Sunday, 13 May 2018

Linux tips & tricks -- Casting videos to Chromecast from Linux via Gnomecast

Linux tips & tricks -- Casting videos to Chromecast from Linux via Gnomecast

Here's an option for viewing your local video files from your Linux box on your Chromecast.
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/cast-videos-to-chromecast-on-linux-with.html

Saturday, 12 May 2018

Linux from the command line | Linux for sysadmins -- getting serious about command line text processing with AWK

Linux from the command line | Linux for sysadmins -- getting serious about command line text processing with AWK

When you're ready to do some advanced command line acrobatics and make some powerful scripts, AWK and SED are your go to tools. Here's a brief, hands on intro to AWK.

If you really want to master these tools, I suggest you pick up the O'Reilly books on AWK and SED.
https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/awk-command-examples/

Linux for sysadmins -- Installing and using Docker on CentOS 7

Linux for sysadmins -- Installing and using Docker on CentOS 7

Speaking of the latest CentOS release*, here's how to go about setting up Docker on it and using it. This is great for both sysadmins, and people wanting to learn and practice Enterprise tasks at home, or in their test lab.

Linux for sysadmins | Linux from the command line -- Take advantage of that multi-core system with parallel

Linux for sysadmins | Linux from the command line -- Take advantage of that multi-core system with parallel

The parallel command, no surprise, lets tasks run in parallel. If you have multiple CPU cores, this can really make things go a lot faster. It's great for bulk jobs like converting files.
https://opensource.com/article/18/5/gnu-parallel