Getting you up to speed!
Today’s article has a theme that may seem familiar, as I recently wrote an article about how to compare two text files side by side. That article was well received and I figured I’d share another way to compare two text files side by side. After all, this is Linux and there are usually many … Continue reading “Compare Two Text Files Side By Side”
Today’s article is just for fun, as there’s usually a handy graphical way because we’ll be discussing how to disable a PPA the hard way. This is mostly an exercise in fun and education. It’s something you can do, but you do not need to do. We’ll be learning how to disable a PPA the … Continue reading “Disable A PPA The Hard Way”
Today’s article is mostly just a fun article, one suitable for a beginner, as we learn how to sort text alphabetically. We’ll be doing this in the terminal, of course. If you’re a new user and want to get acclimated to using the terminal, this might be a good article to read. It won’t be … Continue reading “How To: Sort Text Alphabetically”
Today’s article is one I don’t expect most folks to follow, but it’ll be a fun way to make the rm command even safer. If this article sounds familiar, then you remember a recent article. Well, this article takes it a step further and we’re making the rm command even safer! See, in the last … Continue reading “Let’s Make The rm Command Even Safer”
In today’s article, we will discuss a simple trick that will help you make the rm command a little safer. This isn’t something everyone will do, but it might be something a cautious user might do. It might also be something a new user might want to consider doing. After all, you can’t be too … Continue reading “Let’s Make The rm Command A Little Safer”
Today we’ll have a fairly simple article, albeit a bit archaic, as we learn how to manage files in a tar archive. We often work with modern compression methods but tar files still exist and are in wide use. If this is something you’re interested in, this is the article for you. If this isn’t … Continue reading “Manage Files In A tar Archive”
Today we’ll have a pretty straightforward article that’s meant for those who want to add a user to the ‘sudoers’ group. I have tested this in Ubuntu, specifically in Lubuntu, and it works. It shouldn’t be a complicated article, one easy enough for anyone to follow. I am not 100% certain if this will work … Continue reading “Add User To The ‘sudoers’ Group”
Today’s article can be used by anyone that has started using SSH on their computers, as we learn to disable inactive SSH sessions. It’s not going to be a very complicated article. This is easy enough for anybody to do, and there aren’t too many ways to permanently mess things up. What is SSH? My … Continue reading “Disable Inactive SSH Sessions”
Today’s article is going to be a pretty basic article about sudo, where we learn how to change the sudo password timeout. It’s pretty easy to change the sudo password timeout value, and reasonably safe to do so if you use visudo. So, with that in mind, read on! When you use sudo you’re given … Continue reading “Change The ‘sudo’ Password Timeout”
Today’s article shouldn’t be all that difficult for even our newest users but is limited to those who want to change DNS servers to something other than the default. This is easy enough to do, but obscure enough to warrant an article of its own. First, let’s have some fun. I’m going to ask ChatGPT … Continue reading “How To: Change DNS Servers”
