I had a peculiar problem where the colours on my Television looked washed out when connected to my Nvidia GTX 960. I’m using the proprietary drivers, and tried a few different driver versions to see if that helped, but in the end that didn’t seem to be the problem.
(more…)If you’re on Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, create a container with Ubuntu 16.04 first, and follow these instructions inside the container (this avoids issues I’ve experienced with incompatible dependencies and APIs from OpenJDK 9 and upwards).
(more…)I use a set of common Linux tools for day-to-day sysadmin and computer use, and these can all be configured using dotfiles. Here’s a commented listing of each program’s file:
(more…)Thermal throttling of a CPU is visible as a reduction in clock speed under load, and is easiest to notice while monitoring both core temperature and clock speed simultaneously.
The following command displays the near real-time clock speed of all the CPU cores, updated every second1:
(more…)This post assumes that you have SSH access configured on the router.
(more…)Adding dark mode to a style sheet involves adding a media query to detect the user’s preference:
(more…)These are the tools I use to establish a baseline of usability for the websites I develop:
(more…)Most ADSL routers make use of 12V power supplies, providing around 1-1.5A. It’s important to note, though, that this takes into account running the router at maximum capacity on all ports and antennas and supplying power to an external device such as a hard drive. This means that, in practice, routers use considerably less power than the power supply is rated for. I took advantage of this to run my router off of a 5V 2.1A power bank USB port. You can also run this solution off of a laptop USB port.
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