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== Linux

=== Random commands

Split some pages from a PDF::
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$ pdftk myoldfile.pdf cat 1 2 4 5 output mynewfile.pdf
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Resizing disks::
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$ fdisk     # delete and recreate the partition
$ resize2fs # resize to the new partition
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Adjust IO priority::
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$ iotop -c 3 pid  # -c 3 is "when idle"
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Take a screenshot of an area::
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$ scrot -s output.png
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=== Alpine

https://www.alpinelinux.org/[Alpine] is a lightweight linux distribution that
uses musl libc and busybox. It is often used in docker images due to its
relatively small footprint.

==== Notes

* The equivalent of Ubuntu's `build-essential` is `build-base`