SOCKS proxy with chrome and SSH

In the particular case of an ssh proxy running, connected to something like ssh -D 4321 blah.com

google-chrome --proxy-server="socks5://127.0.0.1:4321" --host-resolver-rules="MAP * 0.0.0.0 , EXCLUDE 127.0.0.1"

OSX

 /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOSogle\ Chrome --proxy-server="socks5://127.0.0.1:4321" --host-resolver-rules="MAP * 0.0.0.0 , EXCLUDE 127.0.0.1"

Skype on Ubuntu 14.04

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ trusty partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype

Install xvfb Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install xvfb x11-xkb-utils xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic x11-apps

xvfb-run app

 xvfb-run -a python get_lyrics.py http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Des%27ree:Save_Me

 xvfb-run -a -e /dev/stdout python -u get_lyrics.py http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Des%27ree:Save_Me 2>&1

Install MATLAB Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386
sudo apt-get install lib32z1
sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo apt-get install python-software-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer

sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386 libXext6:i386 libxi6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libxt6:i386 libxpm4:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 lib32stdc++6

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib
Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and change the name to eth0

Install headless bittorrent client

apt-get source bittornado 

I set up aliases to btdownloadcurses.py and btdownloadmany.py

btdownloadcurses --max_uploads 4 --max_upload_rate 32 to_be_downloaded.torrent

 
btdownloadmany --max_uploads 4 --max_upload_rate 32 .

where . is a directory full of torrent files. 

Update to latest NVIDIA drivers Ubuntu

Best:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/672047/anyone-has-successfully-installed-cuda-7-5-on-ubuntu-14-04-3-lts-x86-64

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/ubuntu-x-swat

Rate limited recusrsive wget

wget -r -np --limit-rate=10m -nH -A.mp3 http://servername.com/mp3/