Getting you up to speed!
Today, I want to talk about what it means to volunteer. I’m going to try to keep this brief and to the point. While I generally avoid vulgarities, there’s going to be some swearing in this article – unless I edit it out later and forget to remove this sentence. It could happen… I’m also … Continue reading “What It Means To Volunteer”
In today’s article, we’re going to show you how to disable your webcam. It’s something I’ve seen folks ask before, and something someone contacted me to ask about. While I don’t normally answer questions via email, it did seem like a good article to write. I see this question, about how to disable your webcam, … Continue reading “Let’s Disable Your Webcam”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how to remove AppArmor from Ubuntu. This will work for other distros, like Debian. It’s actually not a very difficult task to remove AppArmor from Ubuntu, but it’s not something you necessarily want to do. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should… As many of you know, … Continue reading “How To: Remove AppArmor From Ubuntu”
In this article, we’ll learn how to find large files by using ‘ncdu’. It’s useful for spotting large files that eat up your disk space. We’ve previously had an article about visualizing disk usage. Those were some great GUI ways to find large file, but this will be done inside your terminal – and using … Continue reading “How To: Find Large Files Using ‘ncdu’”
This article will teach you how to ask a good support question. After all, if you want good support (and of course you do) then you really need to start with a good question. Good questions lead to good answers. Good questions help us help you. Let’s be frank about this. Asking a good support … Continue reading “How To: Ask A Good Support Question”
I keep hearing people talk about the Brave browser, so I decided to spin up a virtual machine and learn how to install Brave browser in Fedora. It’s actually one of the more complicated installs, but it’s not dreadfully difficult. If you’re looking to install Brave browser in Fedora, this article is for you. If … Continue reading “Install Brave Browser In Fedora”
Today, I will try to answer one of the most common questions asked by the newcomer to Linux; “How do I install Linux” To answer this I have prepared a step-by-step guide of how to install Linux with the minimum of technobabble. So, I hope you will find it simple enough to follow. This is … Continue reading “How Do I Install Linux (A General Guide)”
It’s time for an article that describes how to update openSUSE from the terminal. After all, I’ve done so for Ubuntu and Fedora. I might as well do one for openSUSE. It seems like a good thing to do. While most of this site is aimed at bringing you up to speed, making Linux easier, … Continue reading “How To: Update OpenSUSE Tumbleweed From The Terminal”
If you want to play H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 AVC) video on Ubuntu you will need to go through a few steps. It’s possible, and I’ll show you how. It’s a little complex, but I’m sure you can handle it. In just a few terminal commands, you’ll be able to play H.264 encoded media. … Continue reading “Play H.264 Encoded Video On Ubuntu”
The Linux kernel‘s progress is marked by versioning, and this article tells you how to find out which kernel version you’re using. There are all sorts of ways to do this, but this article is going to just cover a few of them. You might want to know which kernel version you’re using for when … Continue reading “How To: Find Out Which Kernel Version You’re Using”
