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Once in a while, you’ll come across a piece software that’s only in RPM format. It’s possible to convert RPM to DEB and you may be able to install that software on your DEB-based system. You’ll find that it’s not unusual to come across software packaged in a format that you can’t use. That’s just … Continue reading “Use an RPM on a DEB-based System”
Is your software not updating? Are you getting repository errors when you try to upgrade? There’s a quick and easy way to reset the Ubuntu repositories to the defaults. Ubuntu, like all Linux distros, uses repositories for distributing software. This provides a central location for curated, standardized software that’s almost certain to work on your … Continue reading “Quickly Reset Ubuntu’s Default Repositories”
Your Bash history can be a valuable tool when you mess up and need to retrace your steps to find out what went wrong. It’s in your best interest to keep it from getting cluttered. Some of my readers are fairly new to Linux, so you may not know that you have a Bash history. … Continue reading “Dealing With Duplicates In Your Bash History”
Sometimes old tools are the best, or at least adequate. In this case, we’re talking about HardInfo – a tool that hasn’t been updated in about 7 years, but still does a great job. This is Linux. There are a ton of great applications to detect and list your hardware. Most of them are CLI. … Continue reading “Graphically Examine Hardware Info With HardInfo”
In this article, I will tell you how I use pwgen to generate random passwords. It is a simple command, but comes in surprisingly handy. This being Linux, there are surely other ways to accomplish this task, but this is the method that I use. I’ve been working on a router for the past few … Continue reading “How To: Generate Sufficiently Complex Passwords In The Terminal”
Starting very soon, there will be content posted here. It looks like I’m ahead of schedule and I’ve done all the debugging that I can do without content and users, so tomorrow will be when the first article gets published. The old site was fine, but search engines don’t like that domain and email service … Continue reading “Welcome to Our New Home!”
Hey, I’m KGIII (known by many names, including David) and this is my site. I’m a retired mathematician and a fan of the Linux-based operating systems. This project started off as a brief attempt to put my numerous Linux notes online. That was quite a while ago and on another domain. The search engines didn’t … Continue reading “About Me”
Who we are Our website address is: https://linux-tips.us. Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided … Continue reading “Privacy Policy”
