Linux

I’ve heard the Linux elite talk about tiling window managers, like Manjaro i3 edition, for some time. So I decided to dive into the i3 tiling window manager on my Manjaro desktop, and these are some things I learned. This isn’t really my first dive into a tiling window manager, I’ve run across some before, likely by accident as I recall. I believe it was an early adventure into Arch that led me to an unpleasant experience with a tiling window manager that I don’t remember the name of. Being brought to a desktop where there wasn’t really anything to click on and no menu to be found, or so I thought. ...

Using Ubuntu? Check our Guide to Install OneDrive on Ubuntu OneDrive for Linux is a thing? Yes, yes… I know. Why would you want to install a Microsoft product on Linux? Well, if you’re like me, work and school are both heavily in the Microsoft ecosystem. So, I don’t mind and it makes my life easier if I can have access to OneDrive on my Linux machine. If you really want to make other Linux users’ blood boil, check out our guide on installing Microsoft Edge on Manjaro Linux. ...

I’ve been using Linux off and on for years, and more recently Manjaro Linux has become my main Operating System of choice. I figured this would be a good time to cover some of my favorite Manjaro apps that I use often. Many of these Manjaro apps are available for other operating systems and distros as well, so be sure to check them out. These apps are not in any particular order. Let’s go ahead and jump into my list of favorite Manjaro apps! ...

Welcome to part 2 of our guide on Creating a Linode Linux VPS. You can check out part 1 of the guide here. Part 3 is now live as well, going over how to set up Apache, PHP, MySQL, and a domain name. Linode Coupon Code – $100 in Free Credit for 60 Days A big part of running your own Virtual Private Server (VPS), is securing the server. One of the first steps that you should take is creating a new user and securing SSH. These are very basic steps that go a long way in protecting your VPS. Not long after bringing a VPS online, there will be bots and other automated attacks attempting to connect via SSH. By simply disabling root access via SSH, having a new user and only allowing SSH connections with a private key, your server will be much more secure against the attacks. ...

This is a multi-part series. Part 1 (this guide) is the basics of setting up the VPS on Linode. Part 2 covers SSH and Firewalls, and Part 3 covers installing Apache, PHP, MySQL, and setting up a domain name for our Linode VPS. Personally, I use Linode Linux VPS’s (virtual private servers) to run multiple app projects, and websites and for testing certain technologies. Linode is one of the easiest platforms to get started with Linux servers in my opinion and a great place to learn about and deploy your projects. Their interface is well laid out, easy to understand, and they offer many ready-to-go options in their marketplace if you don’t want to start from scratch. ...

If you’re like me, you want to protect your systems from all sorts of attacks. We all know that multi-factor authentication is a great tool to better protect your computers, services, and accounts. This guide will walk you through how to setup a Yubikey on Manjaro Linux. What is Yubikey? Yubikey is a hardware device, typically USB, which serves as a multi-factor authentication method. You plug the device into your USB port and when authenticating to a system, you will tap it. These devices come in various forms, such as USB-A, USB-C, NFC etc. For this guide, I assume you already have a Yubikey device, if not you can grab one from their official site. I’m using the Yubikey 5 NFC for my example. Let’s get started setting up our Yubikey on Manjaro. ...

If you are a C# developer like me and you also use or would like to use Linux as your OS, this guide is for you. Today we will be walking through setting up dotnet in Linux and VSCode. I am using Manjaro Linux as my distribution, you may be able to take away information from this post and apply it to other distributions as well. If you haven’t installed VSCode on Manjaro yet, check out our guide for that as well. We also just added a guide on installing JetBrains Rider for Linux as well, if you prefer a fully featured .NET IDE. ...

If you are a Linux user, then you have probably heard of chmod. But what is it, and how can you use it? Being a Linux user you also know how important the syntax of commands is, so we will discuss the proper chmod syntax that you should use. In this blog post, we will discuss the basics of chmod and show you how to use it in a few simple steps. ...

What is the Tail Command? Linux has a built-in command called tail that can be used to view the last few lines of any file. Tail stands for “tail’ or “finalize” and it is used to show the last few lines of a file or stream. There are several situations when you might want to use tail. For example, you might use it while reading logs from another system, as an archive viewer - which shows the latest part of files - or even as a way of keeping track of changes made in your code by using commit logs. In this article, we will explain everything you need to know about tail command in Linux. ...

How to install Node JS on Linux If you are a Javascript developer and you use Linux, how to install Node.JS is probably a question that you have. Fortunately for you, it is actually easy to install node js on Linux. We already have a guide that explains how to install NodeJS on Manjaro Linux so today we will be explaining how to install Node.JS on Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions. ...