When you list directories in long format (the -l switch), you’ll be presented with a long list of information. What does it all mean? The first column on the far left represents permissions. The first character is a marker to define what the object is. For example, ‘-’ for a…
Read MoreThe pipe wire system is a new audio system that is taking over from Pulseaudio in Fedora 34. This is also in Ubuntu 21.04. This is a superior audio system and also replaces the Jack audio system. I hope this is a low latency system and gives better performance. Pulseaudio…
Read MoreI recently ran sudo apt upgrade to install a new kernel on Ubuntu and I had no sound hardware detected after the upgrade. But it turns out that the extra drivers package was not pulled in when I requested to install a new kernel. You need to ensure you pick…
Read MoreA disturbing amount of people do not know you can reopen your last tab in the Firefox browser with Control+Shift+T. If you use Windows you can drag and snap windows so you can work on stuff side by side. Apparently, pressing F5 on notepad.exe adds a timestamp to the current…
Read MoreLogging CPU usage over a certain period of time is very easy. The command below will print 24 lines of CPU statistics, printing a line every 4 seconds. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ sar -u 4 24 –human Linux 5.8.0-41-generic (jason-desktop) 12/04/21 _x86_64_ (4 CPU) 09:05:33 CPU %user %nice %system…
Read MoreThe account data of 500 million users of the social networking website LinkedIn is for sale on a hacker`s website. This goes to show that you cannot trust any website with your details if they have poor OPSEC. You are better off networking by meeting with others at trade shows…
Read MoreRunning a website in 2021 is easy, but there are many things to remember. For one, ensure that all bills are paid automatically. It is very embarrassing when your SSL certificate expires and everyone can see your incompetence. Paying these bills on time is important. Having fast web hosting and…
Read MoreThe many websites I used to enjoy like forums are vanishing and are not all being archived. This is a pity, especially if the forums had various solutions on them that another forum does not have, then the information is lost forever. But this is the evolution of the Internet….
Read MoreGetting a listing of all email addresses attached to a Git repo is very easy, this simple command will do this simply. Just use Git to clone the repo to a folder, then run this command to see all emails. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents/sysinfo] └──╼ (master) ╼ $ git log "–format=format:%ae" | sort…
Read MoreUse this code in the uBlock Origin dashboard, and this will block Youtube views code, this allows viewing a video and your visit with a browser will not count views. ||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/* ||https://www.youtube.com/ptracking ||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/playback ||https://www.youtube.com/api/stats/watchtime||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/* ||https://www.youtube.com/ptracking ||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/playback ||https://www.youtube.com/api/stats/watchtime This could be very useful for any Youtube user who does not care…
Read MoreUsing an Nvidia graphics adapter on Linux is very useful, it allows gaming and using 3D modeling software. But if you need to know what processes are using your adapter, then you need to install a useful utility. This is called nvtop. Install it like this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[/] └──╼ ╼ $…
Read MoreThis is a first look at the 4 hour long Snyder Cut epic of Justice League. This is an epic retelling of the story of the Justice League battling the forces of evil to save the world. This is a more adult retelling of the story, and therefore it has…
Read MoreIf you’ve ever piped the output of one command into the input of the other or joined simple commands together to do complex tasks, then you have a taste for the power of the shell. As you use the shell more and more you’ll discover how powerful it is and…
Read MoreEver wondered what happens when you run a program? Ever downloaded software from the Net that didn’t work, even though it may have compiled and installed correctly? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, you probably want to know more about how Linux runs programs. Even if…
Read MoreWhen a user runs a program on Linux, the program runs with the same permissions as that user account. For example, if user Joe doesn’t have permission to modify the files in /etc, any program that Joe runs won’t have permission either. There’s an exception to every rule. Files that…
Read MoreUsing the grep utility to search through source code can take a long time when you are searching for certain text. But this can be made easier if you use grep. The command below: grep -rn –include "*.*" "winlogon" .grep -rn –include "*.*" "winlogon" . Will search recursively through a…
Read MoreThis one-liner will take your IP address and convert it into binary. This is very useful and fun to do. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Videos] └──╼ ╼ $ ipcalc `ip a | awk ‘/inet / { print $2 }’ | sed -n 2p | cut -d "/" -f1` | awk ‘/Address/ {print $3,$4}’ 11000000.10101000.00000001….
Read MoreThis example will send the Boomsrc folder and all of the contents to the remote machine under the /home/jason/Desktop directory. This is very fast and secure. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ tar cBf – Boomsrc | compress -c | ssh [email protected] "cd /home/jason/Desktop; uncompress -c | tar xBvf -"┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼…
Read MoreSaving a Youtube playlist as mp3 files is easy with Linux. The youtube-dl script is capable of handling this easily. You need to specify the playlist ID instead of the whole URL. Below is an example, this shows how easy it is to save a bunch of videos as mp3…
Read MoreI have found a nice method of searching randomly generated data for certain words. This takes a while but can bear fruit in the end. Here is an example, this is searching through the /dev/urandom file and then finding an instance of the word “linux”. jason@jason-Lenovo-H50-55:~$ time tr -cd [:lower:]…
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