today's howtos
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How to use LXC containers on Linux
LXC (aka Linux Containers) is a kernel-level virtualization tool. With it, users can create and run fully contained Linux operating systems. Here’s how to use LXC on your Linux system.
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How to deploy MongoDB as a Docker container | TechRepublic
MongoDB is an outstanding NoSQL database that offers plenty of features to satisfy the most demanding needs, but I’ve found installing MongoDB to be a bit inconsistent across Linux distributions. MongoDB might install just fine on, say, Ubuntu 20.04, but there’s no guarantee it will start properly. That’s an issue I’ve experienced on several occasions.
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How to install Cockpit on Pop!_OS for easier system maintenance | TechRepublic
Pop!_OS is my primary operating system. I use it every day for the vast majority of my productivity. The other day I was taking care of a few tasks and I thought: “I should really do something to make this a bit more efficient.”
It’s not like I mind using the command line or working with different tools for different tasks. But some days I would much rather do everything under one roof. Even better, I have other machines to deal with that could benefit from a more efficient solution.
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Packages needed for Vulkan development on openSUSE | Stefan’s openSUSE Blog
Recently I had a first look into Vulkan development. So I started by reading a Vulkan Tutorial. It’s rather detailed and actually it takes a long time before you see your first shaded triangle (about 900 lines of code!). The Vulkan Tutorial has some software requirements on Linux, which are explained in detail in the Development environment for Linux. In order to make things easier for openSUSE users here is the package list you need to have installed. Just install them via zypper.
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How to Access Wikipedia Without Ever Leaving the Linux Terminal
It's easy to access and read Wikipedia articles using the Linux terminal when you need to.
Hardcore Linux fans spend their lives on the command line. From inside a terminal, you can do virtually everything—to the extent, that many don't even bother installing a desktop environment.
But did you know that you can easily read Wikipedia summaries from the terminal? Here's how.
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Multiple SSH Sessions in a Single Window with EasySSH | TechRepublic
Jack Wallen shows you how you can wrangle all of those SSH connections you use daily into a single, easy-to-use application.
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How to Resample Hi-Res FLAC in Linux - Make Tech Easier
Hi-Res FLAC files are one of the pinnacles of the Hi-Fi audio experience. However, if you rip your CD into FLAC files, you might find that they are often hard to play outside the equipment they are made for. This can be an issue for users who own high-resolution audio tracks but do not have the tools to play them properly.
One way to fix this is to use sox to resample your Hi-Res FLAC files. This tutorial teaches the basics of sox and how to use it to resample FLAC files in Linux.
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How to Install OpenShot Video Editor Ubuntu 22.04
“For video editors, the OpenShot Video editor is a good choice. The open-source and free tool helps users create and edit classic videos and offers multiple audio, video, and image formats. With this tool, you can create content videos for social media platforms and platforms like YouTube.
This tutorial covers different ways of installing OpenShot on Ubuntu 22.04.”
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3 Ways to install OpenSCAD on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy
Learn the commands to install free and open-source OpenSCAD 3D CAD software on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish Linux using the terminal and GUI.
The 3D tool OpenSCAD generates 3D models from descriptive scripts. This gives you very precise control over every single work step during modeling.
From various two- and three-dimensional basic shapes, you assemble your model, move elements and assign colors.
Various mathematical operators, modifiers, transformations, variables, loops, and other functions allow to realize of almost arbitrarily complex models.
The interface of OpenSCAD is essentially divided into two areas. While you type the script on the left, the freeware renders the result on the right side at the push of a button.
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Install - play 2048 game on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 LTS Linux
Install the 2048 mathematical game on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy JellyFish or Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa to take a break from your Terminal commands.
2048 is a simple but complicated puzzle board game in which a single player gets 4×4 tiles. Where the player has to combine or add the random but same digits to achieve the value of 2048 before the board is full. It was developed by Gabriele Cirulli, an Italian developer.
At first glance, the game seems quite basic and easy to play but as you start sliding the tiles to get the number 2048 you will realize, it is not a piece of cake for everyone. Only the mathematical sound person could get the right number to win the game.
Originally the game was written in Javascript and CSS. And being an open-source software it is available to install using the default system repository of Ubuntu Linux.
The best part is that we can use our Terminal to play it, no need to launch some separate application launcher to play the game.
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How to install and set up PHP and Apache(LAMP stack) on Ubuntu 22.04
In this guide we are going to Install and set up Apache virtual host to serve PHP content on a Ubuntu 22.04 system. The Apache HTTP Server(Apache), is one of the most popular free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0.
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How to Install and Configure Zabbix Server 6 on Ubuntu 22.04
Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software tool for diverse IT components, including networks, servers, virtual machines and cloud services. Zabbix provides monitoring metrics, among others network utilization, CPU load and disk space consumption.
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How To Install Fork CMS on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - idroot
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Fork CMS on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Fork CMS is a free open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and uses Symphony components. Fork CMS comes with many themes and apps like Banners, Guestbook and support many third-party extensions available to use.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Fork content management systems on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.