today's howtos
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! Avi Alkalay ¡: Ensuring health of your NAS hard drives with SMART
Hardware setup is: [...]
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Daniel Lange ☛ Daniel Lange: Printing labels with the DYMO LabelWriter Wireless (and LabelWriter 5xx) on Debian Linux
In 2020 my company bought a DYMO LabelWriter Wireless. It is an awesome little device for thermal printing a wide variety of labels. The labels are easily available both from DYMO and from third parties so the pricing is quite acceptable.
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Net2 ☛ Ubuntu Command-Line Mastery: The Essential Guide for Power Users
The GNU/Linux terminal is a powerful tool allowing users to control their system precisely and efficiently. Whether you’re installing software, managing files, troubleshooting issues, or securing your system, mastering essential Ubuntu commands can significantly enhance your productivity.
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Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How to Block IPs in Nginx / WordPress Login Page
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to configure Nginx to block certain IPs or IP range from accessing your website, and block all others while only you (and specified IPs) can access the wordpress login pages. This site was under attack a few days ago.
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How to Change the Default Text Editor on Linux
Usually, your system has different editors pre-installed in the base system. Your default text editor depends on the Linux distro you're using. It may be Nano, Vim, Emacs, etc. Changing your default editor is entirely up to you, it depends on the features you want and the type of interface and keyboard shortcuts you seek.
Editors are at times task-specific and you may have to shuffle them depending on your tasks. This guide will teach you how to change the default text editor on your Linux operating system.
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HowTo Geek ☛ What Do You Use to Stream Music on Linux?
Lately I've been listening to a lot more of my physical music collection than any music streaming service. When I do, lately, it's typically been through YouTube in Firefox. YouTube's music recommendation algorithm I've found to be on point. There are lots of options on Linux, of course, so what do you use when you stream music?