01 Jun 2019
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Using Chrony for time keeping
chrony is the default NTP service supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and newer RHEL versions, so it’s been around for some time.
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31 May 2019
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Time/Date Operations With Timedatectl
One of the recently introduced commands in modern Linux distros is timedatectl. It’s a convenient way to review …
30 May 2019
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Hardware Lab
I have finally taken the time to list most important computer equipment I use in my consultancy Tech Stack and Unix …
29 May 2019
4 minutes read
Install Docker in Linux Mint 19.1
Docker One of the first things I wanted to try on my fresh Linux Mint 19.1 install was Docker. This post captures the …
28 May 2019
3 minutes read
Projects: Automatic Keyboard Backlight for Dell XPS in Linux
Last night I finished a fun mini project as part of Unix Tutorials Projects. I have writted a basic enough script that …
28 May 2019
3 minutes read
Projects: Automatic Keyboard Backlight for Dell XPS in Linux
My Dell XPS 9380 laptop Last night I finished a fun mini project as part of Unix Tutorials Projects. I have writted a …
26 May 2019
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Controlling Dell Laptop Keyboard Backlight From Command Line
Keyboard Trigger for Keyboard Backlight I didn’t take me long to start wondering if there was a way to control …
25 May 2019
2 minutes read
How To: Show Colour Numbers in Unix Terminal
256 colours in tmux I’m decorating my tmux setup and needed to confirm colour numbers for some elements of the …
24 May 2019
3 minutes read
Test SSHd Config on a Different SSH Port
Sometimes you need to tweak your SSH daemon on an important system and you just don’t know if particular settings …
22 May 2019
2 minutes read
How to Use Lsof Command
lsof is one of these super useful Linux commands that is still not installed on most distros by default, but it’s …
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 …