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Abominable Monsters of the 1930s

Spanish Words for "Shantytown" by Country

Every country in Latin America has shantytowns, and they all refer to them by different names.

Relocate Windows Recovery Partition to End of Disk

Computer Measuring Units (-bytes, -bits, -bibytes)

Disabling BitLocker

Old Fort Jackson, Savannah, Georgia

St. Augustine Torture Museum

The Christmas Vacation RV

Fort of San Fernando de Bocachica, Colombia

Fort Johnson: The Start of the Civil War

Ecuadorian Currency

Cajas National Park, Ecuador

Defunct About Page

Hiking to Laguna Triángulo in Alerce Andino National Park, Chile

West Virginia Penitentiary

Palace of Gold, West Virginia

How to Delete GRUB off of Windows' EFI Partition

How to Transfer Music to iPhone

Here’s a quick guide to transfer music from your PC to an iPhone. This applies to those of us with a folder full of MP3 files that we want to transfer to an iPhone.

How to NOT Get Scammed Online

How to List Hard Drive Partitions and Sizes

Learn how to list all of the hard drive partitions and their sizes on a Linux system via command line and GUI.

How to Mount an NTFS Partition

Learn how to mount an NTFS-formatted partition in Linux with either read-only permissions or read + write permissions.

Moving Toward a Global Language

How to Install Pip on Linux

Learn how to install and use the Pip package manager for Python on Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Manjaro.

Lima's Wall of Shame

How to Use Zstandard Compression on Linux (With Commands)

This guide shows how to install and use Zstandard compression on Linux with zstd and tar command line examples.

The Big Year: A Commentary on Passion

Positive Feedback Loops

The Abandoned Resort on Contadora Island, Panama

How to Execute Sudo Commands Without Password

These instructions show how to permanently disable the sudo password on Linux, or how to supply a sudo password in any command.

Kill Processes in Linux - Kill, Pkill, Killall Commands

This guide shows how to terminate processes on Linux by using the kill, pkill, and killall commands along with TERM and KILL signals.

How to Create and Open tar Files on Linux

A guide on how to use the tar command to create compressed and uncompressed tar archives on Linux, and how to extract files from a tarball.

Top 10 Most Useful rsync Commands

This guide shows 10 of the most useful rsync commands for Linux users, and shows examples of how to use them.

How to Log rsync Transfers on Linux

This guide shows command line examples to send rsync output to a log file on Linux.

How to Host a Killing Floor 2 Server on Ubuntu

This guide shows how to set up and run a Killing Floor 2 gaming server on Ubuntu Linux.

How to Reset Forgotten Root Password on Ubuntu

This guide shows how to reset the root password on Ubuntu Linux, even if you have forgotten it and lost access to the account.

How to Recover Deleted Photos in Linux with recoverjpeg

This guide shows how to use the recoverjpeg tool on Linux to recover lost or deleted photos from a hard drive or any device.

How to Specify SSH Password in rsync Command

This guide shows how to provide an SSH password as part of an rsync command.

How to Exclude Files and Directories From rsync

This guide shows how to exclude files and directories from an rsync transfer, with multiple examples including for a Bash script.

How to Use rsync on a Different SSH Port

This guide shows the correct syntax to use the rsync command on a non-default SSH port.

How to Make the Linux find Command Execute Faster

This guide shows how to speed up the find command by using xargs and utilizing multiple CPU cores.

How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian

This guide shows the step by step instructions to install VirtualBox Guest Additions and its prerequisites on Debian Linux.

How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS

This guide shows the step by step instructions to install VirtualBox Guest Additions and its prerequisites on CentOS Linux.

How to Put Password in SSH Command

This guide shows how to put a password into an SSH command on Linux with sshpass, allowing for automatic login and bypassing the password prompt.

How to SSH Without Password Using RSA Keys

This guide shows how to generate RSA keys and use them to login to SSH without a password.

Using the ps Command in Linux to List Processes

This guide shows how to use the ps command to list running processes in Linux through common and helpful command line examples.

How to Disable (or Enable) SELinux in AlmaLinux

This guide shows the step by step instructions to disable or enable SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) in AlmaLinux.

Losslessly Compress PNG Images via Linux Command Line

This guide shows how to losslessly optimize and compress PNG image files using Linux commands.

How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on openSUSE

This guide shows the step by step instructions to install VirtualBox Guest Additions and its prerequisites on openSUSE Linux.

How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on AlmaLinux

This guide shows the step by step instructions to install VirtualBox Guest Additions and its prerequisites on AlmaLinux.

Losslessly Compress JPG Images via Linux Command Line

This guide shows how to losslessly optimize and compress JPG image files using Linux commands.

How to Install GNOME GUI on AlmaLinux

This guide shows the step by step instructions to install the GNOME desktop environment GUI on AlmaLinux.

What Is the Best Compression Tool in Linux?

This guide compares and benchmarks all the best compression tools in Linux, including tar, gzip, xz, bzip2, 7zip, zip, rar, and zstd.

How to Disable Automatic Updates in Ubuntu

This guide shows how to disable automatic updates in Ubuntu Linux from both GUI and command line, as well as Snap auto refresh/update.

How to Download a Website From the Wayback Machine

This guide shows how to download an entire website from the Wayback Machine via Linux command line.

How to Migrate From CentOS to AlmaLinux

This guide shows the official step by step instructions for how to migrate from CentOS to AlmaLinux.