Cheatsheet

To determine the Ubuntu version that your Linux Mint installation is based on, you can use several methods involving command-line tools and system files.

I’ve got a theory to test - if utilising ALL cores on Intel CPU would raise the speed of LLMs? This is bugging me that new gemma3 27 bit model (gemma3:27b, 17GB on ollama) is not fitting into 16GB VRAM of my GPU, and partially running on CPU.

MinIO provides two standard UIs: (1) MinIO Console - That’s a web UI, and (2) MinIO Command - this is a commandline util mc.

If you are maintaining legacy MinIO CE environments, pair this command reference with MinIO CE end of life in 2026 to plan migration and risk controls.

There are several ways to start a group of terminal tools in Linux Mint and have the terminal windows tiled, depending on your workflow and the level of automation you want.

Probably shoud call this platform engineering now. Here are some notes on how to install connect and remove the Portainer - docker images and containers manager UI.

Venv is a virtual environment management commandline tool. A much more simple one, comparing to Anaconda. Here are some useful venv commands.

Sometimes there is a real need to save images from a PDF without screenshotting or rendering the PDF on screen. pdfimages helps with that.

Most frequently used commands in Visual Studio Code

Here are some effective methods for decoding and printing JWT tokens directly from the command line:

This cheatsheet shows how to encode and decode files and strings to Base64 from the command line on Windows, Linux, and macOS — no extra tools required.

Or another day you want to extract image and text from the pdf.

Here’s a set of instructions on How to Configure to Run any Executable as a Service in Linux with Systemd.

Use PyInstaller to package Python programs as standalone executables. It works on Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Not the most efficient way, but usable.

LaTeX is a typesetting system suited for preparing nice-looking complex documents. LaTeX offers several document classes that determine the overall structure and formatting of a document.

LaTeX is a powerful typesetting system widely used for creating professional documents with complex formatting, like math formulae, especially in academic domains. Here’s a cheat sheet for LaTeX typesetting.

This Ollama CLI cheatsheet focuses on the commands you use every day (ollama ls, ollama serve, ollama run, ollama ps, model management, and common workflows), with examples you can copy/paste.