Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Useful Tools and Commands for Linux Users

I have composed a small cheat sheet with useful commands for Linux users. The document contains a variety of basic commands, tools, and hints for beginners but also includes information that might be useful for advanced users. Note that some of the commands are only available on Ubuntu- / Debian-based systems.

[last update: 2023-03]

How to backup photos when traveling

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I’m a person who really likes to take photos on vacation, and I would be frustrated if I lost some (or even all) of them before I get home. When you think about it, there are many things that could happen to your camera and memory card: You could lose it, or it could get damaged, stolen or experience a hardware failure. Therefore I think it’s important to make a backup of your photos on a daily basis. But how?

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Room acoustics, the basis for HiFi audio

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Admittedly, room acoustics is quite a complex matter, but I will try to present it as structured and briefly as possible.
This article is aimed at people who want to get the most out of their speaker system at home. However, this is not a complete how-to guide, it will only give you an overview and hints to point you in the right direction.
Note that some basic knowledge about sound and loudspeakers is required in order to understand this article.

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