How can you see how many virtual CPUs / vCPU cores is on a VPS Hosted server?
Background It’s really useful to see how many virtual CPUs (vCPU) cores you have when you’ve just upgraded your VPS hosting. Use the command below
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What is my IP address? How can I determine my IP address reliably from the command line using Linux?
Introduction This article explains how to get the IP address of a computer as viewed from the outside. The reason why you might want to
How to vacuum journalctl
How to free up space if your Linux journal (combined log file) is taking up a lot of space On some systems /var/log might be
How to sort a Linux directory by date
Use the following flags to order a directory listing by date in forward order: ls -lat To show a directory listing in reverse order, use
Bluetooth devices (mouse / headphones) not reconnecting automatically
You might end up in a situation where your Bluetooth devices do not re-connect automatically. The solution is: 1) apt remove blueberry -y && apt
Two good configuration files for DRBD and OCFS2
Problem: You need to know if your DRBD and OCFS2 disk fault tolerance has been setup correctly but the configuration options are overwhelming. Solution: See
How to install LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql (MariaDB) and PHP on Debian
Here is a link on how to install LAMP on a Debian server: Solution: Follow this article straight from the Debian website: https://wiki.debian.org/LaMp#Installation
How to check what version of Linux Mint you are running
To see which version of Linux Mint you are using, issue the following command: user@host ~ $ cat /etc/issue Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa \n \l
Cannot find Mintupdate icon, shield, or program in the menu
Issue: You’re trying to update Linux Mint 18.x to the latest 18.x version. You google that there is a program called Mintupdate, which is supposed
How to upgrade from Linux Mint 18.1 to 18.3 and then to 19.x
Solution: You want to upgrade your Linux Mint but you’re unsure how to do it. Following this article: https://www.tecmint.com/upgrade-to-linux-mint-19/ The steps are basically to first