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There are all sorts of ways that you can test your bandwidth rate from the terminal. This article is going to cover just one of them. As far as articles go, this one should be pretty easy for anyone to follow and understand. It should also be relatively quick. So, there’s that… Which is nice… … Continue reading “How To: Test Your Bandwidth From The Terminal”
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”
Sometimes, like software, an article is about scratching my own itch – and I really wanted to disable the caps lock key in Linux Mint. While I can type at a fairly decent clip, my keyboard is often at an angle and this results in me hitting the caps lock key unintentionally. It also gets … Continue reading “Disable The Caps Lock Key In Linux Mint”
Today’s article is going to tell you how to determine if you’re using UEFI or legacy mode. This is particularly useful if you’ve either forgotten. It’s also useful if you’re using a system you don’t know anything about. It’s handy for troubleshooting things like boot issues. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is not really a … Continue reading “Determine If You’re Using UEFI”
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”
You might not know it, but you actually have a calendar in the terminal. It’s surprisingly handy. Though, to be clear, I pretty much only use it when I’m already in the terminal – such as when I’ve used SSH to connect to a remote server. So, it’s useful (to me) while I’m already in … Continue reading “Did You Know You Have A Calendar In The Terminal?”
Today’s article is about MetaClean, a Thunderbird plugin that you can use to automatically clean Exif (and other meta data) from email attachments. This is not the type of article I usually write, but it’s a very interesting extension for the Thunderbird email client. It’s good enough to help make folks aware of it. Just … Continue reading “Review: MetaClean (Clean Exif/meta Data From Email Attachments Automatically)”
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 can come in pretty handy to know an application’s homepage. You can find an applications’s homepage with ‘apt-cache’. I’ll show you how. This is a pretty easy article to follow and just another tool to add to your toolbox. NOTE: This is only valid for systems that use apt. As the title indicates, it … Continue reading “Use ‘apt-cache’ To Find An Application’s Homepage”
