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+# scripts/snippets for linux (maybe MacOS?)
+
+NOTE: these are either scripts I wrote or found on the internet and are here for convenience, use them at your own risk!
+### List of items & explanations:
+ - **ScrnTearFix** - fixes screen tearing in DEs such as plasma and gnome
+ - **screenlayout** - sets my screen layout (1920x1080 & 768x1366 to the right)
+ - **FAH** - start Folding@Home
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+nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }" 
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+#!/bin/sh
+xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --off --output HDMI-0 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x143 --rotate normal --output DP-0 --mode 1366x768 --pos 1920x0 --rotate right --output DP-1 --off