This solution I found is a very good way to parse an XML RSS feed to plain text. This requires the XMLStarlet utility. On a Macbook it was installed easily. [ jason@$deusexmachina.local ] [ Jobs 0. PWD: ~. -bash 3.2.57. ] [ 118-:$ ] -> brew install xmlstarlet ==> Downloading…
Read MoreSome suggestions for new users of Linux and thoughts on modern Linux distributions. Linux is very annoying in various ways.
Read MorePrinting the current Bitcoin price is very easy with Linux. There are many ways to do this. One way is with curl. Just use this command to get Bitcoin information. [ jason@$deusexmachina.local ] [ Jobs 0. PWD: ~/Documents/Trip. -bash 3.2.57. ] [ 28-:$ ] -> curl -s usd.rate.sx _ _…
Read MoreHow to download a TikTok video using the command line on Linux. This is very easy to do.
Read MoreThere are a lot of classic Linux desktop environments that emulate the look of other desktop environments or are just very nice to use. Here are some good tips and resources for classic Linux window managers. WindowMaker is one classic desktop environment. This emulates the look of the NextStep operating…
Read MoreGet 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 $5}’ 2404:6800:4006:811::200e This works just fine to get the required…
Read MoreInteresting Linux command. This will give output rather like hacker-typer, this is printing the strace output of the ps aux command, this is very interesting to watch as the user can see what is actually happening when you are running this very useful one-liner. This prints quite pertinent output. strace…
Read MoreThe Windows installation I have has been reverted back to Windows 7 from Windows 8 after using the Consumer Preview the impression I got from it shows that Microsoft will create another Windows Millennium Edition, it is better to use Windows 7 if you must use Windows at all. The…
Read MoreUse the nohup command to leave a command running if you are disconnected from the shell If you want to leave a command running if you are disconnected from your SSH session, then use the nohup command, this can be very handy. This is a good example, this will run…
Read MoreUsing redirection on the command line is very easy to do. The main strength of the UNIX command line is that you may output data from one command-line application to another. Here is one example. ls -hula | lessls -hula | less This is using the pipe character to pipe…
Read MoreAdding a new user on Linux is very easy, this can be done with the groupadd and useradd commands. I am adding a new user group to Linux and then adding the new user to it. Firstly, add the new user group. jason@jason-Lenovo-H50-55:~$ sudo groupadd -g 1001 cudauserjason@jason-Lenovo-H50-55:~$ sudo groupadd…
Read MoreHow to set up an SSH connection to a remote server, this is very useful for administering a remote machine over a network.
Read MoreThe Linux desktops that we know and use have come a long way. The KDE Linux desktop environment is very different now compared to 2006. But at least it has kept the same basic layout with the taskbar and start menu, unlike Gnome. That has changed completely since the Gnome…
Read MoreThe importance of backing up your computer can not be understated. This is an integral part of using a computer, judging by the outages of various cloud backup services like Microsoft Azure and other cloud services it is not a good idea to only use a cloud service like Google…
Read MoreThis is a very old Linux file I found on an old HDD, this is a Linux virus in Assembler source code. This is compiled with nasm into an object file and then with GCC into an executable. I would not want to actually run this, but it is still…
Read MoreThe Linux distributions that are released these days do not give you any choice in desktop environments compared to the old SUSE Linux distribution that came on a DVD image with a heap of different desktop environments to use whenever you desired. Sure, the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and its child…
Read MoreThis theme from Gnome-Look will theme your MATE desktop to look just like the Luna theme in Windows XP. if that is what you want that is. Get the theme here: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1230964/. This theme will not show up in the theme chooser for some reason, just go to the Customise…
Read MoreThe year of the Linux desktop seems to be getting further and further away, the Linux/UNIX operating system is a super-secure alternative to the leaking and insecure Windows operating system. The powers that be want to make all computers an appliance instead of remaining a fully-fledged desktop workplace. Sure, the…
Read MoreMaking a spectrogram with FFmpeg on Linux is very easy. The FFmpeg utility is the best way to accomplish this task. This simple command will render a spectrogram of the audio file. This can be very interesting if the music file contains hidden information in the audio. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Music/Rap] └─$…
Read MoreI plugged my old Ubuntu HDD into an external housing and I needed to mount it in Windows Services for Linux on Windows 11. This is not too hard at all. Firstly run this Powershell one-liner to find the drive you are looking to mount. The WDC WD10 drive is…
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