yum  CentOS  package management  linux  system administration 

A quick reference for Yum - the CentOS package manager.

linux  Battery Life  Power Management  Laptops  TLP 

Some tips to improve laptop battery life on Kubuntu 18.04 (mostly applicable to Ubuntu and other linux variants as well).

rsync  linux 

Better file/directory copying with rsync; a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool

stat  linux  linux utilities  permissions 

Easily display the permissions (in octal form) of a file or folder in linux with the 'stat' command.

linux  KDE  Kubuntu  Kubuntu 18.04 

Notes on setup and preferences for Kubuntu 18.04

linux  git 

How to convert a separate (non-master) branch to the master branch in git while retaining history.

SSH  linux  Putty  .ppk  OpenSSH 

How to convert a putty private key file (.ppk) to openssh format on Mac operating system.

linux  Systemd 

Short article about editing a systemd unit file for cron on Arch Linux.

linux  Ubuntu  Laravel  Node  NPM  Gulp  Laravel Elixir  Ubuntu 14.04 

Resolving an issue with Gulp and Laravel Elixir by re-installing Node.js and NPM on Ubuntu 14.04

linux  Docker 

Getting started with Docker containers using Docker and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 14.04

linux  PXE  NAS  DD-WRT  Arch Linux 

How to boot and install (Arch) linux distro over a network using the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

linux  linux utilities  Ubuntu  Supervisor  Laravel 

Installing and using the Supervisor utility on Ubuntu to manage Laravel Queue processes and other programs.

linux  Ubuntu  KDE  Ubuntu 16.10  Kubuntu  Kubuntu 16.10  term  konsole  term-string 

Doing some investigation of the Term String ($TERM) on an installation of Kubuntu 16.10.

linux  NAS  Ubuntu  NFS  Synology 

How to persistently mount a Synology NAS shared folder on a Ubuntu 16.10 client machine.

linux  PHP  LAMP 

Short article about a PHP error with gd library including steps to resolution.