Music Player Daemon Install, then run as user with all configuration files in ~/.config/mpd/. Go down config list, copied from /usr/share/docs/mpd/ or something. mpd-configure Problem solving I couldn't change volume, so in mpd.conf I uncommented the pulse audio lines and restarted mpd. This allowed pulse audio output, …

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Netstat Stuff Stats on local net usage within domain. 1iftop -p -n 1whois domain.com Info on domain, whether it's taken, et c.: 1dig domain.com 1ifconfig Versatile wifi tool: 1nmcli Examples You want to connect to the internet. 1sudo iwconfig Get knowledge of wireless state. The output might be: wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11 …

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Create the configuration directory before you start, and add at least 1 URL. 1mkdir ~/.config/newsboat 1echo 'https://voidlinux.org/atom.xml foss tech' >> ~/.config/newsboat/urls Start newsobat and press r to load your feed. To add a feed, you can press E to edit that urls file. Examples of Feeds …

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Setup Install newsraft, then: 1mkdir ~/.config/newsraft 2echo 'https://codeberg.org/newsraft/newsraft.atom "Newsraft git"' >> ~/.config/newsraft/feeds 3newsraft Commands Copy the default config file: 1cp /usr/share/doc/newsraft/example/config ~/.config/newsraft/config Add a line to check the man page while inside the …

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Install nginx: 1sudo apt-get install nginx 1sudo apt-get enable --now nginx Put a website somewhere: 1mkdir /var/www/html/mysite/ Put an index file there: 1vim /var/www/html/mysite/index.html Make the owner www-data 1chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mysite/ Make a configuration file for nginx: 1vim …

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The standard nginx log format has such a lack of consistency or meaning that you might squint your face into a whirlpool making sense of them: 118.97.14.85 - - [16/Nov/2025:00:52:12 +0100] "GET /posts/learning_without_experts/content.html HTTP/1.1" 200 1704 "-" "CCBot/2.0 (https://commoncrawl.org/faq/)" 257.141.0.25 - …

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Example: 1nmap 192.168.1.1/24 Flags: Flag Meaning Effect -F Fast First 100 ports only Look for a web server, which has ports 80 and 443 open: 1nmap 192.168.1.1/24 -p 80,443 --open

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Packages are kept in /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Delete unused old packages with: 1sudo pacman -Sc Signatures are handled by the pacman-key, initially set up with: 1sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux And refreshed with: 1sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys If you have usigned keys, you can refresh with: 1sudo pacman -Sc or …

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Unattended Actions 1pacman -Syu --noconfirm pacman and yay Text Colouring Getting the colors is done by editing the /etc/pacman.conf and uncommenting the line Color. By adding the line ILoveCandy you will unlock some terminal animations, like pacman eating dots while installing some package. Timid Installations Want to …

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FDisk Basics 1su root 2fdisk /dev/sda m for help. n to make a partition. t to mark the partition type (see IDs below). w to write the changes to the disk. Note the asterisk marking the boot partition. IDs ID Meaning 83 Linux 5 Extended 82 Swap fdisk will not help with a GPT formatted drive. For this, use gdisk, which …

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