today's howtos

• Let Sudo Insult You When You Enter Incorrect Password

• Plotting election (and other county-level) data with Python Basemap

• Monitoring of a Ceph Cluster with Ceph-dash on CentOS 7

• Add Captions with Basic EXIF Data to Photos using ImageMagick

• Learn The Basics of How Linux I/O (Input/Output) Redirection Works

• ICC color profile for Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th generation

• How to import and manage puppet Modules in Katello

• How to Install Nextcloud with Nginx and PHP7-FPM on CentOS 7

• Why use Linux Containers LXD vs KVM?

• Linux command line navigation tips and tricks - part 1

• Running Kubernetes inside LXD

• How to extend linux mount point.

• Join an Additional Ubuntu DC to Samba4 AD DC for FailOver Replication – Part 5

• How to install a Ceph Storage Cluster on Ubuntu 16.04

• RHEL7: How to get started with Systemd.

• How to Rescue a Non-booting GRUB 2 on Linux

• 6 steps to create linux man page

• Troubleshoot a GPU or Motherboard Upgrade on Linux

• Why I like #1 wc

• How to tune linux kernel parameter

• How to install GNOME Shell extensions with Firefox 52?

• CopyQ search your clipboard history and paste from the past

• XFS, Reflinks and Deduplication

• Blender for Hackers - 3D modeling is just like using VIM

• Shell Has a Forth-like Quality

• Explaining My Configs: OpenVPN

• Shadow Icons Looks Great With All Themes, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

• Change Shell To Bash

• Linux / Unix: “-bash: python: command not found” error and solution

• Emerald Icon Theme Updated, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA

• How to check the file size in Linux/Unix bash shell scripting

• Awesome comic explains HTTP status code

• Dark Aurora Theme Is Available For Ubuntu/Linux Mint (Gnome Shell, Unity and Cinnamon)

• Uniform Icons Are Unshaped But Looks Great on Ubuntu/Linux Mint Desktop

Mintbox Mini Pro computer with Linux Mint now available for $395

The Mintbox Mini Pro is a tiny desktop computer with a fanless design for silent operation, a low-power AMD processor, 8GB of RAM, 120GB of solid state storage, and Linux Mint 18 software pre-installed. It measures about 4.3″ x 3.3″ x 0,9″ and has a metal case made from zinc and aluminum. First introduced in September, the MintBox Mini Pro is now available for purchase for $395. Also: Librem 13 coreboot report – January 12, 2017

Why I switched from OS X to GNU/Linux

After I was done with my studies at the university I wanted to work for some company which worked with Open Source, I started at Pelagicore, where I still work. There we are creating custom Linux distributions for car manufacturers, we do UI work, we write Linux drivers, Linux middleware and so on. Because we work with Linux it is much more convinient to run Linux nativelly for developement too. At Pelagicore (almosc) all developers work on Linux desktops and laptops, I felt that I fit right in with my ThinkPad. And this was also why I used my iMac less and less, everybody around me was using Linux, it became cumbersome to do the overhead to get stuff running on the iMac which I already had running at work and on my laptop on Linux. I started with Ubuntu, but quite fast switched to Debian testing with Gnome 3 because I learned about how Canonical treats everyone, their users (the [Amazon problem (http://www.zdnet.com/article/shuttleworth-defends-ubuntu-linux-integrating-amazon/) with Unity Dash search results, problems with their Intellectual Property Policy, etc.) It also helped that there was Jeremiah, who evangalizes debian day in day out at work. In between I wanted to try out Arch Linux so I installed it on my ThinkPad, and man this was a performance boost, it felt like a new machine in comperison to Ubuntu. Nowadays I run Arch at work too. For stuff which doesn't work, like some specific version of Yocto, I wrap it into a docker container with a Ubuntu image for compatibility.

TedPage: The Case for Ubuntu Phone

What I find most interesting thing about this discussion is that it is the original reason that Google bought Android. They were concerned that with Apple controlling the smartphone market they’d be in a position to damage Google’s ability to compete in services. They were right. But instead of opening it up to competition (a competition that certainly at the time and even today they’re likely to win) they decided to lock down Android with their own services. So now we see in places like China where Google services are limited there is no way for Android to win, only forks that use a different set of integrations. One has to wonder if Ubuntu Phone existed earlier whether Google would have bought Android, while Ubuntu Phone competes with Android it doesn’t pose any threat to Google’s core businesses. It is always a failure to try and convince people to change their patterns and devices just for the sake of change. Early adopters are people who enjoy that, but not the majority of people. This means that we need to be an order of magnitude better, which is a pretty high bar to set, but one I enjoy working towards. I think that Ubuntu Phone has the fundamental DNA to win in this race.