Linux Tips and Tricks

Here is a compendium of useful tips and tricks I have discovered pertaining to Linux. Some are for Ubuntu specifically while some can be applied to any distro.

• OCR unsearchable PDF files
• Backup scripts
• Search inside folder of ODT files
• PHP via FastCGI under Arch Linux
• Getting screen and ssh-agent to cooperate
• Running redshift under xfce
• Unique machine ID for nfs root systems