Check Your Memory In The Terminal: Part II
Today’s article is all about how you can check your memory in the terminal. If it looks familiar, it’s because I’ve already written “How To: Find The RAM Total In The Terminal“...
Repair Your Linux Filesystem With a Live USB or DVD
It’s possible for your filesystem to become so corrupted that you can’t repair it easily. In that case, you can repair your Linux filesystem with a live USB or DVD.Your filesystem may become corrupted for ...
Check Your (Write) Disk Speed In The Terminal
Today we’re going to discuss one way for you to check your write disk speed in the terminal. That is, we’re going to learn how long it takes you to write data to your disk drives. It’s a very simple set of...
Benchmark Your Linux Box With Geekbench 5
Today’s article will teach you how to benchmark your Linux box with Geekbench 5. It’s a fairly simple exercise, even for a beginner. Parts of the directions for this exercise will change with t...
How To: Check Your Hard Drive Temperature
Today’s article is going to teach you how to check your hard drive temperature (in Linux, of course). There are a number of ways to do this, so we’ll just cover one way in this article. It may ...
How To: Install The Regular “non-Snap” Version of Chrome Browser In Ubuntu
Install Chrome browser on Ubuntu…This article was authored while I was sick and pukin’. Well, I’d mostly stopped puking while writing.. Thanks to a fantastic @GGG_246 from Reddit (No thanks to you folks on...
Turn Your Man Pages Into HTML
Today’s article is going to teach you how to turn your man pages into HTML. It’s a relatively straightforward process and handy if you want your man pages to be more easily read. It should be a quick artic...
A Couple of Ways To Resize Images With ImageMagick
In today’s article, we’re going to go over a couple of ways to resize images with ImageMagick. It’s a useful skill to have if you’re into sharing images or the likes. This will actu...
So, What Is 'sudo' Anyhow?
If you’re a new user, you’ll see commands with sudo in them and you’ve gleaned the meaning of what is sudo. The sudo command is a bit more robust than you may know and this article is goi...
How To: Create a New User Without a /home Directory
There are legit reasons to create a new user without a /home directory. Maybe you want a new user to have limited access to just a few things, or a dedicated user that runs a single application. This artic...