsh as default terminal.
  • tmux: shell code to add to your shell rc file to recover the last tmux session.