Getting you up to speed!
I probably shouldn’t say ‘disk’ but I think we’ll all agree that we know what I mean and today we’ll monitor disk usage with ‘gdu’. It’ll be fun! It won’t even be all that complicated! Read on and learn how to monitor disk usage with gdu. It won’t hurt! If you’re using your storage, you … Continue reading “Monitor Disk Usage With GDU”
This will be a fairly universal article, useful for various distros, for those who want to gather storage disk information with smartctl. This is not a very taxing article, and more could be written, but we’ll simply be using smartctl to gather basic storage device information. Habit means I want to type ‘hard disk’. I’ll … Continue reading “Gather Storage Disk Information With ‘smartctl’”
If you’re familiar with Linux, you’ll already know that Linux is a multiuser system and today we’ll learn how to create a new user in Linux. This shouldn’t be a very complicated article. In some more advanced operations, you may be required to create a new user. This article will be about that. If you … Continue reading “Create A New User In Linux”
Over the years, we’ve covered the fsck command fairly extensively but I’ve never really written an article about how you repair your filesystem with fsck. This may very well be the last time we have an fsck article on this site. It seems like I’ve covered everything you need to know. This article is about … Continue reading “Repair Your Filesystem With FSCK”
If you ever want to check your filesystem’s health in Linux, you might have wanted to enable fsck on system start. This is some maintenance work that we should probably consider performing regularly. Verifying the health of our data is not a bad thing and it doesn’t even take that long. When you run fsck, … Continue reading “Enable fsck On System Start”
Today’s article won’t be too difficult for most readers as we install a more current version of LibreOffice in Linux Mint. This is something we do from inside the terminal, but I’ll include clear directions that are simple enough for anyone to follow. If you do have issues, you can always leave a comment. In … Continue reading “Install A More Current Version Of LibreOffice In Linux Mint”
Today’s article will be a bit more advanced than some as I try to explain how to delete a swapfile in Linux. If I do my job right, it’ll be easy enough for a newbie to follow. However, I’m not going to suggest newbies mess around with removing swapfiles – but they certainly can. It … Continue reading “How To: Delete A Swapfile In Linux”
Today’s article should be fairly simple and is about something we all use because it’s about how to make passwords in the Linux terminal. Assuming my writing chops are up for it, this article should be easy for everyone to follow. I’ll do my best. It might not even be a very long article. I … Continue reading “Make Passwords In The Linux Terminal”
Today’s article is one I don’t expect most folks to follow, but it’ll be a fun way to make the rm command even safer. If this article sounds familiar, then you remember a recent article. Well, this article takes it a step further and we’re making the rm command even safer! See, in the last … Continue reading “Let’s Make The rm Command Even Safer”
Today’s article should be fairly short and straight to the point, as we discuss how to show installed kernels in Ubuntu. This isn’t a very complicated thing and we’ll be showing these kernels in the terminal. Sure, there are GUI tools you can use, but you might as well learn to do this in the … Continue reading “Show Installed Kernels In Ubuntu”
