NCurses Disk Usage

NCurses Disk Usage or ncdu is a disk analyzer for Linux.  The application can be installed via the command below:

sudo apt install ncdu

To scan the entire system, use the command below

sudo ncdu -x \

https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3644415/looking-at-linux-disk-usage-with-the-ncdu-command.html

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3693090/using-ncdu-to-view-your-disk-usage-while-grasping-those-tib-gib-mib-and-kib-file-sizes.html#tk.rss_all

https://www.both.org/?p=4639

Right-click functionality with a Touchpad within Linux Mint not working

When installing Linux Mint on a laptop, the right-click functionality was not working by default with the built-in Touchpad.  To resolve this issue, access the Mouse setup and access the Touchpad tab.  Disable the default parameters of the two-finger and three-finger emulation.

ClamAV

ClamAV is an open source anti-virus engine.  To install the main application and a GUI interface within Linux Mint, use the following commands:

sudo apt install clamav

sudo apt install clamtk

To update signatures via a terminal session, use the following commands:

sudo service clamav-freshclam stop

sudo freshclam

sudo service clamav-freshclam start

To scan a directory via a terminal session, use the following command:

clamscan -r -i directory_name

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3652690/using-clamav-to-detect-and-remove-viruses-on-linux.html

nomacs

nomacs is an open source image viewer application.  Versions are available for both Windows and Linux.  The feature set is similar to Irfanview.

https://nomacs.org

Swap space within Linux

To display the current swap space within Linux, several commands can return this information.  Below are a few examples.

swapon --show

free -m

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3632886/managing-and-monitoring-swap-space-on-linux.html

Cryptomator

Cryptomator is an utility to encrypt data before transferring the information to a cloud storage solution.

https://cryptomator.org

Windows Explorer add-on named Files

A Windows Explorer add-on named Files is available via the Microsoft Store.

https://files.community/

Hardentools

Hardentools is a collection of utilities designed to disable a number of "features" exposed by Windows.

https://github.com/securitywithoutborders/hardentools