Category: Ubuntu

How To Install Mastodon on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial, you will install the latest version of Mastodon, which is 4.0.2 at the time of this writing. You will configure the official Mastodon install repository, and set up the environment to install all other dependencies. Using the interactive setup, you will set up your custom Mastodon instance for storage, email, assets, and your administrator account. Finally, you’ll secure your instance with SSL/TLS certificates through Let’s Encrypt.

Source: How To Install Mastodon on Ubuntu 20.04 | DigitalOcean

Make the Sound Good when using PulseAudio in Linux

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Linux uses PulseAudio, which has a poor default configuration, resulting in bad sound.

With some tinkering with the PulseAudio file, reading a lot of websites about the settings, I was able to get PulseAudio to have sound that’s subjectively as good as BSD, Mac, etc. By default, PulseAudio uses a resampler called “speex-float-1” which is horrendous. The reason this is chosen is to maintain compatibility on very small and bad sound cards. This shall be reconfigured to either “speex-float-10” or “soxr-vhq” for best quality. Some other changes also improve the sound.

Make the Sound Good (Reddit | r/linuxmint)
Also see: PulseAudio (Linux Reviews)

Get macOS ‘Quick Look’ on Ubuntu with GNOME Sushi

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Use GNOME Sushi to get a macOS ‘Quick Look’ feature in Ubuntu. Just select a file in Nautilus then hit the spacebar to see an instant preview – sound good?

Source: Get macOS ‘Quick Look’ on Ubuntu with GNOME Sushi – OMG! Ubuntu!

How to Install Linux Mint’s New ‘Bulky’ File Renamer in Ubuntu 20.04

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Linux Mint introduced a new batch file renamer app ‘Bulky’ in the upcoming 20.2 release. Here’s how you can install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04.

Source: How to Install Linux Mint’s New ‘Bulky’ File Renamer in Ubuntu 20.04 | UbuntuHandbook

How to Install Wine on Ubuntu

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Wine is a unique piece of software that allows you to run software and games built for Windows on a Linux system like Ubuntu.

This software acts as a layer that sits between Ubuntu and the windows application. It will translate Windows system calls into a system call that Ubuntu understands.

Wine also differs from virtualization software like VirtualBox as you do not need to run a full version of Windows on top of Ubuntu.

Within this guide, we will show you how to install the latest version of Wine for Ubuntu.

Source: How to Install Wine on Ubuntu – Pi My Life Up

Czkawka – Find & Remove Duplicates, Empty, Broken Files in Linux

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Czkawka is a simple, fast and easy to use software to remove unnecessary files from your machine.

Czkawka is a free and open-source software written in memory safe Rust. It works on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Due to advanced algorithms and multi-threading, it is amazingly fast!

Source: Czkawka – Find & Remove Duplicates, Empty, Broken Files in Linux | UbuntuHandbook

Free up Disk Space – Clear Systemd Journal Logs in Ubuntu 20.04

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Going to free up Ubuntu system disk space? Try clearing the systemd journal logs, it may free up a few GB of space.
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You can also edit the configuration file to limit the journal log disk usage (100 MB for example).

Source: Free up Disk Space – Clear Systemd Journal Logs in Ubuntu 20.04 | UbuntuHandbook

How To Sandbox Processes With Systemd On Ubuntu 20.04

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Sandboxing is a computer security technique that focuses on isolating a program or process from parts of a system that it does not need to interact with during normal operation. In this tutorial you will run through a practical demonstration of how to use systemd’s sandboxing techniques on Ubuntu 20.04 for an efficient workflow to implement and to test these techniques. Any process that runs on a Linux system that uses systemd can be made more secure with these techniques.

Source: How To Sandbox Processes With Systemd On Ubuntu 20.04 | DigitalOcean

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