12 Jun 2019
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FB4 Install Oh My ZSH!Install Oh My ZSH!
I have just installed ZSH shell using Homebrew to learn some new Unix shell tricks on my Macbook Pro. Next up is Oh My …
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17 May 2019
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FB4 How To: Install Kernel Source Code in CentOS/RedHatHow To: Install Kernel Source Code in CentOS/RedHat
CentOS Linux From time to time it’s required to compile some Linux kernel specific software on your CentOS/RedHat …
29 Apr 2019
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How to Install TTF Fonts in Linux
I really like the Hack font – it’s used in my terminal apps on MacOS, Linux and even Windows workstations. This …
24 Apr 2019
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FB4 How to Check SSH Port StatusHow to Check SSH Port Status
Check SSH port 22 with telnet When you’re configuring new SSH server, it’s possible that connection …
18 Apr 2019
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FB4 How To: View Windows (CIFS) SharesHow To: View Windows (CIFS) Shares
I’m working on further configuring the Helios 4 based network storage. Some of network clients I have are Linux …
12 Mar 2019
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Stress Testing CPU With Dd Command
htop showing CPU busy with dd One of the really interesting ways of stress testing CPUs on your system is using dd …
04 Mar 2019
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FB4 Automatically Remove Packages in UbuntuAutomatically Remove Packages in Ubuntu
It is possible that removing some packages on your Debian, Ubuntu or Mint Linux system will leave a number of software …
19 Feb 2019
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FB4 How To: List Files With SELinux ContextsHow To: List Files With SELinux Contexts
When running a SELinux based setup, it might be useful to know how to quickly inspect files and directories to confirm …
18 Feb 2019
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FB4 How To: Install VMware Tools in UbuntuHow To: Install VMware Tools in Ubuntu
I’m testing VMware Workstation 15 on my new laptop these days, and thought it’s a great opportunity to …
08 Feb 2019
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FB4 Remove All Messages From Postfix QueueRemove All Messages From Postfix Queue
Postfix.org – Mail Server I’ve been decommissioning some old servers recently and this generated quite a …
How to Fix Ubuntu Packages Held Back
When trying to run do-release-upgrade on an Ubuntu …
How To Resize Filesystem with resize2fs
Quick note on filesystem resize on a typical …
macOS Tahoe
macOS Tahoe is the upcoming major release of macOS …
Centralized Bash history with timestamps
BASH is my Linux shell of choice (it’s zsh on …
Inspect filesystem operations with fs_usage in macOS
hey Unless you disable SIP, most of DTrace based …
How-To: Upgrade Ubuntu 23.04 to 24.10
I reliased one of my Raspberry Pi systems was …
macOS Sequoia 15.0
Apple keeps shipping public betas of macOS Sequoia …