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Intro to nip.io (and xip.io)
I’ve got a VM on my server whose IP address is 172.99.1.2. I can ssh using my test user, tux, by using: ssh tux@172.99.1.2 Let’s say that I need a …
Getting Help on Linux
Man # The man command is short for manual. It allows you to read the instruction manual for almost every command in Linux and other Unix-like operating …
DAPS in a Container
DAPS↗ is OpenSUSE’s “DocBook Authoring and Publishing Suite” that is used to build documentation for SUSE↗ and OpenSUSE↗. It actually requires …
What would you like to see most in minix?
I’m working on a couple of presentations and I wanted to share this nugget of joy with anyone who hasn’t actually read it. Path: …
Linux newbies shouldn't dual boot
If you lurk around many Linux support forums, you are bound to see the regular post that looks something like this: Hi, I’m new to Linux. I tried to dual …
Proposing a new newsgroup: Internet History
I am thinking about making a formal proposal for one of two new unmoderated groups. The group would either be comp.internet.history or soc.history.internet. I …
Why Stack Exchange is Broken (and Reddit too)
I’m going to begin this rant by saying that there are some things that that the Stack Exchange network is really good with: mainly, programming help. …
Announcement
From news.groups.newgroups: This is an official communication from the Big-8 Management Board. Please note that followups are set to news.groups. After a …
Advice for Newbies
I originally wrote this as a reply to a Reddit post but as I saved it, comments were blocked. Give yourself little tasks and projects to do. Think of it as …
Thoughts on LBRY
At the behest of people like Bryan Lunduke and DTLive on YouTube, I have started using LBRY more and last night I even uploaded a few test videos of my own. I …