Notes on standard Ubuntu 24.04 install sequence
Here is my favorite set of steps when doing fresh install of the Ubuntu 24.04. What I like here - not need to install NVidia drivers! they are installed automagically.
Where is a context menu customisation in Nautilus?
After installing fresh linux on fresh PC I was surprised that I could not find an easy way to customise context menu in Ubuntu 24.04.
quick ubuntu and mint version check
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.
Ollama on Intel CPU Efficient vs Performance cores
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.
Useful MinIO Commands
MinIO provides two standard UIs: (1) MinIO Console - That’s a web UI, and
(2) MinIO Command - this is a commandline util mc.
Overview and installing Minio
MinIO is an open-source, high-performance, distributed object storage system designed to be fully compatible with the Amazon S3 API.
Rearrange terminal windows right from the start
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.
Configuring ollama for parallel requests executions.
When the Ollama server receives two requests at the same time, its behavior depends on its configuration and available system resources.
Free database management tool in Linux and Windows
DBeaver is a universal database management tool and SQL client designed for developers, database administrators, analysts, and anyone who works with data professionally.
A bit of system administration
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.
some usefull venv commands
Venv is a virtual environment management commandline tool. A much more simple one, comparing to Anaconda. Here are some usefull venv commands.
When you need to pull out image from a PDF file
Sometimes there is a real need to save image from pdf without screenshoting or rendering the pdf on the screen.
pdfimages helps with that.
Visual Studio Code Cheatsheet is here
Quickly have a look inside jwt token
Here are some effective methods for decoding and printing JWT tokens directly from the command line:
When you urgently need to encode file to base64
Here are examples how to Encode and Decode file to Base64 on Windows, Linux and Mac.
