Monday, April 1, 2019

Manage start-up with Linux that uses systemd

To list of services that systemd manages:

systemctl list-unit-files



To view only active entries:

systemctl list-units --type=service

To view the status of a specific service such as bluetooth:

systemctl status bluetooth

To disable an entry such as bluetooth:

sudo systemctl disable bluetooth



https://www.commandlinux.com/man-page/man1/systemctl.1.html


One method to install Google Chrome with Linux Mint

One method to install Google Chrome within Linux Mint is to use the following commands:

sudo wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

sudo echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y google-chrome-stable

https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/linux-mint-how-tos/how-to-install-google-chrome-on-linux-mint-19-tara.html


Etcher

Etcher is an utility to create bootable SD and USB media.  A portable version is available for Windows.

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/balenaetcher-portable


VDI script for Windows 10

The links below are concerning a VDI configuration script for Windows 10.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2019/03/20/windows-10-build-1803-vdi-optimization-script-primer/

https://github.com/TheVDIGuys/W10_1803_VDI_Optimize


Bitdefender Traffic Light

Bitdefender Traffic Light is a free cross-browser add-on that intercepts, processes, and filters all Web traffic and blocking any malicious content.

https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/trafficlight.html


Otter Browser

Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5.

https://otter-browser.org