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Recursively finding symbolic links

by tgutwin


Posted on Tuesday Mar 18, 2025 at 04:02PM in Linux


Have you ever needed to find all the symbolic links you have created to a certain directory? fedora.pngI recently wanted to move some partitions around on my drives and needed to see where I had mounted and linked to them before I moved them.

Here is a quick way to search for all the links.

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My Husky Expeditions

by tgutwin


Posted on Friday Dec 13, 2024 at 10:52PM in Motorcycles


I already have over 2000km on my Husky and I feel like I haven't gone anywhere yet. MyNorden901Exp_EastGate_SimilkemeenRiverBed-PaysatenBridge_16x10.jpgI haven't even taken it on a camping trip. Here are some of the places I have explored so far (as of Dec. 10, 2024)

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Klim Edge Off-Road Goggle

by tgutwin


Posted on Friday Dec 13, 2024 at 06:33PM in Motorcycles


I just Klim_EdgeGoggle-HexStrikingPetrolSmokeBlue.png got the Klim Edge Off-Road Goggle specifically to get a good fit in my Krios Pro helmet. It fits perfectly and the view is fantastic!

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SiDI Crossfire 3 Motocross Boots & Shifter Adjustment

by tgutwin


Posted on Tuesday Nov 26, 2024 at 11:10PM in Motorcycles


SiDICrossfire3_FullBlack-side.webp I bought the super protective SiDI Crossfire 3 Motocross Boots and they feel and fit really good.

I bought the full black  size 43 for my 10.5 shoesize foot and the fit is perfect along with the high adjustable inner cuff. They even walk about comfortably - better than I expected. I don't want to injure myself while I am out havin' fun and these offer the best protection I could find.

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DBParts Upper Crash Bar On My Norden 901 Expedition

by tgutwin


Posted on Saturday Sep 28, 2024 at 12:20AM in Motorcycles


I purchased & imported and installed an upper crash bar on my Norden. They are from a company called DB Parts in Netherlands?? 

It's WHITE and goes along well with all the other white accents on the bike.

I was originally going for a black one so it would be kinda less noticeable, but the white looks good!

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Installing Husqvarna Handguard kit

by tgutwin


Posted on Sunday Sep 22, 2024 at 06:56PM in Motorcycles


I wanted something more robust, so I could either get some Barkbusters or the OEM equivalent at a much better price. Part# 63502979000AB

They look and feel good and strong - having an embedded aluminum bar for more strength.

HOWEVER; careful on the install - the instruction start off by telling you to cut the existing handlebar and grips back by 20cm. WTF - that is not needed for the Norden 901.  DO NOT cut your handlebars; its not needed. I installed fully and completely without cutting anything. See my install below:

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My New Motorbike: 2024 - Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition

by tgutwin


Posted on Sunday Sep 22, 2024 at 03:47PM in Motorcycles


I bought a new 2024 - Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition Toms Norden 901 Exp RightSide

Its a big new "Adventure" style bike - it's exactly everything I wanted... no compromise.

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AC measurement using a Multi-Meter

by tgutwin


Posted on Saturday Jan 13, 2024 at 08:24PM in Technology


Simple Oscilloscope.jpgmulti-meters probably will not give you an accurate AC reading (in AC mode) when checking the DC side of a rectification circuit.  You really need to use an oscilloscope.

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I'm Still Here ...

by tgutwin


Posted on Thursday Dec 21, 2023 at 10:38AM in General


A Quick Hi to let everyone know I am still here and still playing with all the usual stuff.dontpanic_300x300.png

Software, Electronics, Music, Outdoors/Camping, Kayaking, Traveling / Exploring and just having FUN!


(Trying to) Install NVIDIA driver on ASUS Zenbook Fedora

by tgutwin


Posted on Sunday Jun 03, 2018 at 08:08PM in Technology


It did not work because I could not disable intel video chipset in my uefi bios. :( fedora icon

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ASUS Zenbook UX501V - Upgrade F27 to F28

by tgutwin


Posted on Sunday Jun 03, 2018 at 04:52PM in Technology


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UPDATE to F30. and Fixed acpi (see grub commandine below)

NVidia driver issues still persist, but I finally debugged (and disabled) acpi consistent errors that had be plaguing me in F27.

I added a kernel boot param to my Grub2 commandline.

  • acpi=off

use the following to fix grub

grubby --info=ALL
grubby --remove-args="acpi=off" --update-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.19-100.fc30.x86_64

grubby --set-default /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.19-100.fc30.x86_64
grub2-mkconfig
grubby --info=ALL

You can also remove a kernel from the grub menu with

grubby --remove-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-5.5.10-100.fc30.x86_64

You can also remove the actual kernels

rpm -qa kernel

dnf remove kernel-5.5.16-100.fc30.x86_64

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Shrink Gnome 3 Titlebar

by tgutwin


Posted on Monday Sep 04, 2017 at 07:34PM in Linux


Fedora IconThe default window titlebars in Gnome on Fedora 26 ar too fat (thick), so I wanted to reduce their size.

They are config'd in the Themes (/usr/share/Themes or ~/.themes) gtk.css
OR
in a CSS file in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

 

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FIXED - Jura Milk Foam Splattering

by tgutwin


Posted on Saturday Feb 04, 2017 at 12:38PM in General


Jura Z6 imageI have a Jura Z6 Super Automatic Espresso/coffee maker.

Recently I noticed it was NOT making a nice smooth stream of milk foam when previously it had been.  It now was splattering all around the cup and not making much milk foam froth.

I fixed it.

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Creating a JAR file with only the classes needed

by tgutwin


Posted on Sunday Jan 29, 2017 at 01:46PM in Programming


CupOfJava.jpgHave you ever wanted to create a JAR file for your Java class but only wanted to collect and jar the class files required by your class?
I found a very useful class to do this for you:
It is called: ZipLock written by Stuart D. Gathman at his company Business Management Systems.

Direct link to Original ZipLock.java file.
Its perfectly simple and OpenSource!  Thanks Stuart.

I also wrote a simple bash script below to wrap the calling of the java class...

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Neutron Music Player Song Ratings - Database transfer

by tgutwin


Posted on Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 08:24PM in Technology


Neutron LogoNeutron Music Player Song Ratings: I needed to transfer all the 1000s of song ratings from an old android pad to a new one. I figured out how to access and restore the song ratings in the Neutron music player (Android) SQLite database.

See the SQL, database tables and how I did it.

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