Install Git on Linux Mint

Guide on how to install Git, how to utilize it properly to simplify your activities, and how to set up a new account and initialize your first Git repository.

How to Install xxHash for faster hash check in Ubuntu

This simple tutorial shows how to install the most recent xxHash for faster hash checking in Ubuntu Linux. xxHash is extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm, working at RAM speed limit. It can be useful to check integrity for large amounts of data, index data, and/or used in cryptographic applications like digital signatures. The library includes […]

www-zh-cn @ Savannah: Summary 2023

Dear CTT translators:

Thank you very much for your contribution in the past year.

We have done a good job as always.

1. keep on localizing www.gnu.org to Simplified Chinese

2. help review the new translation of GNU licence: GFDL

3. welcomed …

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1051

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Favourite and interesting distributions of 2023News: UBports upgrades its components, Debian plans to phase out 32-bit x86 media, Asahi Linux rel…

pspp @ Savannah: PSPP 2.0.0 has been released

I’m very pleased to announce the release of a new version of GNU PSPP.  PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It is a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.

Changes from 1.6.2-pre2 to 2.0.0:

The CTABLES comman…

How to Install Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu 22.04 & 24.04 [3 ways]

This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install VS Code IDE and keep it up-to-date in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 24.04 using 3 different ways. Microsoft provides official code packages for Linux through native .deb (for Debian/Ubuntu), .rpm (for Fedora/SUSE), and universal Snap package run in sandbox. For choice, there’s […]

Guide to Set Up Vim for LaTeX Editing

To edit LaTeX on Vim, we need to install the Vimtex LaTeX editing plugin. Vimtex offers various commands to autocomplete and quickly edit the LaTeX documents in Vim.

How to Change Case to Upper in Vim

The case of letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and even the entire document can be changed to uppercase using the gU motion operator with options.

How to Clear Vim Search Highlighting

To clear Vim search highlighting, switch to NORMAL mode and type :set nohlsearch command or place this command in the vimrc file for permanent disabling search highlight.

How to Change Hostname in Debian 12

You can change hostname in Debian 12 from commands like hostnamectl, hostname, nmcli, sysctl and nmtui. You can also change it from /etc/hostname file or GUI.

How to Add a User in Debian 12

You can add a user in Debian 12 from the adduser command and delete the user from deluser command. For more details, read this guide.

Guide to Create and Set the Custom Vim Statusline

To set the custom statusline first enable it using the set laststatus=2 command and then use the statusline command to set the status.

15 Examples of kubectl Command

The kubectl commands include, “kubectl config”, “kubectl expose”, “kubectl create”, “kubectl get”, “kubectl delete”, “kubectl describe” and “kubectl logs”.

13 Basic PowerShell Active Directory Commands

PowerShell has a dedicated set of commands to manage the Active Directory. Few of them include Get-ADComputer, Get-ADUser, Set-ADUser, or Get-ADGroup.

15 Basic PowerShell SQL Commands

The most commonly used SQL commands include PowerShell SQL Commands Add-RoleMember, Remove-RoleMember, Add-SqlFirewallRule, or Remove-SqlFirewallRule.

Gnome Files (Nautilus) is adding More Beginner Friendly Options

Gnome Files, aka the default Nautilus file manager in Ubuntu & Fedora workstation, keeps moving with new features! In the passed few month, there are minor but beginner friendly features merged into this popular file manager. They include “Enter Location” menu option, sidebar toggle button in sidebar, and badge icon to folder icon in ‘properties’ […]

gnuboot @ Savannah: GNU Boot December 2023 News

GNU Boot December 2023 News

Announcements:

The last project announcement was made in the gnuboot mailing

list[1][2] at a time where we didn’t have a website or an announce

mailing list yet.

So this announce and the next ones will be publish…

GNOME Makes Nautilus’ Custom Folder Feature Easier to Find

A few months back I wrote a guide on how to set custom folder icons in Nautilus without needing to install 3rd-party apps or change icon set. It’s all done using a native, built-in feature of the Nautilus file manager — it’s not even a new …

Docker Installation on Ubuntu

Tutorial on the use of Docker images and containers in Linux-like systems and the two different methods set up and install Docker on an Ubuntu Linux server.

Distribution Release: wattOS R13

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. wattOS is a fast desktop Linux distribution based on Debian. Using the lightweight Openbox window manager as its default user interface, the distribution strives to be as energy-efficien…