Index of Linux Tips ArticlesAudio/VideoPlay 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 Out Which Display-Manager You’re UsingFind Out Which Shell You’re UsingFind Your Network Interface NameHow 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 UUID For Your Disk PartitionsHow To: Check CPU Temps With lm_sensorsHow 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 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: Install PIP In LinuxHow To: List All Users In LinuxHow To: Make ‘wget’ Ignore Certificate ErrorsHow To: Restart TeamViewer From The TerminalHow 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 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 Play Around With The ‘MV’ CommandLet’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!So, What Is ‘sudo’ Anyhow?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’Delete 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: 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: 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’s Like To Beta-test Linux, Specifically LubuntuWhat You Need To Know About Linux’s Magic SysRq KeyGraphicsLet’s Reduce The Size Of .png FilesTake, Edit, And Upload Screenshots With ShutterHardwareA 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 Your Hard Drive TemperatureHow To: Use S.M.A.R.T. To Check Disk HealthLet’s Determine The Number of RAM Slots Without Opening The CaseThe Meaning Of “Load Average” On Linux?HistoryHistory: 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!Running Away From WindowsThe State of Linux-Tips.us, a Meta PostWhy I Use LinuxNetworking‘traceroute’ in Linux, Let’s Take a Closer Look!Change Your DNS Servers To Google’s In LubuntuChange Your Hostname In LinuxCheck Your SSH Server ConfigurationFTP From The Linux TerminalHow To: Find Your IP Address Through Your TerminalHow 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 TimeTeamViewer; My Most-Recent Favorite Alternative To VNC.ProgrammingHow 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 WorkingHas Your Email/Phone (Personal Information) Been Involved In A Data Breach?How To: Change Your Password In The TerminalHow 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: Remove AppArmor From UbuntuHow To: Sanitize Exif Data From Your Digital Images For Privacy SakeHow To: Use sudo Without A PasswordLet’s Use rkhunter To Look For RootkitsMore Ways To Generate Strong Passwords In LinuxPrevent SSH Root LoginServerGuest Article: Kickstart Vol. IHow To: Disable Sleep And Hibernation on Ubuntu ServerHow To: Start A Quick Python ServerInstall And Secure MariaDB In UbuntuStop 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: 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 UbuntuInstall 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 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 .isoCount Word Frequency In A Text FileDealing With Duplicates In Your Bash HistoryHow To: Create A New UserHow To: Free Some Disk Space By Deleting Old LogsInstall ShellCheck So That You Can Use It LocallyTutorialsHow To: Make A Directory In LinuxSubscribe to Newsletter!Get notified when new articles are published!We promise to never share your email!