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amd_graphics

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Diagnostic commands for AMD graphics cards AMDGPU References * TODO * Query Power Info sudo watch --interval '0.5' cat '/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_pm_info' Power Sates cat '/sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage'

appimage

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Temporary commands to install some software distributed as AppImages devilutionx mkdir -p ~/'.local/bin/devilutionx' && mv --force --verbose ~/'Downloads/devilutionx-linux-x86_64.appimage' ~/'.local/bin/devilutionx' && chmod +x ~/'.local/bin/devilutionx/devilutionx-linux-x86_64.appimage' && sync

arch_linux_install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Arch Linux Installation Download * Installation Notes * Initial EFI Entry Wipe * Repeat -b for every entry that appears with -v efibootmgr -vefibootmgr -b 0000 -Befibootmgr -b 0001 -Befibootmgr -O Drive Wipe * See Drive Wipe for thorough erase

arch_linux_partitioning

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Various partitioning layouts * Tailored for Arch Linux Install GPT, EFI, No LVM, No Encryption * 512.0 MiB ef00 EFI System * [remaining] 8300 Linux filesystem gdisk * n (create new partition) * 1 (partition number) * Enter (use default first sector)

backlight

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Backlight * The following commands with an asterisk expect only one backlight controller at /sys/class/backlight * This was only tested on one laptop with intel_backlight * See on how to add backlight changes to a udev script * See backlight for more details

chicago95_git

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-31T13:44:48+00:00

Dependencies * openSUSE Tumbleweed (Xfce) sudo zypper install git-core canberra-gtk-play TODOs * Chicago95 * rm -Rf '/tmp/Chicago95-master' ~/'.themes/Chicago95' ~/'.icons/Chicago95' ~/'.icons/Chicago95_Standard_Cursors' ~/'.local/share/sounds/Chicago95'git clone --branch 'master' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95.…

cru_to_modeline

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Generate Linux-compatible Modeline syntax from CRU-generated values * Custom Resolution Utility (CRU) * Syntax Source Syntax * Modeline * Name * Pixel clock * Horizontal Active * Horizontal Active + Horizontal Front porch * Horizontal Active + Horizontal Front porch + Horizontal Sync width

disk_format_filesystems

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Wipe Disk * drive_wipe lsblksudo wipefs -a -f '/dev/sdb'sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdb' count='8096' XFS * No Partition Table * TODO: mkfs.xfs -L instead of label later sudo mkfs.xfs '/dev/sda'sudo xfs_admin -L 'NAS' /dev/sda ext4 sudo mkfs.ext4 -D -L 'NAS' -v '/dev/sdb1'

drive_wipe

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-18T18:40:51+00:00

Information * Quick-commands to wipe drives and clear EFI variables * Notably performs full-drive TRIMs for SSDs (ArchWiki) * Useful to perform before OS installations * https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso

ext4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-26T00:31:57+00:00

AIO Spinesnap * /dev/nvme0n1p2 on / type ext4 * /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /boot/efi type vfat * openSUSE Tumbleweed (GNOME) sudo e2fsck -D -E 'discard,optimize_extents,inode_count_fullmap,check_encoding,unshare_blocks' -f -v -y '/dev/nvme0n1p2' && sudo mkdir -p '/mnt/nvme0n1p2-m' && sudo mount '/dev/nvme0n1p2' '/mnt/nvme0n1p2-m' && sudo e4defrag -v '/dev/nvme0n1p2' && sync && sudo umount '/dev/nvme0n1p2' && sudo fsck.fat -a -f -t -w -V -v '/dev/nvme0n1p1'

fat_fs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-26T00:32:09+00:00

* -t Mark unreadable clusters as bad (takes longer on USB) sudo dosfsck -a -w -v '/dev/sda1'sudo dosfsck -a -w -v '/dev/nvme0n1p1' -t WoeUSB FAT sudo umount '/dev/sda'* || sudo dosfsck -a -w -v '/dev/sda1' && sync

firewalld

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-01T02:09:19+00:00

Firewalld * List Active Rules sudo firewall-cmd --list-all List Available Services sudo firewall-cmd --get-services Show Service Info * Change x to name of a service from above * This shows what ports and protocols a service covers sudo firewall-cmd --info-service=x

gnome_hdmi_full_rgb

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-17T06:05:53+00:00

* * * (maxbpc) * (rgbrange) * Full RGB nano ~/'.config/monitors.xml'…

gsettings

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-11T04:14:03+00:00

GNOME gsettings set 'org.gnome.software' 'download-updates' 'false'gsettings reset 'org.gnome.shell' 'app-picker-layout'gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'enable-animations' 'false'gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-date' 'true'

i915_guc_firmware

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Dell Inc. Latitude 5591/0F4TD7 * Intel Core i5-8400H * Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) * Fedora 38 * Linux Spinesnap 6.3.12-200.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jul 6 04:05:18 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux Enabled i915.enable_guc=3

intel_uhd_vaapi_vainfo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-01T07:09:13+00:00

Information * vainfo comparisons * Intel UHD 630 Free sudo zypper install 'intel-vaapi-driver' Trying display: wayland Trying display: x11 vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.22.0) vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Coffee Lake - 2.4.5 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2…

kernel_parameters_todo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-06T05:09:25+00:00

TODO dell_lis3lv02d.probe_i2c_addr='1'drm_kms_helper.fbdev_emulation='0'splash=silent resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/x quiet security= systemd-analyze Startup finished in 4.464s (firmware) + 526ms (loader) + 329ms (kernel) + 1.595s (initrd) + 2.479s (userspace) = 9.394s graphical.target reached after 2.479s in userspace.

kernel_parameters

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-21T08:21:26+00:00

Information * Various kernel options * * * systemd-boot * :!: 2024: systemd-boot doesn't handle typewriter apostrophes 'like this' , but GRUB handles it fine * :!: 2024/05/18: systemd-boot on oS TW doesn't delete old initrds automatically, doesn't handle typewriter apostrophes, doesn't su…

max_performance_scripts

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Game Performance AMD * AMD Ryzen 7 2700X * Radeon RX 6600 XT * :!: mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && nano ~/'.local/scripts/Game.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/Game.sh' #!/bin/sh sync ############## # CPU Tuning # ############## # Performance Governor # 16-core CPU echo 'performance' | sudo tee '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor' echo 'performance' | sudo tee '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_gove…

misc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-25T10:58:09+00:00

Information * Miscellaneous commands, paths, info, and syntax for Linux * Most of this was previously under the “Notable Folders and Commands” section at the bottom of distro notes Shortcuts /usr/share/applications~/.local/share/applications

modprobe.d_tweaks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-25T09:22:32+00:00

Spinesnap i915 * :?: HuC firmware timed-out likely with disabling PAVP (enable_guc=0) sudo -e '/etc/modprobe.d/99-i915-tweaks.conf' options i915 mitigations=off options i915 disable_power_well=0 options i915 enable_dc=0 options i915 enable_sagv=0 options i915 enable_fbc=0 options i915 enable_psr=0 options i915 enable_psr2_sel_fetch=0 options i915 panel_use_ssc=0 options i915 enable_dpcd_backlight=0 options i915 enable_guc=0 options i915 enable_dmc_wl=3 options i915 enable_flipq=1 options…

nvidia_open_gpu_kernel_modules

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Module Source * main Dependencies * Fedora Workstation (GNOME) * Last tested: 2022/10/13 sudo dnf install git kernel-devel gcc-c++ Download/Update Source cd ~ && mkdir -p ~/'Projects' && rm -Rf ~/'Projects/nvidia-open/src' && git clone --branch 'main' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules.git' ~/'Projects/nvidia-open/src' && sync

rpm_fusion

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-11T04:18:55+00:00

Information * RPM Fusion * Prerequisites * Fedora Workstation (GNOME) Repositories free * sudo rpm --import 'https://rpmfusion.org/keys?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-2020' && sudo dnf install 'https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-'$(rpm -E %fedora)'.noarch.rpm' -y

rsync_nas

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-25T09:56:34+00:00

* vsftpd - fstab * * rsync --verbose --recursive --update --ignore-existing --progress '/var/ftp/nas1/' '/var/ftp/nas2/' Main NAS Backup to Back-up * --exclude Videos for separate drive rsync --recursive --update --ignore-existing --verbose --debug='ALL' --exclude 'Videos' '/run/media/espionage724/NAS/' '/run/media/espionage72…

samba_cifs_mount

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-06T08:05:31+00:00

* Was useful during a LiveUSB session * :!: uid needs to be that of the LiveUSB session user for GUI folder drag/drop to work mkdir -p /media/nas && mount -t cifs //192.168.1.152/E /media/nas -o uid=1000,username=Espionage724 New sudo mkdir -p '/mnt/NAS' && sudo mount.cifs '//192.168.1.152/NAS' '/mnt/NAS' -o username=$USER uid='1000' gid='1000'

systemd_script_sandbox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Relatively Safe * These shouldn't break anything, but check MemoryDenyWriteExecute and RestrictNamespaces first should something break ProtectSystem=true ProtectHome=true PrivateTmp=true PrivateDevices=true ProtectKernelTunables=true ProtectKernelModules=true ProtectControlGroups=true RestrictNamespaces=true MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true RestrictRealtime=true

trim_test

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Tests TRIM functionality Credit * * * Script #!/bin/bash # # This script is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either…

ufs_freebsd_mount

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

mount -t ufs -o loop,ro,ufstype=ufs2 /dev/nvme0n1p2 /media/p2

ufw_uncomplicated_firewall

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Resources * * * Show Current Rules * Ubuntu List sudo ufw status Numbered sudo ufw status numbered Show Supported Apps sudo ufw app listTest Get App Info * Change x to an app listed in above command sudo ufw app info xsudo ufw app info 'CUP…

vpn.ac

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * VPN.AC Keys mkdir -p ~/'.cert/vpn.ac' && wget -O ~/'.cert/vpn.ac/ca.crt' 'https://vpn.ac/ovpn/ca.crt' && wget -O ~/'.cert/vpn.ac/tls-preshared-256.key' 'https://vpn.ac/ovpn/tls-preshared-256.key' && sync SELinux sudo restorecon -F -I -R -v ~/'.cert'

windows_osi_strings

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Windows Windows 10, version 1703 Windows 2017 Windows 10, version 1607 Windows 2016 Windows 10 Windows 2015 Windows Server Technical Preview Windows 2015 Windows 8.1 Windows 2013 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 2013 Windows 8 Windows 2012

windows_registry_recovery

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * Deletes bad values under Image File Execution Options\dwm.exe * Source * 2025/05/14: Tested with openSUSE Leap LiveUSB HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\dwm.exe Unmark Dirty

wine_wayland_vulkan_wow_335

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

* fedora_workstation_gnome * world_of_warcraft_3.3.5 * * DXVK master (2.0+) had unplayable graphical artifacting and froze at main menu (might only be with DXVK_HUD=full) * WoW doesn't use Xwayland with below tweaks; works great with software cursor (doesn't feel floaty; felt floaty without DXVK/Wine-Wayland)

wine

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-07T04:29:23+00:00

Tweaks sudo -e '/etc/profile.d/wine-tweaks.sh' # Staging export STAGING_SHARED_MEMORY='1' export STAGING_WRITECOPY='1' export WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE='1' # Logging export WINEDEBUG='-all' export VKD3D_DEBUG='none' export VKD3D_SHADER_DEBUG='none' export DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' # DXVK export DXVK_CONFIG='dxvk.enableGraphicsPipelineLibrary = False' export DXVK_SHADER_CACHE='0' # End

woeusb

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-26T00:17:53+00:00

Information * WoeUSB * * For copying Windows images to USB drives Download * 5.2.4 wget -O '/tmp/woeusb.bash' 'https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB/releases/download/v5.2.4/woeusb-5.2.4.bash' && chmod +x '/tmp/woeusb.bash' Dependencies sudo zypper install -y wimtools grub2-i386-pc

x86_energy_perf_policy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-07T01:16:35+00:00

Information * x86_energy_perf_policy as udev rule * Alternative to tuned, tlp, etc watch --interval '0.5' grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'sudo '/usr/bin/x86_energy_perf_policy' --all 'performance' --turbo-enable '1' --force Prerequisites openSUSE Tumbleweed

xfs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-20T05:28:44+00:00

AIO Spinesnap * /dev/nvme0n1p2 on / type xfs * /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /boot/efi type vfat * openSUSE Tumbleweed (GNOME) sudo xfs_repair -v '/dev/nvme0n1p2' && sudo mkdir -p '/mnt/nvme0n1p2-m' && sudo mount '/dev/nvme0n1p2' '/mnt/nvme0n1p2-m' && sudo xfs_fsr -v '/dev/nvme0n1p2' && sync && sudo umount '/dev/nvme0n1p2' && sudo fsck.fat -a -f -t -w -V -v '/dev/nvme0n1p1'

xone_xbox_controller_module

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-11T10:43:12+00:00

Information * xone * master Dependencies * Fedora Workstation * Last tested: 2022/06/29 on Fedora 36 sudo dnf install dkms kernel-devel Download/Update Source cd ~ && mkdir -p ~/'Projects' && rm -Rf ~/'Projects/xone/src' && git clone --branch 'master' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/medusalix/xone.git' ~/'Projects/xone/src' && sync

xorg.conf_snippets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-08T13:17:58+00:00

Debugging mousepad '/var/log/Xorg.0.log'cp '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' ~ && gio open ~/'Xorg.0.log'cat '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' | grep 'Using input driver'cat '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' | grep 'intel('cat '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' | grep 'modeset('cat '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' | grep 'DRI3'