12 Jun 2019
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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 ZSH.
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11 Jun 2019
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Install ZSH With Homebrew
Just a short node confirming how easy it actually is to get started with zsh using Homebrew. Installing zsh with …
10 Jun 2019
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Unix Fun: Cowsay Command
cowsay is a comman line tool that you can install on any Linux or Unix distro to render funny text updates as if …
08 Jun 2019
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How To: Change Graphics Mode for GRUB Bootloader
Unix Tutorial One of the remaining things to fix on my new Dell XPS 13 laptop has been the graphics mode in GRUB …
07 Jun 2019
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Alacritty – GPU-Accelerated Terminal App
Got 5 minutes today to finally try Alacritty, it’s a pretty cool terminal emulator available for major Unix and …
06 Jun 2019
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MacOS Catalina Will Have Zsh as Default Shell
Time to finally give zsh shell a try, since it will become the default login shell in the upcoming macOS Catalina!
05 Jun 2019
2 minutes read
Ifconfig Command Not Found
Call me old fashioned, but I still prefer using ifconfig command. It’s not as cool as the ip command found in …
04 Jun 2019
2 minutes read
MacOS: Alfred 4 Is Out
Great news! Alfred, the app launcher and all-around great automator of small things for MacOS (replacement for MacOS …
03 Jun 2019
4 minutes read
Great WWDC 2019 Keynote!
I missed the WWDC 2019 live stream earlier today as it’s a bank holiday in Ireland and we were away having …
02 Jun 2019
2 minutes read
Advanced Hardware Information for Raspberry Pi 4
Raspberry Pi 4 hardware configurations options I’ve just learned about a really cool command for Raspbian OS, …
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 …