Index of Linux Tips ArticlesAudio/VideoLet’s Disable Your WebcamPlay H.264 Encoded Video On UbuntuRemove Default Music Player In Elementary OSCommand Line‘vnStat’ A Tool For Monitoring Your Bandwidth UsageA Few Ways to Determine Which Distro and Version You’re UsingBetter Network Diagnostics With MTRChange Ownership Of Files And FoldersChange Your HostnameClear Cache, Buffer, And Swap SpaceConvert Disk Image Formats To .ISODid You Know You Have A Calendar In The Terminal?Don’t Let Applications Close When The Terminal Is ClosedEnable x11 Forwarding With SSH (Remotely Use GUI Applications)Find A Program’s PID (Process Identification)Find Multiple Filenames By Extension – With LocateFind Out Which Display-Manager You’re UsingFind Out Which Shell You’re UsingFind The Boot Processes That Slow You DownFind Your Network Interface NameFix Terminal Command MistakesHow About A Brief Overview Of The Cat Command?How Long is my Ubuntu Support Going to Last?How To: Change The Port SSH UsesHow To: Change The TimezoneHow To: Change The UUID For Your Disk PartitionsHow To: Check CPU Temps With lm_sensorsHow To: Check Disk Usage With ‘df’How To: Clear The Terminal ScreenHow To: Create Custom Welcome Message In Your TerminalHow To: Display System Information With screenFetchHow To: Extract An .rar FileHow To: Find Files Owned By A Specific UserHow To: Find Multiple Filenames By ExtensionHow To: Find The File Type In The Linux TerminalHow To: Find The RAM Total In The TerminalHow To: Find Your Man Pages’ Location On DiskHow To: Find Your Timezone In The TerminalHow To: Find Your Uptime In LinuxHow To: Generate a List of Installed Applications in LinuxHow To: Go To A Specific Line In NanoHow To: Install PIP In LinuxHow To: List All Users In LinuxHow To: Make ‘wget’ Ignore Certificate ErrorsHow To: Restart TeamViewer From The TerminalHow To: Search With aptHow To: Show All Environment VariablesHow To: Stop, Pause, and Resume Processes Running in Your TerminalHow To: String Commands Together In The TerminalHow To: Update From The Terminal In FedoraHow To: Update OpenSUSE Tumbleweed From The TerminalHow To: Update Ubuntu From The TerminalHow To: Write Text To A File From The Terminal with “>” and “>>”Install An FTP Server With VSFTPDInstall SSH to Remotely Control Your Linux ComputersIs My System Capable of 32 or 64 Bit Linux?It’s Time To Introduce You To The Terminator!Kill Frozen Applications The Easy WayLet’s Delete An Entry In Your Bash HistoryLet’s Have a Limited Look at Linux’s cURL ApplicationLet’s Install INXILet’s Learn About Absolute And Relative PathsLet’s Learn About HaltLet’s Learn How To Change The Default TerminalLet’s Learn To Remove A DirectoryLet’s Make A Symbolic LinkLet’s Play Around With The ‘MV’ CommandLet’s Talk About Using dos2unixLet’s Upgrade Fedora From The TerminalLet’s Zip A Directory In The Linux TerminalMake Ubuntu Provide Feedback (Asterisks) When Typing Passwords In The TerminalPrevent Application Updates With ‘APT-MARK’Prevent Application Updates With ‘YUM-VERSIONLOCK’Repair Your Linux Filesystem With a Live USB or DVDScreenfetch vs. Neofetch, You Decide!Search For Command History By DateSo, What Is ‘sudo’ Anyhow?Some Fun With Formatting The Output From ‘ls’Some Fun With Sorting The Output Of ‘ls’Sort Files By Size (In The Terminal)Strip Password From A Password-Protected PDFTerminology: View Pictures And Video Directly In Your TerminalTime A Command To See How Long It Takes To RunToday, We Have Fun In The Linux TerminalTurn Your Man Pages Into HTMLTurn Your Ubuntu Into A Wireless HotspotUse A GUI To Manage Debian’s Software RepositoriesWant To See The WiFi Password In The Terminal?Weather In The Terminal? We can do that!What is my Hostname in Linux?When Did I Install Linux? (Expanded Edition!)When Did I Last Reboot My Linux Box?GeneralA Little About The ‘tail’ CommandbalenaEtcher: A Tool To Turn Linux .ISO Files Into Bootable USB DrivesCheck Your Linux Kernel Log For Errors With ‘dmesg’Compress A File With WinRARDelete Directories From The Terminal In LinuxDetermine If You’re Using UEFIDisable Printing And CUPS.Finally, an Answer to What is The Best Linux Distro?Find Your Linux System’s TimezoneFind Your Username In LinuxGuest Article: Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSIs)Guest Article: What Are SSH Keys?How Do I Install Linux (A General Guide)How To: Add A User To A GroupHow To: Ask A Good Support QuestionHow To: Change Ubuntu Into LubuntuHow To: Compress And Decompress .bz2 FilesHow To: Create And Enable A SwapfileHow To: Determine Your Desktop EnvironmentHow To: Find Large Files Using ‘ncdu’How To: Find Your Present Working DirectoryHow To: Graphically Check Your Logs For Errors With ‘KSystemLog’How To: Graphically Login as Root in UbuntuHow To: List Cron JobsHow To: Mount An .iso In LinuxHow To: Properly Delete a User’s AccountHow To: Show Hidden Files And FoldersHow To: Shutdown Linux From The TerminalHow To: Use Wayland in a Live Ubuntu InstanceI’ll Try To Answer The Question, “Should I Use Linux?”It’s Time To Learn A Little About The ‘head’ CommandLet’s Count The Running Processes In LinuxLet’s Have Some Fun With Cowsay And FortuneLet’s Install Ubuntu Restricted ExtrasLet’s Use ‘ls’ To Sort Files By TimeLinux Installation USB Media Using WindowsmacOS vs Linux: Comparative AnalysisMeta Article, Something like #9…Meta: I Should Have Numbered TheseRepair Your Linux Boot Process With ‘Boot-Repair’Show Date And Time In The TerminalWelcome to Our New Home!What It Means To VolunteerWhat it’s Like To Beta-test Linux, Specifically LubuntuWhat You Need To Know About Linux’s Magic SysRq KeyGraphicsA Couple of Ways To Resize Images With ImageMagickFind Your Graphics Card InformationHow To: Convert JPG to PNGLet’s Reduce The Size Of .png FilesMake A Website Screenshot With CutyCaptTake, Edit, And Upload Screenshots With ShutterHardwareA Few Ways To Count CPU Processors Or CoresA Few Ways To Visualize Disk Usage In LinuxBenchmark Your Linux Box With Geekbench 5Check Disk Speed In The TerminalCheck Memory Usage With ‘free’ In LinuxCheck Your (Write) Disk Speed In The TerminalCheck Your Memory In The Terminal: Part IIDisable The Caps Lock Key In Linux MintGet Hardware Info With ‘dmidecode’Get Some Prettified CPU Information in Your Terminal With ‘CPUFETCH’Graphically Examine Hardware Info With HardInfoGuest Article: Kickstart Vol. IIGuest Article: Kickstart Vol. IIIHow do I ‘Boot to USB’? (Or CD/DVD, if Such is Available)How To: (More or Less) Learn if Your Hardware Will Work With LinuxHow To: Check A Disk For ErrorsHow To: Check For Bad Sectors On Your DisksHow To: Check Your Hard Drive TemperatureHow To: Get CDROM/DVD Information From The Linux TerminalHow To: Use S.M.A.R.T. To Check Disk HealthLet’s Determine The Number of RAM Slots Without Opening The CaseLet’s Find The Size Of A DirectoryOne Way To See CPU InformationRemove A Swap FileThe Meaning Of “Load Average” On Linux?History[Fixed] A Rambling Post About Switching To LinuxHistory: How Linux Got The Name “Linux”What Exactly Is A Linux Distro?MetaA Meta Post: The State Of Linux TipsBonus Article: KGIII Rants A Little About SecurityMeta Article: The State Of Linux Tips?Meta Post: The State of Linux-Tips.usMeta: 200th PostMeta: Happy Holidays!Meta: I’m Now An Official Lubuntu (And Ubuntu) Member!Meta: The State Of Linux Tips #12Meta: The State Of Linux-Tips #10Meta: The State Of Linux-Tips #11Running Away From WindowsThe State of Linux-Tips.us, a Meta PostToday’s Article Is Just A Lubuntu (And Ubuntu) Membership UpdateWhy I Use LinuxNetworking‘traceroute’ in Linux, Let’s Take a Closer Look!Add A Message Of the Day (MOTD) To SSHChange Your DNS Servers To Google’s In LubuntuChange Your Hostname In LinuxCheck Your SSH Server ConfigurationFTP From The Linux TerminalHow To: Show An SSH BannerHow To: Find Your IP Address Through Your TerminalHow To: Hide The Output From wgetHow To: Login To SSH To Run One CommandHow To: Make ‘curl’ Ignore Certificate ErrorsHow To: Rename Your Network Adapters in UbuntuHow To: Test Your Bandwidth From The TerminalHow To: Transfer Files Over SSH with SCPLet’s Use ‘netstat’ To Find Out What Process Is Listening On A Specific PortMonitor Network Usage On A Per-Application BasisMonitor TCP/UDP In Real TimeSync Mega.nz On Ubuntu 22.04TeamViewer; My Most-Recent Favorite Alternative To VNC.Use Your Hostname With SSH Instead Of Your IP Address – In UbuntuUsing The SSH Verbose ModeWho is, Simply whoisProgrammingHow To: Install Eclipse On Ubuntu 20.04You Can, And Probably Should, Use VSCodium Instead Of VSCodeReviewsDooble Browser: A ReviewReview: It Appears That uMatrix Is Back Under DevelopmentReview: MetaClean (Clean Exif/meta Data From Email Attachments Automatically)Review: The SpaceFM File Manager For LinuxSecurityAutomatically Logout Of Your ShellChange Snap Application Privileges In LubuntuCheck To See If SELinux Is WorkingDisallow SSH Login For A Specific UserFind Files Modified On A Specific DayHas Your Email/Phone (Personal Information) Been Involved In A Data Breach?How To: Change Your Password In The TerminalHow To: Check If A Specific Port Is OpenHow To: Create a New User Without a /home DirectoryHow To: Disable Password Login For SSHHow To: Enable The Root Account in UbuntuHow To: Generate Sufficiently Complex Passwords In The TerminalHow To: Protect a file or directory from being deleted or changed by rootHow To: Remove AppArmor From UbuntuHow To: Sanitize Exif Data From Your Digital Images For Privacy SakeHow To: Scan A Remote Host For Open PortsHow To: Use sudo Without A PasswordLet’s Shred A PartitionLet’s Use rkhunter To Look For RootkitsMore Ways To Generate Strong Passwords In LinuxPrevent SSH Root LoginShow Failed SSH Login AttemptsServerGuest Article: Kickstart Vol. IHow To: Disable Sleep And Hibernation on Ubuntu ServerHow To: Start A Quick Python ServerInstall And Secure MariaDB In UbuntuMake wget Use IPv4 or IPv6Stop People From Viewing Files In A Directory With .htaccessSoftware‘sudo apt remove’ vs ‘sudo apt purge’Create A New User With SUDO Privileges In UbuntuCustomize Your GNOME Desktop With GNOME-Tweak-Tool In UbuntuDisable Ubuntu SnapsEnable PPAs In Elementary OSHow To Install Krita In UbuntuHow To: Add A PPA To UbuntuHow To: Add Ubuntu’s Default RepositoriesHow To: Clear The apt CacheHow To: Completely Remove Software In UbuntuHow To: Find Out Which Kernel Version You’re UsingHow To: Install The Regular “non-Snap” Version of Chrome Browser In UbuntuHow To: Make Google Chrome Use Less RAM (And Other Browsers)How To: Open FeatherPad At A Specific LineInstall Brave Browser In FedoraInstall The Full Version of Vim In UbuntuInstall The Snap Version of ChromiumKeyboard Shortcuts to Browser BookmarksLet’s Decompress A File (tar.gz) In The TerminalLet’s Install ‘gedit’ With All The Fixin’s In UbuntuLet’s Install Microsoft EdgeLet’s Install Nano (With Some Bonus Information)Let’s Play Around With ‘apt-cache’My Three Favorite Text Editors, a Meaningless ListQuickly Reset Ubuntu’s Default RepositoriesRemove The Firefox Title BarUnzip A .zip File In the Linux TerminalUpgrade Ubuntu From The TerminalUse ‘apt-cache’ To Find An Application’s HomepageUse ‘apt’ To Download A Program And Its DependenciesUse an RPM on a DEB-based SystemUse Sublime Text On Ubuntu (And Derivatives)TipsBackup Optical Media To .isoChange Your Home DirectoryCount Word Frequency In A Text FileDealing With Duplicates In Your Bash HistoryFind And Remove Duplicate Files With rdfindHow To: Create A New UserHow To: Free Some Disk Space By Deleting Old LogsHow To: Reload Your .bash_profileHow To: Show systemd ServicesInstall ShellCheck So That You Can Use It LocallyLet’s Have A Look At The free CommandLet’s Learn How To Change The Open File Limit In LinuxLet’s Root Around In The /proc DirectoryLet’s Take A Look At Logged In UsersTutorialsCheck System Information With unameHow To: Find Out When A File Was CreatedHow To: Make A Directory In LinuxHow To: Make A File ExecutableLet’s Install And Use ‘locate’Let’s Learn Some apt BasicsLet’s Reboot Your Linux ComputerMonitor rsync’s ProgressSome Useful Ways To Use The Touch Command In LinuxTweaksDisable Bluetooth From Automatically Starting At BootHow To: Adjust SwappinessSubscribe to Newsletter!Get notified when new articles are published!We promise to never share your email!
