Getting you up to speed!
Today’s article isn’t all that spectacular, but it is useful, as we’re going to discuss a few ways to find your graphics card information. That’s handy stuff to know, especially if you are new to the computer or are looking to do things like find drivers for said graphics card. This should be remarkably quick … Continue reading “Find Your Graphics Card Information”
Today’s article is going to explain how to reload your .bash_profile. It will be just a quick and easy article, one that won’t take up much of your time. It’s not all that complicated, but it’s something folks probably should know. So, most of you will probably have a .bash_profile. There are other shells, but … Continue reading “How To: Reload Your .bash_profile”
Today, lacking anything better to do, we’re going to learn how to change the open file limit in Linux. Why would you want to do this? Buggered if I know! But, I’m gonna tell you how! (You’re welcome!) Actually, you could be working with many files and want to increase the number of files that … Continue reading “Let’s Learn How To Change The Open File Limit In Linux”
In today’s article, we’re going to learn how to adjust swappiness. It’s something you might want to do, as many don’t like the initial value set by the developers. It’s relatively easy. I’ve written about swap before. I think you’ll find the best information in my recent article telling you how to remove a swap … Continue reading “How To: Adjust Swappiness”
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 learn how to remove a swap file. This isn’t something I recommend, for reasons I’ll explain, but I have no ethical qualms about telling you how to do so. After all, it’s your computer. You get to decide what it does! There are some folks who will tell you … Continue reading “Remove A Swap File”
Today, we’re going to learn about whois. There’s not much to it, so it won’t be a very long article. Think of this article as some of the others, where it’s not so much about the tool (the tool is simple to use) it’s about making folks aware of the tool and the capability. Have … Continue reading “Who is, Simply whois”
In today’s article, we’re going to shred a partition. What does that mean? It means we’re going to erase the data in a manner that makes it difficult for that data to be recovered. Notice that I didn’t say ‘impossible’? That’s because they’ve got some pretty sweet forensic tools out there and who knows what … Continue reading “Let’s Shred A Partition”
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 go over a couple of ways to resize images with ImageMagick. It’s a useful skill to have if you’re into sharing images or the likes. This will actually be pretty quick and easy. I won’t take much of your time today but it’ll be longer than some other articles … Continue reading “A Couple of Ways To Resize Images With ImageMagick”
