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 […]
Tutorial
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 […]
Open multiple files with vim
There are many instances when it’s useful to have multiple files open in vim, but if you aren’t familiar with this tool you can find […]
How to RTFM (Read the *#&@ Manual)
Finding help with Linux If you hang out in enough Linux forums asking questions sooner or later someone will tell you to read the manual […]
RPM package queries
This post is just a quick walk-through of some basic commands to help you find information about rpm packages. These commands will work for any […]
Opera – Can’t open user profile directory
I got the following ominous sounding message as I was about to fire up my Opera browser at the office today: I don’t believe I’ve […]
OpenSUSE patch vs update
If you dig into the man pages for zypper, you will notice that zypper provides three distinct options for keeping your OpenSUSE system up-to-date; update […]
How to install Gnome Web (Epiphany) on Red Hat Linux
Accessing internal services on paranoidpenguin.net using self-signed certificates does no longer work in my preferred browser due to HSTS preloading. Instead of actually fixing the issue […]
Satellite 6 Duplicate Host Names with Puppet
Satellite 6, Red Hat’s patch, configuration, and deployment management one stop shop solution is a powerful tool. It is also a formidable and complicated piece […]
Working with Linux Files – Access Control Lists
In the last post, we looked at basic file permissions. The ideas covered in that post are probably enough to get you through a large portion […]
Figure out what’s using your bandwidth with NetHogs
Have you ever wondered what applications were using all of your system bandwidth? Well now you can easily tell with a handy command line application […]
Working with files in Linux – File Attributes
In the previous two posts, we’ve looked at file permissions and access control lists. Today let’s take look at file attributes. Whereas, permissions and ACL’s deal with user […]
Working with files in Linux – Permissions
Over the next few posts I’ll be covering three basic elements of files in Linux: Permissions ACL’s (Access Control Lists) File Attributes The ls command […]
Search and replace with Vim and Sed
Using search and replace is a great way to save time when editing large files in Linx. Becoming proficient with this task will increase your […]
Command not found!
So you’re running through some instructions to configure software on your system, or troubleshoot some problem with a service and you see an error at […]
Managing packages with zypper
Suse Enterprise Linux and its free derivative OpenSUSE use a package manager called “zypper”. Zypper is a fast easy to use package management tool. In […]
Change the Default Text Editor in Ubuntu
Change the Default Text Editor in Ubuntu So I’m a huge advocate of Ubuntu. It has long term support releases, more packages than you would […]