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2025-12-29 “Best MP3 Converter” seems to have introduced a bunch of extra redirects. Mp3Cow seems to be a nice one-step downloader that can do up to 90 minutes. It only allows 10 downloads a day, but it works quite nicely if you’re needing an mp3 in a hurry. Wanted to download the 10 hour “Medieval … Read more

Even when you can’t find them in Ubuntu Software Manager Every once in a while, you’ll find you’ve got an application installed on your Ubuntu system that you can’t find in the Ubuntu Software Manager. sudo apt-get remove <package name> will often work, but sometimes, the package name isn’t what you expected (Dropbox, or nautilus-dropbox, … Read more

install ffmpeg sudo apt install ffmpeg ffmpeg does the heavy lifting: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.mp4 Source: https://bparkerproductions.com/linux-how-to-easily-compress-a-video-with-ffmpeg/ Unfortunatley, ffmpeg doesn’t give you any idea as to the progress of the conversion install ffmpeg-bar npm install –global ffmpeg-progressbar-cli ffmpeg-bar makes it pretty: ffmpeg-bar -i input.mp4 output.avi Source: https://github.com/sidneys/ffmpeg-progressbar-cli#installation

Patches On Ubuntu 21.04, 20.10, 20.04 Or 18.04 Source: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/06/how-to-install-nautilus-with-type-ahead.html TLDR: 1. create a file (as root) in /etc/apt/preferences.d with lubomir-brindza-nautilus-typeahead-pin-1001 as the filename – you can just run this Nano command to open a new file at this location: Paste this in the file: Now save the file and exit (in Nano, save using Ctrl + o, then exit … Read more

Generates italic text which you can copy and paste into facebook, twitter, instagram and other social media posts and statuses. Wondering how this works? It’s pretty simple. There are a bunch of characters that exist, but are not included on your keyboard. In fact, there are over 100,000 of them! Emojis are examples of characters … Read more

This app beeps every time you send data to Google, and it beeps a lot You can download it here: https://github.com/berthubert/googerteller. Currently, it will only run on Linux. Source: https://mashable.com/article/app-beeps-google-tracking

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Wireless repeater Guest Wi-Fi connection Cheap internet radio Use the old router as a network switch Adapt it as a wireless bridge Convert your router into a NAS Use an old router as a web server A DIY VPN router Sell the router on eBay Set up a separate network for IoT devices Learn more … Read more

Try it. I dare you. TLDR; Head to the Google My Activity page. This collects everything from YouTube videos you’ve watched to apps you’ve opened on your Android phone. Apply a filter to only show voice recordings by clicking Filter by date & product at the top of the list, under the search bar. Scroll down and select both … Read more