JD's Linux Love

I’ve done some work tweaking my Conky config since I made my move to Arch Linux, but it still has a way to go. Much like looking at fancy desktops, I’m always jealous of the great Conky displays I see. Maybe this site will spur me on to great heights!

Very cool little web app from the Linux Format folks that lets you build Linux commands and their myriad options by checking them off on a form. Really nice guide for newbies and experts alike!

Everybody loves a good collection of wallpapers and here’s 50 pretty nice look “planet” ones.

Nice list of DVD & CD rippers. I’ve been having problems with Asunder (my favorite because it will encode MP3 & Flac at the same time), so I’ve been casting about for a new CD ripper. grip is nice, although it only does one format at a time.

Since v2.04, bash has allowed you to intelligently program and extend its standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. Imagine typing ssh [Tab] and being able to complete on hosts from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts files. Or typing man 3 str [Tab] and getting a list of all string handling functions in the UNIX manual. mount system: [Tab] would complete on all exported file-systems from the host called system, while make [Tab] would complete on all targets in Makefile. This project was conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins and programmers need to do on a daily basis.

Very extensive list of bash completions.

Wallpapers are always fun, although lately I’ve just been using digital snapshots.

Some pretty good looking Linux wallpapers.