How to use Docker to test any Linux distribution locally
I often need to test a specific Linux binary or make sure something works as expected from yum install or apt install.
To do this, it’s common …
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How to monitor Network Traffic on Linux
There is a fantastic tool to see and monitor Bandwidth and Network Traffic on Linux.
It’s called bmon and it works out of the box.
How to Setup …
Read Article →How to use Screen on Linux
Screen on Linux is a popular command-line program that lets you multiplex between interactive shells.
What that means is, you can use screen to save …
Just SSH to my Jump Box!
I am a professional software engineer and do an absolute ton of devops work as well.
I’ve actually never been hired into devops roles as I …
Read Article →Speedtest on Ubuntu Server (commandline)
Using the speedtest-cli is easy and very useful. You run it as follows:
wget -O speedtest-cli …Windows 7 is better than Ubuntu 12.04 on desktop!
Today we have finalised for ourselves that Windows 7 is definitely a “better” operating system than Ubuntu 12.04 when it comes to desktop …
Read Article →How to Comment out a line in a Crontab on Linux
Firstly let’s just note that crontabs are read in the following way:
* * * * * command to be executed
- - - - -
| | | | |
| | | | +----- day of …Sudo install OpenGL & SDL on Ubuntu
A quick and easy way would be to type the following in one line with single spaces in the Terminal.
This way of installing OpenGL and SDL libraries …
Cube Desktop on Ubuntu
Alright, so I run Ubuntu 7.10 and use the Desktop Effects via compviz, anyhow, I could get the 2d workspace but really wanted the 3d cube, even if I …
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