Getting you up to speed!
There are a variety of ways to check your CPU temps, and this one will be covering this with lm_sensors. It’s a handy application and it’s often installed by default. Moreover, it’ll be available for pretty much every distro out there. This time around, we’ll be using the above-mentioned lm-sensors. Wikipedia describes lm_sensors as thus: … Continue reading “How To: Check CPU Temps With lm_sensors”
The following article is a guest-written article from Andy Brooks (aka captain-sensible) about SSH keys. So, let’s put our hands together for a guest author and appreciate that I got a break from writing articles! Thanks, Andy! There are a few articles about SSH already: Install SSH to Remotely Control Your Linux Computers Enable x11 … Continue reading “Guest Article: What Are SSH Keys?”
This article will do a bit more than help you find your uptime. There are a number of other thing that’ll be covered, but they all have to do with your uptime. So, what is uptime? Uptime is how long your system has been up and available. It’s a useful metric, especially if your system … Continue reading “How To: Find Your Uptime In Linux”
I have previously written an article about screenFetch vs. Neofetch, and it’s one of my most popular articles, but this one will tell you how to display system information with screenFetch. Why screenFetch? Why not? It’s perfectly usable and this gives me the chance to be more thorough than the previous article. I suspect I’ll … Continue reading “How To: Display System Information With screenFetch”
This article will show you how to get better network diagnostics with MTR, a tool called “My Traceroute” that combines both traceroute and ping into a single tool. MTR is a pretty handy tool that’s likely installed by default and a tool that even regular users should have in their toolbox. You may remember that … Continue reading “Better Network Diagnostics With MTR”
It’s possible, even easy, to update Ubuntu from the terminal. Personally, I almost always update from the terminal, regardless of distro. This article will tell you how to update Ubuntu from the terminal – but it’s equally valid for Debian, official Ubuntu flavors like Lubuntu or Kubuntu, and it’s also valid for distros based on … Continue reading “How To: Update Ubuntu From The Terminal”
It may seem silly to write an article about how to update from the terminal in Fedora, but it’s not! There’s actually a reason for doing this and there’s more to it than just updating! I’ll try to keep the article brief, but we’ll just have to hope for the best. If you don’t know … Continue reading “How To: Update From The Terminal In Fedora”
You may have come across “Load Average” in your Linux travels. It’s common for it to be misinterpreted but it’s simpler than you might think. In this article, I’ll try to explain it for you. Knowing the load average may let you know when you need more powerful hardware. It could indicate that there’s a … Continue reading “The Meaning Of “Load Average” On Linux?”
It’s not unusual to want to create a new user with sudo privileges and it’s actually really easy. This will be just a quick article that explains how. It’s not exactly a complex operation. This article doesn’t cover other distros! It has only been tested in a couple of Ubuntu derivatives and not all distros … Continue reading “Create A New User With SUDO Privileges In Ubuntu”
One company likes to send me a password-protected PDF every month, and it can be a pain typing in the password every time. Fortunately, we don’t have to! To completely remove the password from password-protected PDFs, keep reading! Now, there are times when removing the password from a password-protected PDF is against corporate policy or … Continue reading “Strip Password From A Password-Protected PDF”
