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Decompressing a bzip2 file using another computer

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I have a 2 TB file which I compressed using bzip2. This file lives in a Raspberry Pi NAS. How did I compress it? I must have sent it across the network for storage in this NAS; something like this: rain$ tar cj * | ssh nas dd of=backup.tar.bz2 where rain is my laptop and nas … Leer más

My first global LibreOffice Conference

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In recent weeks I had the opportunity to attend the LibreOffice Conference 2025 in the ELTE Informatikai Kar. had earlier been part of the 4th Latin American LibreOffice Conference (Mexico City, Mexico, 2023) but this is the first time I attend the global edition. I was particularly glad that it took place in Budapest, Hungary, as it had … Leer más

Poda: finds similar directories

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I invite you to try Poda. I made this to find similar directories among multiple storage locations (or hampers as I call them in the program). The typical use case is to find out whether I find whether I have duplicate or similar directories in my laptop, the other laptop, NAS, flash drives, etc. I may have made a backup of a flash drive on my laptop and not sure what has changed where. Or even within the same storage!

[Update: There was a mistake in the use of dirdupes.py below. A sort filter was missing. It is now corrected.]

The way it works is that you first get the index of each hamper. For example, you may have four hampers:

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Calculating values for the Xfce Sensors Plugin

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The top panel on my Xfce session showing multiple sensors and how it shows too many distracting colors.

I extensively use the Xfce panel to monitor my system. I like having a picture of its state without having to launch any diagnostic tool. This proves to be quite useful! Also, should my computer experience a sudden problem and not respond anymore, I can glance at its last state before rebooting.

I have never liked the excess of colors that is present on the bar, though:

The top panel on my Xfce session showing multiple sensors and how it shows too many distracting colors.
The top panel on my Xfce session showing multiple sensors and how it shows too many distracting colors. Taken from My laptop was broken into.

This takes away from noticing effortlessly whenever something out of the ordinary is occurring. So I put everything (or as much as possible) in gray shades. I managed to change its appearance quite easily:

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