Does Linux Need Antivirus?
Back in May of 2017, in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware episode, I published an article outlining the major security advantages that Linux has […]
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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 […]
Top 5 Linux Distros for 2019
Today we tackle the top 5 Linux distros for 2019. This year I focus on reasons why they are my picks. Check out what else […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What to do when df and du report different usage.
You may occasionally come across an issue where running df will produce output that disagree’s with the output of the du command. If you aren’t familiar with these two commands […]
CoreGTK 3.22.0 Released!
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.22.0, has been tagged for release! This is the first version of CoreGTK to support GTK+ 3.22. Highlights for […]
Blast from the Past: Create a GTK+ application on Linux with Objective-C
This post was originally published on December 8, 2010. The original can be found here. Note that while you can still write GTK+ applications on Linux […]
Blast from the Past: How to migrate from TrueCrypt to LUKS file containers
This post was originally published on June 15, 2014. The original can be found here. Note that there are other direct, compatible, alternatives and proper […]
Blast from the Past: Compile Windows programs on Linux
This post was originally published on September 26, 2010. The original can be found here. Windows?? *GASP!* Sometimes you just have to compile Windows programs from […]
Blast from the Past: A Practical Reference of Linux Commands
This post was originally published on February 19, 2010. The original can be found here. Just wanted to share a link to a great table that […]