today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 02, 2022

• How to Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  Plex Media Server is a widely used software to store all your digital media content and access it via various client applications. It is popular among users for its ability to store TV Shows and Movie Libraries and share content with friends and family members. Plex Media Server has continuously grown in popularity and now supports many platforms. Some of the most popular client applications for accessing content from a Plex Media Server include NVIDIA Shield, Roku, Mobile App, and many more. The software organizes your files and content into categories, making it easy to find and use. In addition, the Plex Media Server provides security and privacy features that allow you to control who can access your content and when. The Plex Media Server is a great way to store and share your digital media content with others.

  In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish by securely importing the GPG key and official Plex repository and some tips on basic sets creating a reverse proxy with Nginx.

• My NixOS workflow after migrating from OpenBSD

  After successfully switching my small computer fleet to NixOS, I'd like to share about the journey.

• How to Install qBittorrent on Raspberry Pi OS

  qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client. qBittorrent is a native application written in C++ which uses Boost, Qt 5 toolkit, and libtorrent-rasterbar library.qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible.

  The program also has a built-in search engine with support for healthy trackers and mirrors. You can create torrents through the interface or by passing parameters to qBittorrent on the command line. qBittorrent is very popular amongst torrent users as the main alternative to UTorrent due to its lightweight footprint, lack of intrusive advertising, and additional features such as an integrated search engine, remote control via the Web user interface, IP filtering, sequential downloading, etc.

  In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install qBittorrent on Raspberry Pi desktop GUI and qBittorrent-nox, which can be installed on a desktop or headless server using the command line terminal to access the WEB UI.

• How to Install Roblox on Linux Mint 21

  The developers of Roblox introduced their tool as an “Imagination Platform” where people can play millions of games. Not only this, but it’s also a game creation platform used by game lovers to create their own games.

  This online game platform Roblox is growing rapidly and getting popular among users. They made millions of worldwide users in a small period. Developers can create games by making use of language Lua.

  Roblox is a Windows/macOS application and cannot run on a Linux system directly. In the below-mentioned process, you will see Roblox platform running on Linux Mint 21 system.

• How To Read exFAT Partitions in Linux

  This tutorial explains how to mount and read exFAT partitions in Linux. After reading this tutorial, you will be able to read the content within exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) partitions.

  After the practical instructions, I briefly introduced the different Microsoft partition types, which will also help you understand the possible reasons behind your difficulty reading the exFAT file systems. Basic mount commands are also described at the end of this document.

  All instructions in this tutorial include screenshots, making it easy for every Linux user to understand and apply them.

• Docker Commands

  Are you new to Docker? Are you struggling with the Docker commands? Are you curious about how Docker works and how do Docker container images build? Well, luckily, you have reached the right place!

  In this hands-on, brief, and self-paced tutorial, we will help you use the Docker commands in the Ubuntu operating system. This guide will provide a brief overview of what Docker is and how it works, how to install Docker on Ubuntu, and how to use Docker commands in Dockers. We will demonstrate the primarily used Docker command and present some quick examples to enable you to use the Docker commands in your applications.

• AutoSSH Command in Linux

  Working with Ubuntu allows you to use all essential applications like email, Office Suite, browsers, media, or social apps. Most applications required to run an organization, home, school, or enterprise come pre-installed, and thousands more are available in the Ubuntu software center. The Ubuntu operating system is very simple and easy to use and clean. In fact, it is way simpler than any other mainstream competition. Windows and Mac operating system users may experience some differences in the Ubuntu operating system, but they certainly will not feel any difficulty using it. This article is designed around using the AutoSSH command in Ubuntu operating system. We will define the basic meaning of the AutoSSH command and how to use it in the Ubuntu 22.04 operating system.

• How to Install TimeShift on Raspberry Pi

  Having your data backed up can really save you a lot of trouble in case of any unexpected error that causes your system to not function properly. Though reinstalling the Linux operating system is not much of a big deal, you must install all the applications again and most importantly you might lose some of your important data.

  TimeShift is one of the free tools that can create a backup for your Linux operating system and in case of something goes wrong, you can restore your system. So read this guide to go through the procedure of installing TimeShift on Raspberry Pi.

• How to Install Raspup Puppy Linux OS on Raspberry Pi

  Raspup, a port of Puppy Linux, is a lightweight, easy-to-use operating system designed for low-powered devices like Raspberry Pi. You can run this entire operating system on RAM. Its latest version takes hardly 600MB of memory, making it an ideal operating system to run even on old Raspberry Pi models. Several lightweight applications are already installed, such as the Midori browser, Abiword, Mplayer, and more. You can install other applications from the built-in Puppy Package Manager.

• How to Find Hardware Details Raspberry Pi GUI

  Getting hardware details about your Raspberry Pi device through commands is a hectic task for most users. You will need to search for commands; each command will provide different results. You won’t get all your system hardware information with a single command. However, there is a GUI-based application designed especially for Linux users that provides them the freedom to get real-time system information.

  If you are a Raspberry Pi user and want to find hardware details, follow this article to install the GUI application and get the information onto your system desktop.

• Three Ways to Delete the Partitions Under Linux

  This tutorial explains how to remove the partitions under Linux using different tools including fdisk, cfdisk and gparted. After reading this article, you will be able to delete the partitions in Linux by applying a few steps. The command line techniques that are shared in the following examples are valid for all the Linux distributions. In some cases, some additional packages need to be installed. Additionally, we also included the steps for the users who are looking for a graphical method.

  All the instructions in this document contain screenshots to make it easy for every Linux user to understand and implement them independently of their experience level.

• How to Place the Brave Browser’s Cache in RAM

  Your web browser cache stores images, HTML, and JavaScript from the sites that you visit in a local cache. This allows for much faster page loading and less bandwidth usage. Basically, once an asset is saved to the cache, it is reread locally unless there has been some sort of change remotely.