today's howtos
-
GIMP Tutorial: Using The Heal Tool
I still watch tutorials to learn new skills, and came across this one on Davies Media Design's YouTube channel about the Heal tool.
The Heal tool is similar to the Clone tool, but uses a bit different algorithm. While the Clone tool copies the exact pixels selected, and paints them over your chosen area, the Heal tool seems to take the surrounding pixels and imperfections into account as well, making your subject easier to paint (they are, after all, both brushes).
Let's look at the difference between the Clone tool and the Heal tool. If you have the tools grouped in GIMP, they are in the same group. If not, the Clone tool icon looks like a stamp, and the Heal tool looks like two bandages in an X-shape.
-
PDF Part 3A: Manipulating PDF Files, GUI Style
My original plans were to have a three part article series that covered the creation of PDF files, the editing of PDF files, and finally, the manipulation of PDF files. But when I looked closer, I discovered there are several GUI programs that help with manipulating PDF files, and even more command-line programs for manipulating PDF files. So, I've decided to break the third article down into two related articles. This article, "PDF Part 3A," will deal with the GUI programs you can use to manipulate the structure and orientation of a PDF file. The next article, "PDF Part 3B," will focus on the command-line tools for manipulating PDF files.
Some may argue that editing and manipulating PDF files are the same thing. But, that's not necessarily so. Editing the contents of a PDF file changes the information conveyed in the PDF, while merely changing the page order or page orientation of a PDF file does not inherently change the contents of the file, nor the information conveyed. It's a gray area, but we need to "draw a line" and make a distinction somewhere.
-
5 Ways to Follow Symbolic Links in Linux
Symbolic links (also referred to as “soft links” or “symlinks”) are a kind of shortcut to another file used in the Linux operating system mostly for shared libraries.
If you’ve been using Linux as a regular desktop, you might already have encountered one or will in the future. But today’s focus will be on how you can find the original file to which the symbolic link points.
Note that we already wrote a separate article for all the tools that are mentioned in this article, so this is kind of a summarized version of all the tools.
However, if you directly jump to this article and are only interested in knowing a tool that can help you find the original file to which the symbolic link points, then you can directly read our readlink command article.
-
How To Install OwnCloud on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OwnCloud on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, ownCloud is a free and open-source file hosting and sharing platform that allows users to store and access their files from anywhere. It provides a user-friendly interface for storing, accessing, and sharing files, and it integrates with a variety of popular file-sharing and collaboration tools, such as Microsoft Office and Google Drive. By using ownCloud, you can easily store, access, and share your files from anywhere and collaborate with others on a wide range of projects.
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 OwnCloud on Rocky Linux. 9.
-
How to Remote Access Linux From a Windows Computer
Set up a Linux server? Perhaps you've configured it as the solution to network storage. Or maybe you have a Linux work PC, media center, or simply keep a secondary PC in another room. Whatever the case, at some point, you'll need to remotely access the Linux device from a Windows PC or laptop. So, what is the solution?
Windows users have several tools that enable simple remote desktop from Windows to Linux. Want to know how remote desktop from Windows to Linux? Read on!
-
MicroK8s and Portainer: The Easiest Way to Deploy an App on Kubernetes - The New Stack
Anyone who’s attempted to work with Kubernetes for the first time understands how complicated it is. Not only is creating a Kubernetes cluster a challenge but so too is deploying applications. With so many moving parts, this technology can get the best of anyone who doesn’t have a deep understanding of how it works.
There are, however, shortcuts to take. One such shortcut is deploying Portainer to a MicroK8s cluster. I’ve already demonstrated how this is one in an earlier tutorial. Why would you go this route? Simple. Not only is MicroK8s one of the easiest methods of deploying Kubernetes, but Portainer also offers one of the most powerful and user-friendly GUI tools for managing Kubernetes deployments.
-
How To Check The Password Complexity In Linux - OSTechNix [Ed: Article updated]
We already posted a brief guide about - how to generate a strong password in Linux a while ago. Now, we are going to find out if the generated password is really strong or not. In this short tutorial, we will see how to check the password complexity in Linux from commandline.