| by Scott Kilroy

5 Obscure but Useful Linux Commands for Sysadmins

The commands will creatively solve some of your nagging problems with pizzazz.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Converting Multiple Markdown Files into HTML or Other Formats in Linux

Write in Markdown, publish in some other format? Absolutely.  Here’s how.

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to create a user on Linux EC2 instance on AWS and add a public key to it using a shell script

Creating a user and adding a public key to it can be very tedious. In this article, we will see how this process can be automated using a shell script which can help us avoid human errors that can arise if we do the task manually.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Doggo Is a DNS Lookup Utility with Colorful Output, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS Support

Doggo is a modern command line DNS lookup utility similar to dig.

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LFCA: Learn Basics of Network IP Addressing – Part 9

The post LFCA: Learn Basics of Network IP Addressing – Part 9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .
In our previous chapter of the LFCA series, we defined a computer network and briefly brushed over some of the general Linux net…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Differences between Vi and Vim Text Editors Explained

Go in depth with this tutorial that explains differences between the two.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Getting Started with VirtualBox in Linux, Part 1

VirtualBox is the most popular open-source (GPL V2) cross-platform hosted hypervisor in the market.

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to Use Indexed Arrays in bash

Various usages of indexed arrays in bash are illustrated with examples.

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| by Scott Kilroy

10 Best Linux To-Do List Apps for Desktop in 2021

 When it comes to to-do lists, you’ve got options.  Here are fossmint.com’s 10 faves.

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| by Arround The Web

Nonprofit Organizations: Helpful Solutions to Perfectly Manage Your Fundraising

Nonprofit fundraising can be extremely exciting. In most cases, the lifeblood of charitable organizations and it can serve to raise awareness of the cause among many respectable donors. However, don’t forget that fundraising is a massive undertaking, e…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Arch Linux’s Installation Medium Now Provides a Guided Installer

Archinstall is guided/automated Arch Linux installer for those preferring a quick and easy way for deploying Arch Linux.

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| by Scott Kilroy

KDE Launches the Qt 5 Patch Collection

To support and maintain a stable Qt 5 for KDE Gears and Frameworks, KDE will maintain a patch collection.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Things Most People (Should) Do After Installing Debian

Every step explained in detail and the script to automatically do all the steps.

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| by Scott Kilroy

hide.me CEO: Encryption Is Either Secure or It’s Not: There Is No Middle Ground

Schaub writes, “We are completely against this resolution as it effectively ends the notion of true encryption” in editorial.

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to Install Joomla with Apache and Let’s Encrypt SSL on Debian 10

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system used to create, modify and manage the content of a website. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Joomla CMS with Apache and Let’s Encrypt on Debian 10.

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| by Scott Kilroy

LFCA Part 8: How to Monitor Basic System Metrics in Linux

Today’s Lesson: Acquaint yourself with the general system administration commands to monitor basic system metrics and schedule administrative tasks.

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| by Scott Kilroy

How to create Cloudwatch alarms for an SQS Queue on AWS

CloudWatch metrics for SQS queues are collected and pushed to CloudWatch at one-minute intervals automatically. These metrics are provided at no charge in CloudWatch for both standard and FIFO queues. In this article, we will create an alarm for the &q…

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| by Scott Kilroy

GNU Parallel Can Do Anything, but Is Too Complicated to Be Useful

You need to do a cost-benefit analysis before you use it.

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| by Scott Kilroy

7 Signs You Survived the Best Era of IT

 Are IT’s best days in the rear-view mirror? Depends on how you define “best.”

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GNOME Designers Explore a ‘Bottom Bar’ Layout for GNOME Shell

For 10 years GNOME shell has been based around a single panel stripped across the top of the screen — but this fundamental feature could be about to change.
This post, GNOME Designers Explore a ‘Bottom Bar’ Layout for GNOME Shell is from OM…

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