10 Mar 2011
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Upgrading Ubuntu With Do-Release-Upgrade
There comes a time (a couple of times a year, actually) when you may want to upgrade your Ubuntu distro (read here for …
Ubuntu
02 Sep 2008
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List Installed Packages on Your Ubuntu Linux
If you’re interested in what exactly your Ubuntu system has got installed, there’s a command you can use to …
12 May 2008
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What UUIDs Are and How to Use Them in Ubuntu
If you tried installing or upgrading Ubuntu recently, you probably noticed that all the storage devices are now using …
24 Mar 2008
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How to Find the Largest Files in Your Unix System
I see that my Finding Large Files and Directories post is quite popular, yet there are a few more ways to simplify your …
18 Mar 2008
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Find Out Linux Version Using Linux Standard Base (LSB) Files
You probably know that modern Linux distributions have many things in common. Well, one of the reasons for this is LSB – …
28 Aug 2007
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Ubuntu: Using Sudo to Grant User Privileges
If you have used your fresh Ubuntu install for longer than half an hour, chances are that you’ve discovered the …
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 …