I open a lot of URLs in the course of a day, especially during the pandemic when there's naught to…
I recently wrote a similar article, illustrating how you can use 'apt-mark' to prevent application updates. While that was handy,…
While unwise, there are times when you need to prevent application updates. You can do this with 'apt-mark' and this…
In order to install Linux, you need to be able to boot to USB (or CD/DVD - with USB being…
There are a number of situations where you may not be sure if your CPU supports 32 or 64 bit…
Once in a while, you'll come across a piece software that's only in RPM format. It's possible to convert RPM…
Is your software not updating? Are you getting repository errors when you try to upgrade? There's a quick and easy…
Your Bash history can be a valuable tool when you mess up and need to retrace your steps to find…
Sometimes old tools are the best, or at least adequate. In this case, we're talking about HardInfo - a tool…
In this article, I will tell you how I use pwgen to generate random passwords. It is a simple command,…