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Explain to me like I am 10: What is Linux?
The word “Linux” can be used to explain two things, both meanings are widely used. Its original meaning was used to define Linux as the Brain of an operating system, also known as the kernel, over the...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like To Be An Ubuntu User In The Linux world
I really wish tech blogs would stop promoting Ubuntu. How about Debian proper or any other distro that hasn’t bastardized and broken so much of Debian. If you ever write anything positive about Ubuntu...
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In 2013 “Year of Linux Desktop” Will Stop Being a Cliché
You have probably read it a thousand times how year X will the year of the Linux desktop, only to know deep down that this will be repeated again next year by some tech blog/pundit with some news on...
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Everything You Need To Know About Low End Box
During my freelance sysadmin days, my biggest annoyance was clients renting really high-end dedicated servers for sites that was serving a measly few thousand users a month. To call these servers an...
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HowTo Setup a VPN in Under 5 Minutes
I don’t like the idea of relying on VPN specific services for your VPN needs. I think if you do care about your privacy you should self-host it; considering how cheap VPN servers are these day and how...
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5 Reasons Why I Think Ubuntu Edge is a Brilliant Move
As of this writing, Ubuntu Edge funding have reached $5.6M out of their audacious $32M goal. If they reach their funding goal, it will be the single largest crowdfunded product yet. Its been a little...
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Remote Desktop with SSH Tunneling
One of my client’s requirement is to have a Ubuntu server with a Desktop Environment. Once in a while he will call me up to look at some problem he is having with one of his GUI based application. Its...
View Article5 youtube-dl tips you might not know about
youtube-dl is a python based command line video downloader that just works. Despite its name would suggest, youtube-dl downloads more than just youtube videos, it currently supports more than 800...
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How to Recover Deleted Files in Linux
There is a difference between deleting files using a windows manager GUI and deleting files using CLI. When deleting files using windows manager you are simply moving files from one directory to trash...
View ArticleHow To Mount Remote File Systems Over SSH
I have a remote storage server in a colocation with 100s of TB of space. Yes, I know I have data-hoarding issues, no I am not going to get psychiatric help for it. But if you are like me and often find...
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