Posts tagged "linux"
How to bind mouse keys to keyboard keys in Linux (Mint)
Coming from macOS where I used swipes on my Magic Mouse, one of the things I missed when I started using Linux extensively, was the fact that I had to use either my keyboard or click on Workspaces in my panel to switch to another workspace. I'm using a simple mouse that literally has only 5 buttons
2 min readHow to change space between icons in Cinnamon DE Grouped window list
One thing that I really want to change is the space between icons in Cinnamon DE Grouped window list. This is basically the space between pinned icons that you set or if you're working with default install, it will only have a few of them there. This is actually defined in your theme settings, so d
1 min readHow to change Login Screen resolution in Linux Mint
I've been having fun with customising my Linux Mint installation, but one thing that bugged me was the fact that the login resolution wasn't the same as my VM resolution - similar issue that I had with Debian. Since Debian uses Gnome as its default DE, I couldn't apply the same solution here. To re
1 min readHow to change resolution of Debian-based OS GDM3 Login Screen
I'm transitioning most of my VMs away from Windows (where possible) to Debian and one of the things that I noticed was that the default resolution of the GDM3 login screen was different from the resolution of the VM once you logged in. Mind you, this is a purely cosmetic difference, but it still bug
1 min readForce Apt-Get to use IPv4 or IPv6 on Ubuntu or Debian
Recently I transitioned my home network to dual-stack IPv4 / IPv6 and I noticed a strange issue on a number of my Debian-running servers: some of the apt updates were unable to complete. The issue seems to be lying in some of my (official) Debian sources being un-accessible via IPv6. To resolve thi
1 min readInstall and configure Nextcloud in an LXC - Part 2
In this article we will do some fine tuning of our Nextcloud instance. First things first. We will work with the following setup: Let's check our DNS entries: host nc.networktechguy.com nc.networktechguy.com has address 10.5.0.70 host nc-01.networktechguy.com nc-01.networktechguy.com has address
8 min readInstall and configure Nextcloud in an LXC - Part 1
In this article we will explain how to install Nextcloud in an LXC (Linux Containers). Instead of deploying new VMs for every project, we can easily launch an LXC and gain almost all benefits of running a project in an isolated environment. Main reason why we decided not to run Nextcloud in Docker
9 min readStarting a homelab - Part 04 - First Linux Server
In this blog post we will go through the Debian Linux installation and basic setup process. We will use this server later on for different services.
13 min readCleaning up space on docker server
How to cleanup disk space on your docker server
1 min readIPv6 stack on Ubuntu/Debian Linux systems
In this article we will explain how to enable or disable IPv6 stack on Ubuntu/Debian systems. Step-by-step guide IPv6 stack state configuration Following parameters are used to control the IPv6 stack: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.[network_
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