today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 23, 2024

• LinuxTechi ☛ How to Install Elastic (ELK) Stack on Ubuntu 24.04

• Ubuntubuzz ☛ How To Adjust Sound Volume Over 100% on Ubuntu 24.04

  This tutorial will help you adjust sound volume up to 150% on Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat". You do not need to install additional programs to do this but please remember our advice that it's not a good idea to do this for a long time as it may breaks your speaker or disturbs your ear health. One good idea to do this is when listening to a video which the volume is too low. All in all, now let's try it out!

• Rachel ☛ A terrible way to jump into colocating your own stuff

  I said he could probably find a spot to colocate that stuff given that he lives in a major metro area, and sure enough, he did. A few weeks later, everything was parked in there, and the resulting boost in connectivity (throughput and availability both) made everyone so much happier.

  I think they were also able to dump the remaining cruft at the office park as a result. Win-win, right?

  So, without further ado, here's the terrible list I just scribbled down rather quickly to get this going:

• University of Toronto ☛ Old (Unix) workstations and servers tended to boot in the same ways

  I somewhat recently read j. b. crawford's ipmi, where in a part crawford talks about how old servers of the late 80s and 90s (Unix and otherwise) often had various features for management like serial consoles. What makes something an old school 80s and 90s Unix server and why they died off is an interesting topic I have views on, but today I want to mention and cover a much smaller one, which is that this sort of early boot environment and low level management system was generally also found on Unix workstations.

• Amit Patel ☛ SDF antialiasing

  Last time I was looking at letter spacing with my renderer to see how it compared to Google Chrome on Mac. But while doing that I noticed that their antialiasing looked nicer than mine. So I tweaked parameters, including antialias edge width, gamma, and threshold bias.

• [Old] IT Tavern ☛ Visual guide to SSH tunneling and port forwarding - ITTAVERN.COM

  To make it quick, I wish I had known about port forwarding and tunneling earlier. With this blog post, I try to understand it better myself and share some experiences and tips with you.

  Topics: use cases, configuration, SSH jumphosts, local/remote/dynamic port forwarding, and limitations

• Justin Duke ☛ Why your marketing site should be separate · Applied Cartography

  Even if you’re dead-set on having a single application serve both the marketing and application site, deploy them to separate domains.

• idroot

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Terraform on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

    Terraform, a powerful Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, has revolutionized the way we manage and provision resources in clown computing and DevOps environments. Its ability to define and manage infrastructure using a declarative language has made it an essential tool for many organizations.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Couchbase on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

    Couchbase is a high-performance, distributed NoSQL database that offers unparalleled scalability and flexibility for modern applications. It is widely used in web, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) environments due to its ability to handle large volumes of structured and unstructured data with ease.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Lighttpd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

    In the world of web servers, Lighttpd (pronounced “lighty”) stands out as a lightweight, high-performance alternative to more resource-intensive options. For system administrators and developers looking to optimize their Ubuntu 24.04 LTS servers, Lighttpd offers an excellent balance of speed, efficiency, and functionality.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install K9s on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

    In the ever-evolving landscape of Kubernetes management, K9s has emerged as a powerful command-line interface (CLI) tool that simplifies cluster navigation and management. This article provides a detailed guide on how to install K9s on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the latest long-term support release of the popular GNU/Linux distribution.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install phpMyAdmin on AlmaLinux 9

    phpMyAdmin is a powerful and user-friendly web-based database management tool that simplifies the process of managing MySQL and MariaDB databases. It provides an intuitive interface for performing various database operations, such as creating tables, executing queries, and managing user privileges.

  How To Install Proton Pass Password Manager on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-proton-pass-password-manager-manjaro/

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Proton Pass Password Manager on Manjaro

    In today’s digital age, safeguarding your online accounts with strong, unique passwords is more crucial than ever. Proton Pass, a cutting-edge password manager, offers a secure and user-friendly solution to protect your sensitive information.

• LinuxTechLab ☛ Upgrade Terraform: How to upgrade Terraform version 0.11 to latest

• LinuxTechLab ☛ Upgrade Terraform: How to upgrade the Terraform code from 0.13 to latest

• LinuxTechLab ☛ Upgrade Terraform: How to upgrade Terraform code from 0.12 to 0.13

• The New Stack ☛ How To Safely Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04

  Ubuntu 22.04 will be supported by Canonical until April 2027.

• How to install Umbraco CMS on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 or 20.04 LTS

  Want to install Umbraco CMS, an open-source .NET (ASP.NET Core) CMS, locally to develop your website? Then, follow these steps and commands to learn how to install and set up Umbraco CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS.

• How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS Server

  Learn how to install WordPress CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble or 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish using LAMP server- Apache, MariaDB, and PHP. If you want to run your blog, you will quickly come across WordPress software.

• How to install PrestaShop on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 Server

  Learn the simple steps to install and set up the Prestashop e-commerce platform on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble or 22.04 LTS GNU/Linux server jammy, running on localhost or cloud hosting such as AWS, Google, DigitalOcean, etc.

• Real Linux User ☛ Cinnamon Spices – How to use Extensions in GNU/Linux Mint Cinnamon

  Linux Mint is great out of the box, which is one of the reasons why it is so popular among novice GNU/Linux users.

• Tom's Hardware ☛ How to connect to serial devices with Tio on Linux

  Tio, is a tool for GNU/Linux that enables easy and fast connections to serial devices. If you are working with the Raspberry Pi Pico or Arduino, then this is a great tool for you.

• Joaquim Rocha: How to fork: Best practices and guide