10 Dec 2018
3 minutes read
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 version) in use.
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04 Dec 2018
5 minutes read
SSH Port Forwarding
SSH port forwarding is a feature of SSH protocol that allows client and server to forward additional network connections …
29 Nov 2018
1 minutes read
VirtualBox 6.0 Beta 2
It’s great to see that Oracle VirtualBox is still being actively developed, not just maintained. I have downloaded …
12 Nov 2018
1 minutes read
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 …
09 Nov 2018
2 minutes read
VMware Tools or Open VM Tools?
This post talks about VMware Tools and Open VM Tools – packages that help you improve performance and integration of …
08 Nov 2018
1 minutes read
Raspberry Pi OS
While you probably know that Raspbian is the official OS for Raspberry Pi systems, it’s not the only operating …
06 Nov 2018
4 minutes read
Mkdir Cannot Create Directory
New Linux users often get puzzled by the “mkdir: cannot create directory” errors when taking first steps and …
03 Nov 2018
2 minutes read
Mount Filesystems in Linux/Unix
mount command is used for mounting (making available) filesystems in Linux and Unix. Since a standard Unix-like …
03 Nov 2018
2 minutes read
Unix Tutorial Digest – November 3rd, 2018
This monthly issue arrives a week later, but brings more news as the result: lots of OS releases in October!
24 Oct 2018
1 minutes read
ScreenFetch in CentOS
Many of you liked the screenFetch command I have introduced a few weeks back. It’s a great utility native to most …
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 …