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 […]
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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URL shortening is nothing new, it was originally made popular due to the 140 character limit of Twitter and the 160 character limit of SMS […]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, […]
Trying out .NET Core on Linux
Ever since the announcement of .NET Core I’ve been interesting in writing some C# code on my Linux desktop. Recently I found some time to […]
Using rsync via the Windows Subsystem for Linux to backup a Windows computer
From the world of “why would anyone ever bother to do this?” comes a new approach to backing up your favourite Windows 10 computer! OK […]
Enabling remote desktop sharing (VNC) on Linux Mint 19
As of Linux Mint 19 there is no longer a menu option for the old vino-preference screen which allowed you to enable remote desktop at […]
The caret is mightier than the up arrow
I learned a fun bash trick about a week ago that I thought I would share. In a bash shell you can use the caret […]
Working with logical Volumes (part 3)
Following this tutorial assumes that you have followed along with the other two parts in this series. However, if you already have some familiarity with […]
Working with logical volumes (part 2)
In this post I want to cover one of the most commonly used features of lvm, extending a logical volume. If you were following along […]
Linux Server won’t restart
Not too long ago I ran into a problem where a server with systemd would not shutdown or reboot through normal means. When executing sudo shutdown […]