02 Jan 2019
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ISO to USB in MacOS
Sandisk USB I’d like to follow up on my recent Create Bootable USB from ISO post for MacOS: seems I have missed an …
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10 Dec 2018
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How To: 5 Ways to Check CentOS Version
Screenfetch running in CentOS 8 One of the very first questions a Linux user asks is about confirming the release (OS …
04 Dec 2018
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SSH Port Forwarding
SSH port forwarding is a feature of SSH protocol that allows client and server to forward additional network connections …
12 Nov 2018
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How To: Ls Colorized Output in MacOS
I’m pretty used to how ls command shows pretty colorized output on most modern Linux distros, but somehow its …
03 Nov 2018
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Mount Filesystems in Linux/Unix
mount command is used for mounting (making available) filesystems in Linux and Unix. Since a standard Unix-like …
08 Oct 2018
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How To: Update VM Title With Virsh
Use virsh desc command to update VM title in KVM I’m updating and migrating the last few of virtual machines on …
01 Oct 2018
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Creating Bootable USB From ISO in MacOS
macOS High Sierra I needed to reinstall one of my Windows PCs at home recently, and realised that I only have Windows 7 …
24 Sep 2018
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How to Enable Auto Start for KVM
I had one of my dedicated servers crash the other day and when I fixed it and booted it again, some of my virtual …
19 Sep 2018
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How To: List Files in Ubuntu/Debian Package
If you’re ever looking for a specific list of files included with one of the packages on your Ubuntu/Debian/Mint …
24 Aug 2018
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Enable Auto Start for KVM
I had one of my dedicated servers crash the other day and when I fixed it and booted it again, some of my virtual …
How to decrypt files with Ansible Vault
ansible-vault decrypt restores an encrypted file …
Just discovered the macOS footprint command
I’ve administered Linux systems for around 25 …
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 …