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By Roy Schestowitz Created 12/02/2021 - 10:21pm Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 12th of February 2021 10:21:02 PM Filed under HowTos [1]

Ubuntu: sources list editing [Guide] [2]

If you need to edit the software sources list on your PC to add a repo, disable an existing repo, or remove a repo altogether but don?t quite understand how to do it, we can help! Follow along to learn all about Ubuntu sources list editing!

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If you want to add a new repo to Ubuntu by editing your sources list, here?s how to do it with the Software & Updates app. First, find the ?Other Software? tab in the app window and click on it with your mouse.

After accessing the ?Other Software? tab, you?ll see a list of software sources enabled on Ubuntu. Keep in mind, ?Other Software? is only for non-Ubuntu repositories. Think PPAs or other third-party software repositories.

To add a new repository to your sources list, find the ?Add? button at the bottom-left corner of the screen, and click on it with the mouse. When you?ve clicked on it, you will see a window appear.

How to Install PostGIS PostgreSQL extender on CentOS 8 [3]

PostGIS is a free and open-source database extender for the PostgreSQL Database Management System. It helps you to add some extra functions such as, area, union, intersection, distance, data types, and allow location queries to be run in SQL. With PostGIS, you can store the polygon and point types of the data in the PostgreSQL database. How to Install Ubuntu on Windows 10 - CCM [4]

Ubuntu is an open-source (OS), based on Linux? distribution Debia. Ubuntu is appreciated for its secure system, user-friendly interface, and low system requirements, among others. If you are tempted to try this OS, you are in the right place: this article discusses how to install Ubuntu on Windows 10 in dual boot. You can also follow the same steps in order to install Xubuntu or Linux Mint, or even on Windows 8.

How to Install XAMPP on Ubuntu 20.04 [5]

XAMPP is a free and open-source package developed by Apache Friends. The XAMPP software package comprises the Apache web server, MariaDB database server, PHP, and . It is basically a localized LAMP server that gives developers a suitable environment to test websites and applications before uploading them to a production server.

The acronym XAMPP stands for: X - Cross-platform, A - Apache server, M-MariaDB, P - PHP and P - Perl. XAMPP can run on Windows, macOS, and all Linux distributions.

In this guide, you will learn how to install XAMMP on Ubuntu 20.04.

How to Use Bash For Loop Commands - Make Tech Easier [6]

One of the best ways to make your life easier with technology, whether at work or at home, is to harness automation. Automating tasks with scripts and timed jobs is a surefire way to save you time, headache, and effort. However, it?s not immediately clear where to start. Here we show you how to use the Bash for loop command, one of the foundational tools in IT automation, to get you started.

How to install RPM packages on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Linux Shout [7]

RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) packages are meant to compile and install on RHEL and its based operating systems such as CentOS, Fedora, and more? However, we can also install RPM packages on Ubuntu by converting them to DEB packages. And here in this article, we know how?

Many times, there are some software packages that are not available for Ubuntu (uses APT package Manager and Debian packages). Even though both RHEL and Ubuntu are Linux but the building format of packages to install on them is different. How to install Snap Store GUI on CentOS 7 or 8 Linux - Linux Shout [8]

Snap is the universal package manager and software deployment platform that is available to install on almost all popular Linux platforms. It contains hundreds of popular open-source applications that can be installed using just one command of snap. Yes, command, however, all of us are not a big fan of the command line, especially, those who are new to Linux distributions. Thus, to make searching, installing, and removing various programs on your Linux OS, Snap Store is there. It is the GUI front end that runs the snap commands in the background to download and install applications from the Snap repository, just like the iOS store or Microsoft Store.

Setting up the perfect web-development environment using docker and ZOL - Techzim[9]

I have to admit I am as far from winning the world?s best web-developer as it gets, but I give it my best. And also I mostly develop for myself apart from the very rare and little WordPress PHP snippets I have shared with my even more technologically inept friends. Recently though I found myself needing to put on that web-dev fedora for a project on one of my sites.With that being said, I was rusty and even finding the right local development environment was a struggle. Usually, I just use FlyWheel?s LocalWP and Atom. That works well for my much smaller WordPress customisation projects that never seem to go beyond a single page of code but this time it was a more complex project and the limits of LocalWP became quickly apparent.

Changing your shell from bash to zsh and back ? any desktop | ArcoLinux[10]

It all depends on the iso you start with , ArcoLinux, ArcoLinuxD or ArcoLinuxB.

ArcoLinux and ArcoLinuxB users can skip all the installations and just start using our aliases tobash and tozsh to switch.

If you have started with ArcoLinuxD or Arch Linux you are missing packages and aliases.

Adding Let's Entrypt SSL to Webmin Hostname ? TecAdmin [11]

The default Webmin listen on port 10000 with self singed SSL certificate. You will see a security warning in web browser like certificate is not trusted. Many of the organization do not allow to use self singed certificates for several reasons.

Lets Encrypt is a free and open certificate authority by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Its provides free ssl certificates for the domains valid for 90 days. You can easily renew certificates before expiration manually or schedule it to renew automatically.

This tutorial will describe you to setup Let?s Encrypt SSL certificate with Webmin hostname.

Setting up a CI system part 2: Generating and deploying your test environment - mupuf.org[12]

This article is part of a series on how to setup a bare-metal CI system for Linux driver development. Check out part 1 where we expose the context/high-level principles of the whole CI system, and make the machine fully controllable remotely (power on, OS to boot, keyboard/screen emulation using a serial console).

In this article, we will start demystifying the boot process, and discuss about different ways to generate and boot an OS image along with a kernel for your machine. Finally, we will introduce boot2container, a project that makes running containers on bare metal a breeze!

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Links: [1] http://www.tuxmachines.org/taxonomy/term/98 [2] https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/ubuntu-sources-list-editing-guide/ [3] https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-postgis-on-centos-8/ [4] https://ccm.net/faq/75683-how-to-install-ubuntu-on-windows-10 [5] https://linoxide.com/ubuntu-how-to/how-to-install-xampp-on-ubuntu-20-04/ [6] https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-use-bash-for-loop-commands/ [7] https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-install-rpm-packages-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/ [8] https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-install-snap-store-gui-on--7-or-8-linux/ [9] https://www.techzim.co.zw/2021/02/setting-up-the-perfect-web-development-environment-using-docker-and-zol/ [10] https://arcolinux.com/changing-your-shell-from-bash-to-zsh-and-back-any-desktop/ [11] https://tecadmin.net/adding-lets-entrypt-ssl-to-webmin-hostname/ [12] http://www.mupuf.org/blog/2021/02/10/setting-up-a-ci-system-part-2-generating-and-deploying-your-test- environment/