Installing Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 400 from Windows 10
I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi 400 for my in-laws. Having gifted them many a hand-me-down laptop over the years, I was immediately struck […]
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Enabling remote desktop sharing (VNC) on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop
If you’ve ever wanted to access your Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop remotely (and securely!) you may have come to the conclusion that it isn’t as simple […]
How to Convert WebP to PNG
Similar to the WebM video format, WebP is a new image format being pushed by Google for delivering high quality images with smaller file sizes […]
DNF Update Information – Fedora/CentOS 8
The Fedora operating system comes with an updated version of the famous yum package management utility, called “DNF“. DNF stands for “Dandified YUM”, and it […]
How to Alias a Command in Linux
Just a quick post on a simple way to add a command alias to your bash terminal. Open up the .bashrc file in your home […]
Building a static website in Hugo
Recently I happen to have two serendipitous things happen to me. First I became very annoyed with WordPress while trying to make a change on […]
Setting Up Nextcloud as a Dropbox Replacement on a Dynamic IP Addressed Linux Home Server with a Valid SSL Certificate
Like most of you I have a free Dropbox account that I use to shuffle some files back and forth between devices, as well as […]
Linux Basics: What Linux Distro am I even running?
Believe it or not this is actually a pretty common question. When comparing the Linux ecosystem to that of Windows or Mac it can be […]
Linux Basics: Can Linux run Windows exe files?
Many new Linux users come from Windows and as a result have a desire to run their existing software, or at the very least the […]
Linux Basics: How do I know what Linux kernel I’m running?
If all you want to know is which version of the Linux kernel you’re currently running there is a very simple command line tool you […]
Linux Basics: which command
Occasionally you’ll need to figure out where a specific application is located on your system. To do this you can use the which command. For […]
Linux Basics: who Linux command
Have you ever wanted to see who was all currently logged into your Linux system? Just run the who command: who It will print out […]
Linux Basics: Are Linux and Unix the same?
This is a common question that new Linux users ask and can be quite the rabbit hole to dive down in detail. It can be […]
Introducing Linux Basics
After running Linux for quite a few years now it’s sometimes tough to remember all of the seemingly ‘simple’ questions that we all initially had […]
Share your WiFi info via QR code
Sometimes you just want the security of a long complicated WiFi password without the hassle of having to share it with your guests every time […]
Switching away from Google
Check out what else Nick is doing over on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5UAwBUum7CPN5buc-_N1Fw. These videos, re-posted here with permission, was originally published on Nick’s YouTube […]
A URL Shortener at the BASH/ZSH Prompt
URL shortening is nothing new, it was originally made popular due to the 140 character limit of Twitter and the 160 character limit of SMS […]
Switching to elementary OS
Well after many years of confusion we’re finally happy to be able to showcase the entirely unaffiliated – but still awesome! – YouTube channel The […]
Setup a Raspberry Pi as a NAS in two minutes!
How to setup a Raspberry Pi as Network attached storage in two minutes! SMB Conf: http://pastebin.com/kz9DBTCk Check out what else James is doing over on […]
Persistent Ramdisk on Debain/Ubuntu
The performance of a RAM drive is in general orders of magnitude faster than other forms of storage media, such as an SSD, hard drive, […]