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Dealing with Serial Ports

Tinker: /* Dealing with Serial Ports */

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Dealing with Serial Ports

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= Maintenance =

== User Management ==

* [https://askubuntu.com/questions/25633/how-to-migrate-user-settings-and-data-to-new-machine How to migrate user settings and data to new machine?]

== Networking ==

Automatically mounting directories on an as-needed basis... See [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs Autofs]

== Services ==

[https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=216097#p1130239 Telnet and ftp services]

=== FTP ===

[https://itsfoss.com/set-ftp-server-linux/ How To Set Up Your FTP Server In Linux]

[https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd/vsftpd_conf.html Man: vsftpd.conf]

=== Restart a service ===

<code>sudo service FOOBAR restart</code>

or

<code>sudo systemctl restart FOOBAR.service</code>

Where "FOOBAR" is the name of the service you want to restart...

== Hardware Information ==

* [http://www.binarytides.com/linux-commands-hardware-info/ 16 commands to check hardware information on Linux]
* [http://www.tecmint.com/commands-to-collect-system-and-hardware-information-in-linux/ 10 Useful Commands to Collect System and Hardware Information in Linux]
* [https://www.maketecheasier.com/check-hardware-information-linux/ How to Check Hardware Information on Linux Using Command Line]

== determine details about an install ==

Find out Distro Name:

<code>cat /etc/issue</code>

== Using TimeShift ==

* [https://linuxhint.com/timeshift_linux_mint_19_usb/ A fairly good tutorial]

= Software Updates & versions NOT from the repositories =

* HexChat
** <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:overcoder/hexchat</code>
** <code>sudo apt-get update</code>

= how to format USB Flash Disk using terminal =

* First, you have to find out which device (/dev/sd??) your USB stick is. Therefore look at the output of

<code>sudo fdisk -l</code>

or

<code>lsblk</code>

*After that unmount the device/partition (if necessary) by running

<code>sudo umount /dev/sd??</code>

Make sure you replaced ?? with the correct device/partition name from the previous output.

*To format The partition as FAT32 use

<code>mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sd??</code>

Again replace ?? with your respective letters.

'''Be careful that if you enter the wrong device name, you might also accidentally format your hard disk!'''

= Dealing with Serial Ports =

[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5347962/how-to-connect-to-a-terminal-to-serial-usb-device-on-ubuntu-10-10 How to connect to a terminal to Serial-USB]

[http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/find-out-linux-serial-ports-with-setserial/ How To Check and Use Serial Ports Under Linux]

Finding the serial ports:

<code>dmesg | grep tty</code>

Make a Linux machine respond to a serial port:

<code>sudo /sbin/agetty ttyS0</code>

Make a Linux machine talk to a serial port:

<code>sudo screen /dev/ttyS0 38400</code>

or

<code>sudo minicom --device /dev/ttyS0</code>

= Dealing with File Formats =

* [http://dailytechnologiesupdate.blogspot.ca/2011/11/converting-dmg-to-iso-file-in-ubuntu.html Converting .dmg to .iso file]
* [https://askubuntu.com/a/1021427 Open and convert CHM documents]
* [https://www.tecmint.com/how-to-open-extract-and-create-rar-files-in-linux/ How to Open, Extract and Create RAR Files in Linux]

= How to remove an audio track from an mp4 video file? =

* [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6402/how-to-remove-an-audio-track-from-an-mp4-video-file stackexchange]

= Sound =

* [https://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/how-to-play-midi-files-under-ubuntu-linux/ How to play midi files under Ubuntu Linux]

= OCR =

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_aqncTWgkk Image to Text - OCR - Tesseract - Linux - Tutorial]

= Using Windows Applications =

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEs4Linux IEs4Linux] (May no longer be available...)
* [https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] (Good for some old games)

= Interesting Experiments =

* [https://www.linux.com/blog/building-beowulf-cluster-just-13-steps Building a Beowulf Cluster in just 13 steps]

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 '''SEARCH:''' [https://www.google.com/search?q=live%20usb%20linux%20mint%20persistent&ved=0ahUKEwjm37rbiancAhWK0YMKHW6kAUoQsKwBCDsoADAB&biw=1260&bih=656 live usb linux mint persistent]
-= Maintenance =
+=Maintenance=
-== User Management ==
+==User Management==
-* [https://askubuntu.com/questions/25633/how-to-migrate-user-settings-and-data-to-new-machine How to migrate user settings and data to new machine?]
+*[https://askubuntu.com/questions/25633/how-to-migrate-user-settings-and-data-to-new-machine How to migrate user settings and data to new machine?]
-== Networking ==
+==Networking==
 Automatically mounting directories on an as-needed basis... See [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs Autofs]
-== Services ==
+==Services==
 [https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=216097#p1130239 Telnet and ftp services]
-=== FTP ===
+===FTP===
 [https://itsfoss.com/set-ftp-server-linux/ How To Set Up Your FTP Server In Linux]
@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 [https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd/vsftpd_conf.html Man: vsftpd.conf]
-=== Restart a service ===
+===Restart a service===
 <code>sudo service FOOBAR restart</code>
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 Where "FOOBAR" is the name of the service you want to restart...
-== Hardware Information ==
+==Hardware Information==
-* [http://www.binarytides.com/linux-commands-hardware-info/ 16 commands to check hardware information on Linux]
+*[http://www.binarytides.com/linux-commands-hardware-info/ 16 commands to check hardware information on Linux]
-* [http://www.tecmint.com/commands-to-collect-system-and-hardware-information-in-linux/ 10 Useful Commands to Collect System and Hardware Information in Linux]
+*[http://www.tecmint.com/commands-to-collect-system-and-hardware-information-in-linux/ 10 Useful Commands to Collect System and Hardware Information in Linux]
-* [https://www.maketecheasier.com/check-hardware-information-linux/ How to Check Hardware Information on Linux Using Command Line]
+*[https://www.maketecheasier.com/check-hardware-information-linux/ How to Check Hardware Information on Linux Using Command Line]
-== determine details about an install ==
+==determine details about an install==
 Find out Distro Name:
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 <code>cat /etc/issue</code>
-== Using TimeShift ==
+==Using TimeShift==
-* [https://linuxhint.com/timeshift_linux_mint_19_usb/ A fairly good tutorial]
+*[https://linuxhint.com/timeshift_linux_mint_19_usb/ A fairly good tutorial]
-= Software Updates & versions NOT from the repositories =
+=Software Updates & versions NOT from the repositories=
-* HexChat
+*HexChat
-** <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:overcoder/hexchat</code>
+**<code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:overcoder/hexchat</code>
-** <code>sudo apt-get update</code>
+**<code>sudo apt-get update</code>
-= how to format USB Flash Disk using terminal =
+=how to format USB Flash Disk using terminal=
-* First, you have to find out which device (/dev/sd??) your USB stick is. Therefore look at the output of
+*First, you have to find out which device (/dev/sd??) your USB stick is. Therefore look at the output of
 <code>sudo fdisk -l</code>
@@ Line 78: / Line 78: @@
 '''Be careful that if you enter the wrong device name, you might also accidentally format your hard disk!'''
-= Dealing with Serial Ports =
+=Dealing with Serial Ports=
 [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5347962/how-to-connect-to-a-terminal-to-serial-usb-device-on-ubuntu-10-10 How to connect to a terminal to Serial-USB]
 [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/find-out-linux-serial-ports-with-setserial/ How To Check and Use Serial Ports Under Linux]
 Finding the serial ports:
@@ Line 100: / Line 102: @@
 <code>sudo minicom --device /dev/ttyS0</code>
-= Dealing with File Formats =
+=Dealing with File Formats=
-* [http://dailytechnologiesupdate.blogspot.ca/2011/11/converting-dmg-to-iso-file-in-ubuntu.html Converting .dmg to .iso file]
+*[http://dailytechnologiesupdate.blogspot.ca/2011/11/converting-dmg-to-iso-file-in-ubuntu.html Converting .dmg to .iso file]
-* [https://askubuntu.com/a/1021427 Open and convert CHM documents]
+*[https://askubuntu.com/a/1021427 Open and convert CHM documents]
-* [https://www.tecmint.com/how-to-open-extract-and-create-rar-files-in-linux/ How to Open, Extract and Create RAR Files in Linux]
+*[https://www.tecmint.com/how-to-open-extract-and-create-rar-files-in-linux/ How to Open, Extract and Create RAR Files in Linux]
-= How to remove an audio track from an mp4 video file? =
+=How to remove an audio track from an mp4 video file?=
-* [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6402/how-to-remove-an-audio-track-from-an-mp4-video-file stackexchange]
+*[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6402/how-to-remove-an-audio-track-from-an-mp4-video-file stackexchange]
-= Sound =
+=Sound=
-* [https://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/how-to-play-midi-files-under-ubuntu-linux/ How to play midi files under Ubuntu Linux]
+*[https://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/how-to-play-midi-files-under-ubuntu-linux/ How to play midi files under Ubuntu Linux]
-= OCR =
+=OCR=
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_aqncTWgkk Image to Text - OCR - Tesseract - Linux - Tutorial]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_aqncTWgkk Image to Text - OCR - Tesseract - Linux - Tutorial]
-= Using Windows Applications =
+=Using Windows Applications=
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEs4Linux IEs4Linux] (May no longer be available...)
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEs4Linux IEs4Linux] (May no longer be available...)
-* [https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] (Good for some old games)
+*[https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] (Good for some old games)
-= Interesting Experiments =
+=Interesting Experiments=
-* [https://www.linux.com/blog/building-beowulf-cluster-just-13-steps Building a Beowulf Cluster in just 13 steps]
+*[https://www.linux.com/blog/building-beowulf-cluster-just-13-steps Building a Beowulf Cluster in just 13 steps]