Software

My Three Favorite Text Editors, a Meaningless List

One of the things I hope to avoid on this site is lists and rankings. I hope to be creative…

3 years ago

Keyboard Shortcuts to Browser Bookmarks

I open a lot of URLs in the course of a day, especially during the pandemic when there's naught to…

3 years ago

Prevent Application Updates With ‘YUM-VERSIONLOCK’

I recently wrote a similar article, illustrating how you can use 'apt-mark' to prevent application updates. While that was handy,…

3 years ago

Prevent Application Updates With ‘APT-MARK’

While unwise, there are times when you need to prevent application updates. You can do this with 'apt-mark' and this…

3 years ago

Disable Ubuntu Snaps

People have a variety of reasons why they want to disable and remove Snap apps from Ubuntu. It's relatively easy…

3 years ago

Use an RPM on a DEB-based System

Once in a while, you'll come across a piece software that's only in RPM format. It's possible to convert RPM…

3 years ago

Quickly Reset Ubuntu’s Default Repositories

Is your software not updating? Are you getting repository errors when you try to upgrade? There's a quick and easy…

3 years ago