Sunday, 22 July 2018

Manage your torrents with Linux and Deluge

Manage your torrents with Linux and Deluge

Who want's to leave their desktop PC logged in and running all day for a Torrent? What if you want to play a game or need to reboot?
Solution: Setup a Deluge server and let it deal with these things.
https://linuxconfig.org/set-up-a-headless-deluge-server-on-linux

Saturday, 21 July 2018

Linux tips & tricks -- monitoring hard drive temperature with hddtemp

Linux tips & tricks -- monitoring hard drive temperature with hddtemp
https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-monitor-hard-drive-temperature.html

Linux from the command line -- Take control of your files with chattr

Linux from the command line -- Take control of your files with chattr

File attributes are one of the more powerful features of Unix like operating systems like Linux. Learning to use them is an important skill.
https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-chattr-command/

Saturday, 7 July 2018

Linux from the command line | Learning Linux -- The basename command

Linux from the command line | Learning Linux -- The basename command

FTA:
Sometimes, while working on the command line (especially when dealing with shell scripts), you might be interested in only the filename, but what's available to you is the complete path of the file. So, the requirement is to strip the directory component of the path. You'll be glad to know there exists a command - basename - that does this job.
https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-basename-command/

Linux from the command line -- Learning VIM by playing games

Linux from the command line -- Learning VIM by playing games

You're not a real sysadmin until you've mastered Vim of course ;')
But it doesn't have to be painful. Learn by playing a game.
https://www.tecmint.com/learn-vi-commands-with-pacvim-game/#

Learning Linux -- Using dd to copy drives and partitions without destroying your data

Learning Linux -- Using dd to copy drives and partitions without destroying your data
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/how-use-dd-linux