Linux CLI: Bash Alias Bash aliases are kind of shortcuts for working on the command line on Unix-like systems.
Adding More Space to the Swapfile Adding more swap space via the CLI seems like a daunting task considering one would be messing around with hard drive space – big potential to wipe out data. Continue Reading →
Installing Wine 4.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 Echoed from: https://tipsonubuntu.com/2019/02/01/install-wine-4-0-ubuntu-18-10-16-04-14-04/ Wine, a free compatibility layer to run Windows applications on Linux, released 4.0 stable recently. Continue Reading →
Unix Stuff Web Developers Should Know Echoed from: https://certsimple.com/blog/unix-things-web-developers-struggle-with I spent the first decade of my career as a Linux person before switching to the web. Continue Reading →
CHMOD #PermissionrwxBinary7read, write and executerwx1116read and writerw-1105read and executer-x1014read onlyr–1003write and execute-wx0112write only-w-0101execute only–x0010none—000 For example, 754 would allow: “read”, “write”, and “execute” for the user class, as the binary value of 7 is 111.“read” and “execute” for the Group class, as the binary value of 5 is 101.Only “read” for the Others class, as the binary value of 4 is 100. Continue Reading →
Filesystem event monitoring with inotify Echoed from: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-filesystem-events-inotify Linux Filesystem Events with inotify by Charles Fisher It is, at times, important to know when things change in the Linux OS. Continue Reading →
Linux apt-get flags differentiated sudo apt-get: -update; -upgrade; -dist-upgrade update updates the list of available packages and their versions, but it does not install or upgrade any packages. Continue Reading →
Ubuntu 14.04 Issue: Freeze on Shutdown Echoed from: https://askubuntu.com/questions/508029/ubuntu-14-04-stuck-on-shutdown Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub This will open the grub config file. Continue Reading →
Ubuntu: Swapfile Introduction One of the easiest way of increasing the responsiveness of your server and guarding against out of memory errors in your applications is to add some swap space. Swap is an area on a hard drive that has been designated as a place where the operating system can temporarily store data that it can no longer hold in RAM. Continue Reading →
Reinstalling the Wifi adapter for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS So somehow I managed to lose the ability to connect to any WiFi hotspot when inside my Ubuntu. Continue Reading →