Tutorials

How To: Graphically Login as Root in Ubuntu

In this article, I'm going to show you how to graphically login as root in Ubuntu. This is a generally…

3 years ago

How To: Enable The Root Account in Ubuntu

This will be a quick and easy article, where I explain how to enable the root account in Ubuntu. It's…

3 years ago

How To: Create a New User Without a /home Directory

There are legit reasons to create a new user without a /home directory. Maybe you want a new user to…

3 years ago

What You Need To Know About Linux’s Magic SysRq Key

The magic SysRq key can help you deal with a frozen and unresponsive system. It avoids doing a hard reboot…

3 years ago

How To: Rename Your Network Adapters in Ubuntu

For whimsy, or for whatever reasons you dream up, you may want to rename your network adapters in Linux. Well,…

3 years ago

How To: Find Your IP Address Through Your Terminal

The answer to the question, "What is my IP address?" can have different answers. In practice, you likely have more…

3 years ago

Repair Your Linux Filesystem With a Live USB or DVD

It's possible for your filesystem to become so corrupted that you can't repair it easily. In that case, you can…

3 years ago

When Did I Install Linux? (Expanded Edition!)

In the other site's version of this article, I only had information for Ubuntu. This time, I'll expand it to…

4 years ago

Graphically Examine Hardware Info With HardInfo

Sometimes old tools are the best, or at least adequate. In this case, we're talking about HardInfo - a tool…

4 years ago