Archive for March, 2020

TypeCatcher Font Picker

📅 March 25, 2020
“Is there an easy way to preview, pick, and install fonts?”

Yes!

Hidden within the depths of the Ubuntu repository is a (probably) little-known program called TypeCatcher that allows you to preview, download, and install fonts directly from Google Fonts without needing to visit the Google Fonts web site at all.

Fonts can be quickly viewed and either downloaded to your computer or installed on your system with the click of a button. Talk about easy!

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How to View Graphics Card Info in Bash

📅 March 12, 2020
“What kind of graphics card am I using?”

If you write a script or log into a remote system via SSH, is it possible to discover what kind of graphics card is running on the system using only the command line?

Indeed it is!

In fact, we can use a variety of terminal programs to sift through the information, but we will look at three programs: lspci, lshw, and nvidia-smi.

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