19 Sep 2018
2 minutes read
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 Linux setup, here’s how you can do it using the dpkg command:
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29 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
Show Off Your Unix Distro With ScreenFetch
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 …
24 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
Unix Tutorial Digest – August 24th, 2018
I’m still finding my stride with this type of post, so Interesting Reads is more of a monthly than weekly feature.
22 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
Create Swap From File on BTRFS Filesystem
I had a server run out of space recently, to the point that it couldn’t complete the yum update. This server ended …
20 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
How to Fix Fonts in X11 Forwarding
I’m installing VirtualBox on one of my remote Linux servers and installed the software from their repository that …
16 Aug 2018
4 minutes read
Review Latest Logs With Tail and Awk
Part of managing any Unix system is keeping an eye on the vital log files. Today I was discussing one of such scenarios …
24 Jul 2018
2 minutes read
Use Lsblk Command for Storage Analysis
As I’m working through my very first ebook under the Unix Tutorial brand, I’m learning lots of very …
24 Jul 2018
3 minutes read
VM - Virtual Machine
IMPORTANT: This is a post from another blog of mine, which I’m shutting down. I like the way these virtualization …
18 Jul 2018
3 minutes read
Disk Performance Tips for VMware Workstation
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of research with virtual machines created in VMware Workstation. And one of the first …
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 …