How to install Firefox Quantum and speed up your web browsing

Foxy little number This week, the web’s been ablaze, on fire even (pardon the pun) with the release of Firefox Quantum. Apparently it’s 2x faster and uses 30% less memory…

HOWTO: Run Linux on Android without root

You can run Linux on your Android tablet or phone! You might be thinking… “Wait, isn’t Android already Linux?”. Well, yes and no. Andriod is a Linux variant which is…

Is there a OneDrive client for Linux?

Simple enough question, easy answer? OneDrive for Linux. You’ve probably no doubt heard Microsoft whitter on about how much they love Linux and Open Source recently, but what about the…

Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 Install and Overview / Review Video

Budgie: the desktop that set our hearts a flutter… Solus OS had us believing that the year of the Linux desktop might actually be a reality. No really, Solus is a…

Good, Free OpenSource Web Conferencing using BigBlueButton on Ubuntu

Installing BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 16.04 BigBlueButton has been around a while now, and it’s definitely worth a look at if you haven’t before if you are in need of any…

Using sed to find and replace text files in Linux

nixCraft have a good tutorial for the new Linux user/admin. In this example, the tutorial is to answer the question “how do I find the text called ‘foo’ and replaced…

SSHPass: How to SSH into a server using a script with no password (non-interactively)

Ever asked yourself: How do I use ssh in a shell script? How do I login non-interactively performing password authentication with SSH and shell scripts? How do I login over…

Howto: What is Git and Github? How do I use it and why should I care?

Git was made by Linus Torvalds in 2005, originally as version control software to better enable contributors to upload code to the Linux kernel. Git is a version control system. Sometimes…

How to password protect web sites via .htaccess

SKILL LEVEL: SYSADMIN/ADVANCED – TIME: 5-10 MINS Introduction In this tutorial we are going to show you how to protect a web site, or just a folder within a site,…

Pro Tip: For, While and Until Loops

LEVEL: SYSADMIN / TIME: 1-2 min. Here’s some handy quick reference examples to go back to easily if you are needing to use for, while and until loops in your…