The Low Disk Space warning in Debian and Ubuntu is set at 95% and minimum 1 GB free space, which can sometimes be too late if space is running out.
If you would like to get a warning earlier, and more time to clear up space before everything crashes, open dconf and set these values.
Click "Play" (1) and select "Workshop Maps" (2) from the drop-down. Click the right hand side "Visit Workshop" link (3), find a map, select it, and click "Subscribe" (4) to download it.
Press Shift + Tab to return to the game, or click "Click here to return to the game" at the top. It should now be available under "Workshop Maps".
If you want to save a little space, consider disabling the tab area. By default it's only used to show the current folder.
To disable tabs, open Edit > Preferences:
For various reasons, subtitles might not work in VLC, or it can lag or stutter. How to Fix VLC Lagging/Stuttering/Buffering Issues describes a few solutions.
The solutions proposed might not help in Ubuntu, though ...
You can pause a local offline Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) bots game from the console.
Press "C" to open the console, and enter these commands:
sv_pausable 1pauseTo create a custom shortcut with "P" for pause or unpause, run this command from console:
Gnome Boxes is an easy way to quickly try out other Linux distributions, for example the current or next release of Debian (Unofficial non-free images including firmware packages).
If you see a message during a slow or hanging shutdown (press ESC to see messages) about a stop job is running for CUPS, wait 90 seconds ... it might be due to an old print job in the system.
There are many ways to make quiet MP3 files louder ("Normalize"), but the easiest is by far using Audacity, since you can process multiple files at once (also known as batch processing) with the Macro tool:
Save paper by printing on both sides of the paper (duplex). If your printer is able to print on both sides and is installed to support CUPS, you can define default setting such as changing paper size from Letter to A4 and duplex printing at http://localhost:631/.
QGIS is an open source program which allows you to: "edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and mobile devices. For your desktop, server, in your web browser and as developer libraries."
