There are a few different ways to check a system’s external IP address from the Linux command line. Check out some of the methods below to retrieve your public IP address using Linux commands. Retrieve External IP Address in Command Line Method 1. Use the dig command to see your IP address from different name …
Ubuntu is a great distro for developers. Python programmers will need to install Python on the system before it’s possible to code programs and run Python scripts on Ubuntu. This tutorial will show you how to install Python 2 or Python 3 on Ubuntu 20.04. Install Python 3 on Ubuntu Python 3 is the latest …
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VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your Kali Linux virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Kali Linux. Kali Linux will …
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This guide will show how to upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye, which is the latest version of the operating system, released on August 14, 2021. Upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye Step 1. You’ll need a completely up to date system in order to start the upgrade. Open a terminal and type the following commands to …
This guide will show how to upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, which is the latest LTS version of the operating system. Canonical releases new LTS (long term support) versions of Ubuntu every two years, in April. They also release interim editions every six months. It’s always recommended that you keep Ubuntu up to date …
The WebP image format is great at compressing photos to incredibly small file sizes. This makes it an ideal format for images on websites, just as its name would imply. Outside of web hosting, the PNG image format is much more popular and better suited to archiving. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to convert …
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You can access all your Windows PC’s files in WSL by mounting hard drives, flash drives, and other removable disks. In this guide, we’ll see how to mount our file systems in Windows Subsystem for Linux in order to access our files, as well as how to automate the process. Accessing C: Drive WSL will …
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The neofetch command in Linux will output system information, distribution information, and an ASCII logo of the distro in terminal. The command is often seen in screenshots from users that wish to show off their system specs or the Linux distribution they’re using. In this guide, you’ll see how to install Neofetch on Linux, and …
The AUR (Arch User Repository) is one of the most alluring features of Arch Linux, and its derivative Linux distributions like Manjaro. Normally, new software would be downloaded via pacman on Arch and Manjaro. When software isn’t available in official repositories, users can turn to the AUR, where they’re likely to find what they’re looking …
Finding files based on their size can help you figure out which files are taking up the most space on your hard drive. Whether you need to free up storage, or just want to see which files are largest, there are plenty of Linux commands that can help. In this guide, we’ll go over the …
