Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 1
I'm going to assume that you know how to do some basic stuff in Linux. In other words, if you don't know what a command line is, or how to traverse directories, this might not help you much. I should...
View ArticleUpgrade Your Motherboard Without Reinstalling your OS
If you're one of those people who likes to build and upgrade your own computers, or if you have just decided to make your first attempt at upgrading an older system, there is one thing you may be...
View ArticleInstalling ImageMagick from Source on Ubuntu
I like Ubuntu Server. I really like apt-get, because I don't have to do any work at all to install stuff. It's a piece of cake. Unfortunately, sometimes installing using apt-get doesn't work, or maybe...
View ArticleLinux Tips and Tricks, Part 2
More linux tricks to help you become a better command line commando!
View ArticleSevere GRUB Problem in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
If you’re using Ubuntu Server 10.10 and you get the upgrade notice for 11.04 “Natty Narwhal”, you might want to hold off a bit before taking the plunge and typing “do-release-upgrade”. It seems there...
View ArticleGRUB Reinit: Repair or Replace GRUB in One Easy Step
If you have a dual-boot setup on your computer involving some flavor of linux, at some point you will most likely encounter a problem with GRUB, the linux bootloader. For example, maybe you used a tool...
View ArticleThe Windows 10 Summer Update will include… Linux?!
This summer, Windows 10 will be 1 year old. Microsoft recently announced that they’ll be releasing another “major” update for their latest OS around this time. Most of the new features are nothing...
View ArticleHow to install git and gitk on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10
You may have heard about “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows”. If not, you can check out my post on Bash for Windows 10. First, you’ll need to make sure you have the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which you’ve...
View ArticleHow to update or install “Linux on Windows” in Windows 10
In the olden days, there was only “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10”. This little gem gave you something like reverse WINE. You got an Ubuntu linux install that’s running on top of the Windows kernel –...
View ArticleRun cron jobs in Windows Subsystem for Linux
If you’re running Ubuntu or another linux shell in Windows 10 via WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), you’ve probably wondered about using cron. Cron is super-handy for doing things, like, running a...
View ArticleHelp! My USB stick is read-only in Ubuntu Server
If you use Ubuntu Desktop, using a USB stick is a piece of cake. You just plug it in, read/write files, and yank it out again. But what about Ubuntu Server? Try the same thing, and you end up with
View ArticleHow to install ImageMagick 7 on Ubuntu
ImageMagick is great. It allows your web app to process, resize, filter, and do all kinds of other nifty things with images. Not so long ago, ImageMagick 7 was released. One of the big new features was...
View ArticleFix stunnel “Bad magic at ssl.c” error / crash on Ubuntu
Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS is a rather popular linux OS for servers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come without its problems. For example, the current version of stunnel – an SSL tunnel – is woefully...
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