today's howtos
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Klara ☛ ZFS High Availability with Asynchronous Replication and zrep
With the zfs send and receive commands, data can be synchronized to a replica system and kept up-to-date with incremental changes. When using such a redundant replica to provide highly available storage services, it is useful for failovers between the two systems to be quick and reliable.
So start we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of leveraging zfs replication to provision a highly available system and consider some alternatives.
There are a number of tools for simplifying the use of zfs send and receive and in this article we show how to use zrep which is particularly focused on the failover use case. We will also cover important practical ZFS send/receive considerations like keeping quotas and properties in sync, handling changes to the dataset structure, and interactions with other tools that use snapshots and holds.
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Adolfo Ochagavía ☛ RSS is dead, subscribe through email
Regarding the discussion itself, I’ve submitted the article to Hacker News, so there’s a chance people are commenting there. Also… sorry about the title! I couldn’t resist. I actually love RSS and hope most people use it! I’ll probably post a follow up in a few months, telling whether people actually subscribed through email. Maybe time will prove me wrong and confirm that, after all, RSS is alive and kicking.
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ID Root ☛ How To Install phpMyAdmin on Manjaro
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install phpMyAdmin on Manjaro. phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, designed to handle the administration of MySQL and MariaDB databases through a web interface. It is widely used for managing databases, executing queries, and performing various administrative tasks.
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ID Root ☛ How To Install Chromium on Fedora 39
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Chromium on Fedora 39. Chromium is an open-source web browser project from which Surveillance Giant Google Chrome draws its source code. While they share many features, there are key differences.
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ID Root ☛ How To Install PulseAudio on Manjaro
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PulseAudio on Manjaro. PulseAudio, a powerful sound server for UNIX-like operating systems, offers a host of features that enhance the audio experience on your GNU/Linux system.
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ID Root ☛ Df Command on GNU/Linux with Examples
The df (disk filesystem) command is an essential tool for monitoring disk space usage on GNU/Linux systems. It displays the amount of total, used, and available disk space on the file systems containing the given files or directories.
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Linuxize ☛ How to Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation of VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 using the Oracle repositories.
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Own HowTo ☛ How to fix "paccache command not found" error in Arch Linux
In this tutorial, you will learn how to fix the error "paccache command not found" in Arch Linux.
Why does this error happen?
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Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How to Disable Recent Files in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04
This simple tutorial shows how to disable (or auto-delete) “recent” files tab in left side-bar of file manager in Ubuntu 24.04 & 22.04. GNOME Files, aka Nautilus file manager, has a “Recent” tab in left side-bar, which include all the recent opened photos, videos, and documents.
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Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How to Install Ruby in Ubuntu 24.04 (in 4 ways)
This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install Ruby and setup local programming environment in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ruby is an interpreted, high-level programming language designed with an emphasis on programming productivity and simplicity.
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Linux Hint ☛ How to Take Screenshots in Ubuntu
Tutorial on how to take screenshots in Ubuntu using the keyboard shortcuts, built-in screenshot tool, terminal, Gnome Screenshot tool, or third-party tools.
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HowTo Geek ☛ How to Customize Folder Icons on Ubuntu
Want to personalize folder icons on Ubuntu? Try changing the icons or color of your folders. It helps you organize your files better, makes your folders more recognizable, and adds some flair to your Linux desktop.
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Changing folder icons on Ubuntu can make your folders stand out. For example, if you have a lot of folders on your home screen, it can be hard to find the one you need quickly. By changing the icons of your folders, you can make them more distinctive and easier to spot. Additionally, you have the flexibility to assign various icons to different folder types, such as music, documents, pictures, and more.
Before setting any custom folder icon, ensure you've downloaded the icon you want to use. For a folder icon, you can try out any PNG, JPG, or SVG image. You can download an icon from the internet or create your own using any image editor.
Icon Archive, Iconfinder, and Flaticon offer a wide variety of attractive folder icons and themes that work on Linux. Just download the icon you like and save it to any directory on your system. Then you can apply it to any folder you want.
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Medium ☛ How to Properly Use Privileges in Linux
Have you ever been confused when and where to use su and sudo or just wanted to know more about the difference between these two, when using the Linux command line?
If so, you will not longer be confused as we will explain everything in this article. As someone who was confused because I had no experience with Linux, I have spent a lot of time learning about these two very important commands. I have discovered what they can do and the problems they can cause. In this article, I am going to take an interesting look at su and sudo. I will explain them in a way that will help you use Linux more safely and effectively.