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How to Clean Up Flatpak Apps to Clear Disk Space
Here’s how to clean up Flatpak apps to reclaim your precious disk space. Follow along.
Flatpak (like Snap) packages run in sandbox mode. By design, it takes a considerable amount of disk space for an individual application, even if it is a smaller one. For example, a simple Test editor or a basic image annotator application can take up more than 100+ MB of storage space.
It’s how Flatpak or even Snap operates fundamentally. It pulls all dependencies for an app and runs independently. The advantage of this design is – you do not need to worry about dependencies or updates. All you need to do is install and run. On the contrary, it takes up a huge amount of disk space.
And if you are running Ubuntu, elementary OS or any distribution for a longer period, you would be surprised that Flatpak keeps taking up more space over time.
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How To Install RustDesk on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - idroot
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RustDesk on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, RustDesk is a simple, open-source useful application for remotely accessing other PCs, with built-in file transfer and TCP tunneling, written with Rust programming language. It alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk. It provides free remote desktop services on its cloud and self-hosted infrastructure for organizations.
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 RustDesk remote desktop software 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.
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Download and install Pronterface (3D printer) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Learn how to install ProItnerface on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS using the printrun package in using the command terminal.
Pronterface – also known as Printrun – is a free open-source software for Windows, (older Macs) and Linux intended to control the 3D printer via the USB interface. It has a terminal window that can be used to send targeted commands to the printer and log errors, a temperature graph to control the heaters, and a manual control panel for axis control.
Pronterface is very useful for configuration/tuning and diagnostics. Normally, Pronterface is not required, the main benefit lies in the configuration of the printer by means of the M-codes of the respective printer firmware and the monitoring in case of problems. You can start Pronterface before starting a print and then simply listen in.
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How to display commits created on a specific day with the git log command | Opensource.com
The git log command offers many opportunities to learn more about the commits made by contributors. One way you might consume such information is by date. To view commits in a Git repository created on a specific date or range of dates, use the git log command with the options --since or --until, or both.
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How to replace HTTP with HTTPS to help protect your network | Enable Sysadmin
Using clear-text protocols like HTTP can put your network at risk. Learn how to upgrade to HTTPS.