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Recently, I’ve made videos on command line utilities like ‘awk’ and ‘sed’. In this video, I cover two powerful command line utilities–‘cut’ and ‘tr’. The ‘cut’ command removes sections from each line of a file. The ‘tr’ command translates or deletes characters from standard input. REFERENCED: ? https://linux.die.net/man/1/cut ? https://linux.die.net/man/1/tr WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?…
I’m taking a quick look at the recently released Pop!_OS 21.04 with their COSMIC desktop. COSMIC is a set of customizations that makes GNOME much more palatable. In fact, Pop!_OS COSMIC might be the best GNOME-based Linux distro. It could even be argued that Pop!_OS might be the best desktop Linux distro period. REFERENCED: ?…
Use this Python script to DoS a WiFi network and take control. Only devices you specify will be allowed to access the network 🙂 Huge thanks to Linode for sponsoring this video! Get $100 credit: https://davidbombal.wiki/linode Script: https://davidbombal.wiki/wifidosown Direct GitHub link: https://github.com/davidbombal/red-python-scripts/blob/main/wifi_dos_own.py Menu: Result! 0:00 Sponsor: 0:32 What do you want to see? 0:56 Overview:…
PKGBUILD files are how packages are built and created for Arch Linux and its derivatives such as Manjaro. You may have even come across them a bit yourself if you’ve ever used the AUR, Arch Linux’s user-curated repository of PKGBUILDs. But how exactly do you go from a PKGBUILD to an installable package? What exactly…
Htop is one of the more popular programs on Linux. But there’s a big problem with it–htop doesn’t use the vim navigation keys! HTim, is htop improved, it has vim key bindings (h/j/k/l and g/G) and it also has a visual mode that can by used by pressing ‘v’. REFERENCED: ? https://gitlab.com/thelinuxguy9/htim – HTim WANT…
Are you struggling with too much lag? Is it time for a spring clean and a fresh Linux install? Ready to upgrade to Focal Fossa (LTS) or Hirsute Hippo? Whatever situation you are in, get started quickly with some of the most popular apps you need for a fresh Linux install. Here are all the…
Today, I had a few minutes of free time so I decided to install Gentoo. So I decided to do a Stage 3 installation inside a virtual machine, and it didn’t seem right to install Gentoo and not also record it. ERRATA: The compile times were very slow in this video. Having installed Gentoo a…
Managed IT services are widely used by the most sophisticated organisations across the globe. Recent reports show that over 90% of the Fortune 500 have multiple outsourcing contracts to managed service providers, with a value of over $190 billion. This includes managed IT services such cloud services, infrastructure, networks, security, backup, applications and much more….
When it comes to photo management software in Linux, Shotwell is perhaps the most famous of them all. No wonder it comes preinstalled in many distributions. But if you are looking for a Shotwell like application which is a bit faster, Fotoxx could be a good choice. It may not have a modern user interface,…
The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites, product web interfaces and much more. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com, and more. Sliders We built a slider…
Having the right mindset is important in growing as a Linux user, and it also important for growing as a person. Generally, you can break down people into being in one of two camps depending on their mindset. And it tells you a lot about the person, including how they handle challenges in life, how…
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WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is a handy tool for people who want to enjoy the power of Linux command line from the comfort of Windows. When you install Linux using WSL on Windows, you are asked to create a username and password. This user is automatically logged on when you start Linux on WSL….
In an earlier article, I covered the procedure to batch convert a handful of Markdown files to HTML using pandoc. In that article, multiple HTML files were created, but pandoc can do much more. It has been called “the Swiss army knife” of document conversion – and with good reason. There isn’t a lot that…
A longtime Linux user who hasn’t run Windows since the XP era reacts to the video trailer that Microsoft published introducing Windows 11. Will this be the version of Windows that makes him give Windows another try? VIDEO REFERENCED: ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh9643c2P6k – Introducing Windows 11 WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? ? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube ? Paypal:…
This is crazy! Testing 100 GigE (100 Gigabit Ethernet) switches with AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU and Radeon RX600XT GPU! Who will win? 100 GbE Network or Gaming PCs with 100 Gig network cards? Menu: 100GbE network! 0:00 How long will it take to copy 40Gig of data: 0:22 Robocopy file copy: 1:08 Speed results!…
We are incredibly proud to announce the beginning of the Impish Indri wallpaper competition! (That’s the code name for Ubuntu 21.10) You can submit your artwork and read the rules over on the Ubuntu discourse. Every new release of Ubuntu comes pre-loaded with new background images that users can select ‘out of the box’. For…
In the world of IoT, it is crucial to be fully in control of your devices. Over-the-air (OTA) updates are essential for a distributed set of devices. This must be carefully managed to ensure that an update is not pushed at a time where the device is active and operation should not be interrupted. To…
sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream (a file or input from a pipeline). The most common usage of sed involves substituting a pattern or string for another string. But sed can be used for many tasks. It’s a powerful command line utility…
Brave Search is an ambitious initiative by Brave Software based on the open-source project Tailcat, which tries to take on the big tech by introducing the ability to search anonymously. Brave Search itself is not open source at the moment. Of course, there are various other private search engines available out there trying to offer…