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I haven't done a meta article in a long time. This is a meta article. Why? Well, things are going great - but, more importantly, today marks the third anniversary. Yup... I've been at this for three years. https://linux-tips.us/meta-ive-been-at-this-for-three-years/ No... No, I never thought...

Have you ever wanted to delete cores? No? I didn't think so. But, just in case (and there are some good reasons), you change your mind... https://linux-tips.us/how-to-disable-cpu-cores/ Yeah, It's not necessarily something you'll want to do - but it is (I think) interesting. Those folks who...

Today, we simply cover one way to view some of the logs your system keeps. There are other logs but these are the nice and simple ones that you can use, like the kernel and system logs. If that's something you're interested in doing: https://linux-tips.us/view-some-logs-in-the-terminal/ See...

Have you ever wanted to copy a file to multiple directories? Well, you can do so with just one simple command. You can send a file to multiple directories at the same time pretty easily. In this case, we do it with the tee command. This is also a 'short' article. I haven't done one of those in...

Have you ever wanted to show your mounted filesystems? Yes? Well, I've covered that before. For completeness-sake, I've decided to cover it again. This time around, we're using a command that you shouldn't need to install. There's nothing fancy, it's just a few simple commands...

PDF files contain metadata. Many file types contain metadata. This is everything from when the file was created to what application was used to create the file. In image files, you can even have GPS data and shutter speed data. Some folks think this is a privacy concern - and it can be. You...

If you've ever sent stuff off to be printed (like a print shop with paper products), you'll find they often want the format to be PDF. It's a complicated affair to get started, but once you've done some editing you'll be able to convert image files (specifically JPG and PNG) into PDF files. You...

Your computer came with top. If you're lucky, it also came with htop. If it didn't come with htop, you can certainly install it. It's basically top, except easier and more useful. You can even use your mouse! https://linux-tips.us/lets-learn-about-the-htop-system-monitor/ If you want a task...

Or it's time to tee off... One or the other, or any additional puns you can think of. I want to write an article or two that uses the tee command. It was an article I did write but looked like hot garbage. So, I asked my good buddy AI to help me out. They did a better job than I did. I told...

As we've previously discussed, a PDF can require a password. Well, it can require two passwords. One is the owner and the other is the user. If you know those passwords, you can remove those passwords. It's really quite simple: https://linux-tips.us/how-to-remove-a-pdf-password/ Enjoy!

Once again, I'm faced with high winds. We did get some snow, which is nice. But, Mother Nature is tearing down power lines again. We're not going to get the catastrophic/deadly flooding this time around, which is nice. Right now, there's someone trapped in their vehicle while they wait for the...

Today we explore yet another way to list the storage devices attached to your computer. We've done this with other tools but this is a different tool. Linux being what it is means we have lots of tools available. This one has a ton of options in the man page but you really don't need them or...

Terminator is one of my favorite terminal emulators. It's one that I use often and I like it so much that I decided to write another article about it. This time around, we're covering plugins. Terminator supports third-party plugins. Some of them are included, so you only need to enable them...

Today we simply convert PDF to text. This is an easy process in the terminal but not something most folks are going to do. After all, one of the things about PDF is that whole F thing. They quite like the formatting. https://linux-tips.us/turn-pdf-into-text/ Still, there are a few reasons why...

I tested this in Lubuntu and Linux Mint. In Mint, the colors were off - likely due to my using a dark theme and it being GTK3 application. It was just fine in Lubuntu, though I didn't have anything plugged into that device. Still, that's where I did the screenshot...

I should probably have called this one a 'short' article, but I didn't. It's just a bit too complicated for that - but not quite complicated enough to be a full article. Basically, wget outputs its progress to the standard output. https://linux-tips.us/hide-the-output-from-wget/ Yup... It's...

I can't help but notice how active this forum has become in the past few years. We get a whole lot of activity lately. I think that's a good thing. It means we're helping more people. I suspect our ranking in the search engine helps but I suspect our civility and helpfulness helps even more...

Today we discuss a simple way to save a web page as text. I used to do this. I still have some of those saved files kicking around here somewhere. Quite simply, you enter a URL and an output file name and you're good to go. It's a simple command. https://linux-tips.us/save-a-web-page-as-text/...

I'm putting this in off-topic because it's not really a question or anything like that. I don't really need to know the why or the how. I also don't mind digression. I am a tester of Lubuntu. That's my chosen role. I do this because I notice small things. Well, today was slightly more than a...

Well, no... I let AI take care of this one as well. That should be it for AI for a while. It does some things well but that's a limited scope. Like the grep article, this is a worthwhile read but also serves as a place to link other articles. This way people can learn about those topics without...