Tips & Tricks

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Dig Command: The Most Common Use Cases in Examples

This example-filled guide shows you how to make the most of the Linux dig command to perform DNS lookups, reverse lookups, and more.

Never oversleep again with our comprehensive Linux alarm guide. Learn how to set alarms on Linux and wake up on time every day.

This article shows how to set up the dnf-automatic service to apply updates automatically on a Fedora Linux.

Have you forgotten your MySQL server's root password? No worries. Here's how to quickly and easily reset it.

This guide shows how to add a user in Linux using the useradd and adduser commands or utilizing the GUI tools that the desktop provides.

Want to add a custom icon to replace the GNOME Activities button in the top left corner? Here's how to do it with ease.

This guide explains what Restic is, how to install it on Linux, and how to use Restic to easily, fast, and reliably back up and restore data.

This guide will teach you all you need to know to get started with firewalld to add, change, and remove rules from your firewall zones.

This comprehensive article shows how to use the yay command to easily install packages from AUR (Arch User Repository) in Arch Linux.

Mist is a helper for MPR (makedeb Package Repository), which provides extra software for Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.