I’ll collect the Ubuntu utilities I find useful in this (continuously updated) post.
fslint: finds duplicate files in folders
Lookit: captures screenshot and uploads it to FTP/SSH/various image sharing sites. I only configured Capture are to
RSS-Aware: a simple and powerful RSS reader which stays in the panel and displays notifications if there are new items in the subscribed RSS feeds (the URLs are stored in a simple text file). Download it here.
xkill: kill windows with a key combination. Instructions are here.
nautilus-scripts: this is not an utility, just an option to extend Nautilus’ popup menu. Place your scripts in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/ and they will appear in the right click menu:
The Play with VLC on TV script I’m using here (opens the selected files with VLC on Screen3, audio out on digital S/PDIF output):
1 2 3 | #!/bin/bash DISPLAY=`echo $DISPLAY | sed s/[.]0$// | sed s/\.3$//`.3 vlc --audio-language en --sub-language=hu --spdif --aout alsa --alsa-audio-device hw:0,1 --fullscreen "$@" |
wine-launcher-creator: creates desktop launchers for wine apps. Download it here. Don’t forget to install python-qt4 with sudo apt-get install python-qt4.
gnome-keybindings import/export: a very useful script can be found here.
screenlets: widgets for your desktop. Run apt-get install screenlets, then start it’s config with screenlets.
autossh: seamlessly reconnects your SSH session when it gets disconnected. I’m using it for running tunnels in the background:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | #!/bin/bash #AUTOSSH_LOGFILE=/home/nonoo/autosshlog AUTOSSH_LOGLEVEL=0 AUTOSSH_GATETIME=0 AUTOSSH_POLL=60 export AUTOSSH_LOGLEVEL AUTOSSH_GATETIME AUTOSSH_POLL autossh -M 0 -f -N -q -g -L localport:serverhost:remoteport serverhost &>/dev/null |
smartd: monitors your HDDs/SSDs SMART status. Run sudo apt-get install smartmontools, then edit /etc/default/smartmontools and uncomment start_smartd=yes to make it start on system boot. It sends an email when something’s wrong.
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