Getting you up to speed!
Today’s article is going to teach you how to remove a directory. This being Linux and rmdir, you can only remove empty directories. That’s okay, that’s still what we’re going to use. I’m pretty sure I’ve explained how to remove files before and, if not, that’s a pretty simple task. This article is going to … Continue reading “Let’s Learn To Remove A Directory”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how you can go to a specific line in Nano. It’ll be an easy article, perhaps even a fairly brief article. There are a just a couple of ways to cover, so it won’t take all that much time or space. Often, when things like scripts throw an … Continue reading “How To: Go To A Specific Line In Nano”
The headline is correct that, in today’s article, I’ll explain how to add Ubuntu’s default repositories – in the terminal. Seeing as I’m doing so, I’ll tell you about each repository as we go along. They exist for different reasons, so we might as well know how and why. This article is probably only interesting … Continue reading “How To: Add Ubuntu’s Default Repositories”
Today’s article is going to teach you how to compress a file with WinRAR. This isn’t exactly something you’re going to do often, unless you share files with Windows users. If you do share files with Windows users, this isn’t such a terrible idea. There are worse ideas, some of which are on this site. … Continue reading “Compress A File With WinRAR”
In today’s article, I’m going to show you how to change the timezone. This isn’t a task you’ll need to do often, but it’ll be nice to know how to do it when you do need to change the timezone. Personally, I find myself mostly needing to change the timezone when I lease a VPS … Continue reading “How To: Change The Timezone”
In today’s article, we’re going to use the terminal and make a website screenshot with CutyCapt. It’ll be a short and easily followed article, but one for everyone to follow. Even a rank beginner will easily be able to make a website screenshot with CutyCapt! (That’s the link to the project homepage, or where you … Continue reading “Make A Website Screenshot With CutyCapt”
This is going to be another meta article, where we cover the state of Linux-Tips. This is the 10th such installment, I do believe. I did go back and count at one point, but not all that well or that deeply. Not all meta articles have been the state of Linux-Tips. So, this is #10, … Continue reading “Meta: The State Of Linux-Tips #10”
Today’s article is going to show you how to search for the command history by date. This isn’t hard, but might seem a little advanced for some of the newer users. We’ll be doing this through the terminal, of course. That seems like a good idea to me! Unless you’ve made some fairly drastic changes, … Continue reading “Search For Command History By Date”
Today’s article is one where we’re going to find the size of a directory. Why? Because that sounds like something fun to do. The site has more than 250 articles, most of which are reasonably productive and authored by me. (I do love me some guest articles – so long as they’re from the community. … Continue reading “Let’s Find The Size Of A Directory”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how to convert JPG to PNG image files. It’s a pretty easy process. In fact, the second part of the article should be fairly brief. Read on to learn more! I should also mention that we’ll be learning how to convert JPG to PNG in the terminal. There … Continue reading “How To: Convert JPG to PNG”
