How To Lock Virtual Console Sessions On Linux
When you’re working on a shared system, you might not want the other users to sneak peak in your console to know what you’re actually doing. If so, I know a simple trick to lock...
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How To Create And Maintain Your Own Man Pages
We already have discussed about a few good alternatives to Man pages. Those alternatives are mainly used for learning concise Linux command examples without having to go through the comprehensive man pages. If you’re looking...
Good Alternatives To Man Pages Every Linux User Needs To Know
A man page, acronym of manual page, is a software documentation found in all Unix-like operating systems. Some man pages are short; some are comprehensive. A man page is divided into several parts, organized with...
How To Adjust Monitor Brightness From Command Line In Linux
This brief tutorial explains how can we adjust monitor brightness from command line in Unix-like operating systems. Adjusting screen brightness in GUI mode is easy. We already have reviewed a Brightness Controller GUI app which...
How To Check Laptop Battery Status And Level In Terminal In Linux
Finding your Laptop battery status in GUI mode is easy. You could easily tell the battery level by hovering the mouse pointer over the battery indicator icon in the task bar. But, how about from...
How To Find And Delete Duplicate Files In Linux
I always backup the configuration files or any old files to somewhere in my hard disk before edit or modify them, so I can restore them from the backup if I accidentally did something wrong....
Hegemon – A Modular System Monitor Application Written In Rust
When it comes to monitor running processes in Unix-like systems, the most commonly used applications are top and htop, which is an enhanced version of top. My personal favorite is htop. However, the developers are...
How To Force APT Package Manager To Use IPv4 In Ubuntu 16.04
APT, short or Advanced Package Tool, is the default package manager for Debian-based systems. Using APT, we can install, update, upgrade and remove applications from the system. Lately, I have been facing a strange error. ...
How To Configure Mouse Support For Linux Virtual Consoles
I use Oracle VirtualBox to test various Unix-like operating systems. Most of my VMs are headless servers that does not have graphical desktop environment. For a long time, I have been wondering how can we...
Autotrash – A CLI Tool To Automatically Purge Old Trashed Files
Autotrash is a command line utility to automatically purge old trashed files. It will purge files that have been in the trash for more then a given number of days. You don’t need to empty...
How To Limit Network Bandwidth In Linux Using Wondershaper
This tutorial will help you to easily limit network bandwidth and shape your network traffic in Unix-like operating systems. By limiting the network bandwidth usage, you can save unnecessary bandwidth consumption’s by applications, such as...
How To Run MS-DOS Games And Programs In Linux
If you ever wanted to try some good-old MS-DOS games and defunct C++ compilers like Turbo C++ in Linux? Good! This tutorial will teach you how to run MS-DOS games and programs under Linux environment...
