How to refuel a BTR in Arma Reforger and other tips.
Some very useful tips for Reforger Conflict game play.
Some very useful tips for Reforger Conflict game play.
Some very useful VIM tips for Linux. Do a word count.
Some very useful tips and tricks for using Ubuntu on the desktop.
Some very useful tips for using Alma Linux on the desktop.
A few nice things about the new game Arma Reforger.
How to get information about users on a Linux system easily.
Why having a separate home directory is a good thing when you need to reinstall Linux for some reason.
A couple of very useful shell tips for Ubuntu users in 2022. These should be very helpful to all Linux terminal users.
How to use plain text queries in MySQL database to find certain strings in a database instance. This could be very useful.
Some more very useful tips for the MPV movie player on Linux. How to play a Youtube video and select the resolution.
How to clear the screen in your terminal in a shell script. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Music/Youtube] └─$ printf ‘\33c\e[3J’┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Music/Youtube] └─$ printf ‘\33c\e[3J’ Just execute the printf statement and this will clear the screen. This will also clear the scrollback buffer as well. This is another way to accomplish this task. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Music/Youtube] └─$ printf "\ec"┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Music/Youtube] … Read more
Some very useful VIM tips when using this editor on Linux. When you open a folder instead of a file in VIM, you get a directory listing and this allows you to select a file. Just scroll down to the file you want to open and press ENTER. " ============================================================================ " Netrw Directory Listing (netrw … Read more
Get the IPv6 address of a website very easily with this simple one-liner. jason@. PWD: ~. -bash. 3.2.57. 29 $> host ipv6.google.com | awk ‘FNR==2 {print $5}’ 2404:6800:4006:811::200ejason@. PWD: ~. -bash. 3.2.57. 29 $> host ipv6.google.com | awk ‘FNR==2 {print $5}’ 2404:6800:4006:811::200e This works just fine to get the required information. I am not sure … Read more
Ubuntu Linux tips and tricks for using it on the desktop. The main thing about using Linux is getting it installed is one thing, but getting various hardware working and configured is another. Nvidia drivers are one major stumbling block for willing Ubuntu users. Here is a nice tutorial that explains how to install Nvidia … Read more
Very useful MPV tips and hotkeys When playing a movie in MPV and you wish to inspect a certain scene, press the SPACE key to pause and then the < and > keys to move a frame at a time backwards or forwards to see a frame by frame analysis of the scene. Press Shift-a … Read more
Working with files: Deleting a file in Ubuntu. Deleting a file in Ubuntu is very easy. Just select the file in the file manager and hold SHIFT and press Delete. Uzipping a zip file. Type unzip and then the filename to unzip the file. This will be unpacked into the current directory. E.g unzip my.zip. … Read more
Windows tips and tricks to secure your system Windows tips and tricks to secure your systemAdd a legal notice to the Windows login screenWrite protect USB drivesDisable autorun in Windows 10 Using Ccleaner to optimise the registry. The free Ccleaner application is very useful for cleaning the registry. This application has many features. Download this … Read more
Some useful Linux tips and troubleshooting commands Windows tips and tricks to secure your systemAdd a legal notice to the Windows login screenWrite protect USB drivesDisable autorun in Windows 10Some useful Linux tips and troubleshooting commandsHow to install the restricted codecs in UbuntuHow to boot an Ubuntu live ISO from the GRUB bootloaderHow to re-install … Read more
There are still some very useful tips for using Linux in 2021. Just like this. Getting the size on the disk of a folder. The du -ack -h | tail -n 1 command will do this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Music] └──╼ ╼ $ du -ack -h | tail -n 1 8.2G total┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Music] └──╼ ╼ $ du -ack -h … Read more
Killing rogue programs in Linux The kill command included by default with the Linux suite of commands may be used to terminate a process by passing kill a process ID (PID). By default, kill just tells the process to die, but if the process has made previous arrangements with the Linux kernel it is sometimes … Read more