today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 08, 2023,
updated Jun 08, 2023

• Users Can Now Take Advantage of Flathub’s New Documentation

  Flathub's users' documentation has been revamped and is now available. So dive into it to enhance your Flathub experience.

• Guide to Install Rust and Use Cargo Package Manager on AlmaLinux 9

  In this guide, we'll take you through the installation process of Rust programming language on an AlmaLinux 9. You will install Rust with two different methods and learn the basic usage of the Cargo package manager for creating and managing the Rust project.

• Dealing with ‘Failed to Retrieve Share List’ Error in Linux SMB Share

  The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is commonly used for file sharing between Linux and Windows machines. It's not uncommon, however, to run into errors such as 'Failed to retrieve share list from server: Invalid argument.' This error typically indicates a problem with accessing shared resources, which can be caused by various issues such as network misconfigurations, firewall restrictions, or outdated SMB versions.

• Install Able2Extract Professional on Ubuntu / Debian

  Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to install Able2Extract on Debian / Ubuntu. This tool is a marvel if you work with many PDF files. What is Able2Extract Professional? Able2Extract Professional is a proprietary tool for working with and manipulating PDF files.

• Disable GUI on modern Debian

  This is how you disable the GUI after logging in and launching a shell:

  sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
  sudo systemctl reboot
  
  I inadvertently installed a graphical environment installing a new Debian Xen test server. This will let you reboot to a tty.
  
  For fellow BSD people, remember that the systemctl(8) command has also kudzu’d shutdown(8) on most Linux distros now. I wonder how long it’ll take for sudoedit(8) to be replaced with systemctl text-editor-edit.

• What are AppImages and how do you use them on Linux?

  This unique format for distributing Linux applications keeps it simple -- mostly.

• Qubes OS dom0 files workflow using fossil

  Since I'm using Qubes OS, I always faced an issue; I need a proper tracking of the configuration files for my systemthis can be done using Salt as I explained in a previous blog post. But what I really want is a version control system allowing me to synchronize changes to a remote repository (it's absurd to backup dom0 for every change I make to a salt file). So far, git is too complicated to achieve that.