How to Stop Microsoft Windows Updates
To disable the Windows Update service in Services Manager, please follow the steps below: Press Windows key + R. Type services.msc, then hit Enter. Search for Windows Update. Right-click on…
How to Use Grub Rescue to Fix Linux Boot Failure
Introduction The GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) is a tool for booting and loading operating system kernels and the default bootloader for systems based on the Linux kernel. Although it runs…
How to change Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown
If you want to change the behaviour of Ctrl-Alt-Del to power-off you just need to change ctrl-alt-del.target to be a symlink to poweroff.target (as long as you are booting to…
How to keep processes running after ending ssh session
You could do that by using screen. Type man screen to find out more or read this screen man page. Simple scenario: ssh into your remote box. Type screen. Then…
Create a Local Debian Mirror or Repository
Looking to setup a local Debian Linux mirror or host your own repository? You can use your local hard drive or a network drive and share your mirror over a…
How to repair grub
Boot from a Live CD : Install the GRUB2 boot loader: sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt sudo grub-install –root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda That’s /dev/sda — the hard disk itself, not the Ubuntu partition…
Chrome keyboard shortcuts
Windows & Linux Tab & window shortcuts Action Shortcut Open a new window Ctrl + n Open a new window in Incognito mode Ctrl + Shift + n Open a…
How to use Cron to Automate Tasks
Cron is a time-based job scheduling daemon found in Unix-like operating systems, including Linux distributions. Cron runs in the background and operations scheduled with cron, referred to as “cron jobs,”…
How To Create a New User and Grant Permissions in MySQL
Introduction MySQL is an open-source relational database management system. It is commonly deployed as part of the LAMP stack (which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) and, as of…
How to Configuring an SSH Login without Password on Ubuntu 22
In this article, we describe how to set up an SSH login that does not use passwords on Ubuntu 22. Having a login without a passsword is an easy and…