today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 30, 2023

• This App Lets You Apply Dither Effects to Images on Linux

  Using Halftone you can evoke a computer graphic aesthetic reminiscent of the late 1980s/early 1990s. We’re talking pixels, dots, dither, low color count, and more — all that’s missing is the flicker of a CRT-monitor and the garble of a dial-up modem.

• Recommendations for Tools for Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media

  Backups are designed to recover from a disaster that you can fairly rapidly detect.

  Archives are designed to survive for many years, protecting against disaster not only impacting the original equipment but also the original person that created them.

• CSS Framework Evolution

  A long time ago I wanted to build a website and I did using nothing but my own code for the interface and logic behind the scenes. This site was absolutely garbage from a design perspective and was quickly abandoned after it became obvious that any change would break 15 other things. The site had no support for any screen size except for the one it was built on, so I went on the hunt for a mobile friendly CSS framework.

• Building Family Websites

  Here's why it's the worst: every time we want to update it, we need to log onto Google Drive (where we store our photos), download a zip file, extract the photos, run two scripts (turn HEIC files into JPG, resize with a max width), run the build script, and push everything into source control (the HTML pages and the images).

• Learn the Basics of Git to Manage Projects Efficiently {Beginner’s Guide}

  Git is the most popular version control system (VCS) used by developers and development teams to keep track of changes made to source code. In fact, it is the most popular version control system used in DevOps.

  A Version Control System is software that tracks or records changes made to software code over time in a special database referred to as a repository. With Git, you can track project history and see what changes were made and who made them.

• 20 Basic ‘ls’ Command Examples in Linux

  Listing files is one of the most widely undertaken tasks by ordinary Linux users and system administrators. In Linux, the ls command, short for “list” is used to list or display the contents of a directory.

  This could either be your current directory or any other directory on the system. The command displays both files and subdirectories and in most cases distinguishes between different file types using color codes.

• Appending to Arrays in Bash

  Unlike many programming languages, bash doesn't have any pre-built function that lets you append data to arrays in bash.

• Linux Command Line Tricks For Efficient And Faster Workflow

  In the world of Linux, mastering the command line is essential for developers, system administrators, and power users. With the right command line tricks, you can significantly enhance your productivity and streamline your workflow. In this guide, we will explore a collection of Linux command line tricks that will help you work more efficiently and accomplish tasks with speed and precision.