ubuntu

2020-04-05

Yesterday I noticed that the server time on my new server at digital ocean was still set to the wrong timezone. Here is how to fix it with a simple command.

2020-04-11

The other day I had to prepare a very large data source before importing it into the database. So here is a nice tool to help you with this kind of task that your IDE might refuse to do for you.

2020-04-12

Today I was facing another mysql issue when working on my new side project. The issue was that I was writing more jobs into the jobs table than the database queue driver could work off. Here is how I solved this issue and how I would recommend everyone to setup their queue on small servers.

2020-04-14

I always see people using their editors to look into logs. So here is how not to embarrass yourself when working with log files 😉

2020-04-19

Yesterday I had to figure out why the f*** the microphone of my headset was not available in the audio settings of my PCs Ubuntu system and how to fix it.

2020-11-27

In this small article we are going to take a look on how you can create a bootable usb stick ready for your UEFI bios.

2020-12-04

Last week we took a look on how to create a bootable USB stick using the command line tool dd. Today we are going to see how to do the same using the GUI.

2020-12-11

I really love ubuntu but there are some things that I don't like about it. One of it is that you can't disable the ubuntu dock using the default way. But don't worry, I got you covered 😉

2020-12-25

Recently I set up my pc with Ubuntu and so I thought I document a few things I had to look up again my self. One of the things was to set up FiraCode font in VSCode.

2021-01-01

Today we are going to create a ssh config file so you can access common hosts faster. Also it can make everything more secure 🔒

2021-01-08

How to install NeoVim 0.5 in Ubuntu. Short and uncomplicated.

2021-01-15

I just learned a nice fix for missing aliases when using sudo that I wanted to share with you.

2021-01-22

I know it is not recommended but I use it often enough, so here you have it too: A one-liner to install composer in ubuntu.

2021-01-29

When you have a single boot system but GRUB still shows up, you probably want to hide it, since it adds to your boot time. Here is how 😃

2021-02-26

In this short post I'm giving you two lines of code so you can easily install docker and docker-compose

2021-04-16

Here is a simple way to reduce the file size of your PDF files. Let's go! 😁

2021-04-23

Ever wondered if you can keep signal open in the background? 🤔

2021-04-30

Do you need some change in your life? Then try out desktop wallpaper slideshows. It's just nice to see the desktop change once in a while 😊

2021-05-21

This time we are going to look at the update-alternatives command to maintain symbolic links to chosen defaults.

2021-05-28

A simple alias to return the current timestamp.

2021-06-04

How to list the open ports of your system.

2021-06-18

In this short tutorial we are going to learn how to import and export MySQL databases directly on the terminal.

2021-07-30

In this short post I'm going to show you how you can manually change the path in the nautilus file explorer.

2021-08-06

In this post I'm going to show you my favorite way of logging the output of a command to a log file.

2021-08-13

In this short tutorial we are going to see how to switch windows on current workspace only in gnome on ubuntu.

2021-09-03

Today I learned how to copy-paste through the command line. So I thought I'll share it with you 😉

2021-09-17

The Advanced Packaging Tool is a nice dpgk wrapper that makes it easy to maintain the packages of your system. In this short article, we are going to go over the essentials of it.

2022-04-08

Last weekend I prepared my Huawei Matebook X Pro for my new job. To get a fresh start I installed Ubuntu 21.10. "Impish Indri". Here are the steps I took to set up the touchpad gestures.

2022-04-15

For a short moment I struggled with installing NordVPN in Ubuntu. Here is how you do it the right way 😉

2022-04-22

Sometimes you need you know what Ubuntu version your server is running on. Here is how! 🤓

2022-07-08

Today I reached the limit of the predefined partition size of my work-notebook. In order to fix this I separated the /home directory to it's own partition. Here is how I did it 🤓

2024-06-07

I have setup a lot of servers over the years. Here is how I setup an Ubuntu server. Quick and simple 🤘

2024-06-14

Today I had to setup the timezone on a couple of Ubuntu servers. I thought it would be a good idea to write a short article about it. So here we go 🤓

2024-06-28

Knowing how to determine your server's free disk space and where that space is being used is essential. Thus, I will demonstrate the bash commands du and df, which help with this. Additionally, we will examine the free command for reporting memory usage.