adding DoD certs to ubuntu/mint

Mostly for the purposes of getting the VMWare Horizon client authenticating to DoD VDI

1. Download .p7b files from militarycac.com
2. For each one run openssl pkcs7 -inform der -in xxx.p7b -out xxx.crt
3. Create directory /usr/share/ca-certs/dod
4. Copy all .crt files to directory
5. Run dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates
6. Select the new certs
7. Let script run
8. Profit!

Bluetooth from console

When the Mint bluetooth manager fails you

1. systemctl is-enabled bluetooth.service
2. systemctl status bluetooth.service
3. rfkill
4. rfkill unblock bluetooth
5. bluetoothctl
6. power on
7. scan on
8. pair xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
9. trust xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
10. connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Update and relaunch docker containers

Particularly useful for SearxNG

1. log into host
2. cd to project directory
3. docker-compose pull
4. docker-compose down
5. docker-compose up --detach

Zero out a hard drive

1. hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass hddpass /dev/sdx
2. hdparm --user-master u --security-erase hddpass /dev/sdx

Fix steam to run certain "problematic" games

1. Go to directory for the game under SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/$GAME
2. Create a file called dxvk.conf
3. Contents:

dxgi.customDeviceId = 1C81
dxgi.customVendorId = 10DE

Redragon K556 controls

• FN+INS - switch between Trail of Light, Breathing, Normally On
• FN+HOME - switch between Ripple Graph, Pass Without Trace, Coastal
• FN+PGUP - switch between Hurricane, Accumulate, Digital Times
• FN+DEL - switch between Go With The Stream, Clouds Fly, Winding Paths
• FN+END - switch between Flowers Blooming, Snow Winter Jasmine, Swift Action
• FN+PGDN - switch between Both Ways, Surmount, Fast and the Furious
• FN+WIN - lock/unlock WIN key and functions
• FN+up/down arrow - adjust brightness
• FN+left - adjust running direction
• FN+right - adjust backlight color
• FN+PRTSCR - restore default settings
• FN+~ - go into programming mode

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