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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]