How to Install MakeMKV On Fedora Linux

How to Install MakeMKV On Fedora Linux

MakeMKV is a powerful tool for working with DVDs and Blu-Ray. In fact, it is probably the most reliable way to work with and play Blu-Ray on a Linux system. MakeMKV is partially open source and partially proprietary. It is not distributed in Fedora’s repositories, which makes it a bit trickier to install it than some other applications.

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Python editors on Raspberry Pi

Python editors on Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi can be an excellent choice for developers or hobbyist programmers as a small and lightweight workstation. Python is already installed by default on the Raspberry Pi, if you are running the default Raspberry Pi OS. Despite its small size, the Raspberry Pi contains hardware that is plenty sufficient to run a Python IDE so you can crank out your Python code. Unfortunately, some editors do not have ARM support, so our choices are slightly smaller on the Raspberry Pi.

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How to set VNC resolution on Raspberry Pi

How to set VNC resolution on Raspberry Pi

One of the most common ways for users to access and administer their Raspberry Pi is via a VNC connection. VNC allows users to control their Raspberry Pi remotely, and interact with the desktop environment as if they were sitting directly in front of the Raspberry Pi, with a monitor and other peripherals plugged in. In reality, the Raspberry Pi needs nothing more than an Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to facilitate VNC connections and full access to the system’s desktop.

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Automating Raspberry Pi: How to Autostart Programs

Automating Raspberry Pi: How to Autostart Programs

Getting programs to start up automatically on your Raspberry Pi will help you to automate the device for certain tasks. Most users are likely not going to use their Raspberry Pi as a daily driver, so they will need services and programs to start up automatically without further user intervention. Whenever we can automate such tasks, it makes less work for us. In this tutorial, we will go over the step by step instructions to enable programs to autostart via command line and GUI on a Raspberry Pi.

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Easy Steps to Update Your Raspberry Pi

Easy Steps to Update Your Raspberry Pi

Like all Linux systems, it is necessary to keep your Raspberry Pi up to date in order to make sure that your device has the latest software features and drivers, security patches, and application updates. It is always recommended to keep your Raspberry Pi updated for these reasons, and the process for doing so is very easy. In this tutorial, we will go through the easy step by step instructions to update your Raspberry Pi.

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How to self host an Ntfy server on Linux

How to install and self host an Ntfy server on Linux

Ntfy is a free and open source notification service written in Go which lets us easily send and receive push notifications on smartphones or desktop computers via simple POST or PUT requests. The basic online service is publicly available free of charge and, on Linux, it is also possible to self-host an Ntfy instance.

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How to show software/package installation date

How to show software/package installation date

In case you are wondering when a software package was installed on your Linux system, the information is stored by the package manager and can be accessed via the command line. This can come in handy for a number of reasons, such as when troubleshooting issues that started on a certain date, to see if any packages installed at that time could be causing the problem. In this tutorial, you will learn how to show the installation date for a software package on all major Linux distributions.

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Kubernetes and Linux: Is It a Good Combo?

Kubernetes and Linux: Is It a Good Combo?

When it comes to software deployment and development, Kubernetes has quickly risen in popularity as being one of the best tools for managing containerized applications at scale. The best way to squeeze the most performance and stability out of your Kubernetes cluster is, you guessed it, to run it on top of a Linux system. Linux has a proven track record of decades of stability in running the most demanding applications, and Kubernetes proves to be no exception. In this tutorial, we will look at the ways Linux and Kubernetes make a good combo in running a large cluster of applications at scale.

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Linux System Requirements for Kubernetes

Linux System Requirements for Kubernetes

Running a Kubernetes cluster can consume an incredible amount of system resources, depending on the size of your cluster, the services you are running, how many replicas are needed for scaling, and what kind of cluster you decide to launch (for example, kubeadm or minikube). Then again, a small cluster may consume next to no resources. Since there is so much variance in Kubernetes clusters, it can be hard to ascertain the system requirements for running one.

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How to run JAR file on Linux

How to run JAR file on Linux

JAR files are those that have been coded and compiled using the Java programming language. In order to run these files on a Linux system, the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) software must be installed first. This is just a software package that allows the system to understand JAR files, and therefore gives it the ability to open and run them. Usually, the JRE package is not installed on most Linux distros by default, so we must first install Java, and then we can open the JAR file(s).

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How to Check Kubernetes Version on Linux

How to Check Kubernetes Version on Linux

Checking the installed version of Kubernetes is an important part of system administration, since it will allow you to keep on top of the latest updates and security patches that are released for your software. It is also important to ensure that your various Kubernetes components are updated alongside each other, as much variance in the version number could cause problems.

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