today's howtos
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How to Install and Configure Elasticsearch 8 on Rocky/Alma Linux 9
Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. Elasticsearch has quickly become the most popular search engine and is commonly used for log analytics, full-text search, security intelligence, business analytics, and operational intelligence use cases.
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How to Change the GNOME Activities Icon with a Custom One
Want to add a custom icon to replace the GNOME Activities button in the top left corner? Here’s how to do it with ease.
The GNOME desktop environment adheres to its philosophy of user interaction, which is focused on maximum simplicity. However, some of its components do not always meet user expectations and preferences. Fortunately, GNOME extensions allow users to extensively customize almost every element of it to their liking.
This tutorial will show you how to replace the GNOME Activities button, which is placed in the upper left corner of the GNOME desktop, with a predefined custom icon or one you create.
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How to Hide App Shortcut Icon in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 & Other Linux | UbuntuHandbook
Got an application, but you want to make it in-visible from start menu, app grid, app launcher search result, and dock launcher?
It’s easy to do the trick by adding rule NoDisplay=true or Hidden=true into the ‘.desktop’ file for that application. And, here’s how to do it step by step.
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FFmpeg - Ultimate Guide | IMG.LY Blog
This guide covers the ins and outs of FFmpeg starting with fundamental concepts and moving to media transcoding and video and audio processing providing practical examples along the way.
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A useful guide to FFmpeg [LWN.net]
FFmpeg is an indispensable tool for working with audio and video streams, but it can be challenging to learn to use well. FFmpeg — The Ultimate Guide, posted by Csaba Kopias, can help. "This guide covers the ins and outs of FFmpeg starting with fundamental concepts and moving to media transcoding and video and audio processing providing practical examples along the way."