There are plenty of ways to automatically run a script or command at Linux boot up, either by cron, rc.local or my preferred way — systemd. Services are easier to manage, you can start/stop/enable/disable it with systemctl on the fly, it can even restart itself after failure.
RAR is a very common format for archiving on Windows. Since Linux system usually prefer tarball, only tar is installed by default. On Arch-based Linux distros (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, ArcoLinux, BlackArch), we'll be using unrar package for extracting and rar package for both extracting and creating RAR files.
Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor, also a great alternative to Adobe Illustrator in Linux. To install Inkscape on Arch-based Linux distros (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, ArcoLinux, BlackArch), we'll use the official package from AUR (Arch User Repository).
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open-source image manipulation program supports Linux, Mac OS and Windows, also one of the most popular Photoshop alternatives on Linux. And we'll be covering how to install GIMP on Arch-based Linux distros (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, ArcoLinux, BlackArch).
If you encounter the error WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! while connecting to your remote machine through SSH, it means the identification key on the server is not the same with last connection. To fix this, simply remove the host's key from ~/.ssh/known_hosts.
If you got sensitive information to blur out, GIMP is a great tool for pixelate (pixelize) either the whole image or just certain zone of your selection. In this tutorial we'll be covering how to use blur filters on GIMP to create pixelate effects.
In this tutorial we'll be covering how to rounding corners with Path Effects in Inkscape, works for either shapes, paths or texts.
If you encounter the error The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP*.dll was not found. when executing programs, it means the Microsoft C and C++ (MSVC) runtime libraries is missing from your Windows system. Simply install the corresponding version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable will resovle this.
Although Steam only supports Ubuntu and SteamOS officially, that doesn't mean you can't get it running on other Linux distros. This tutorial will be covering how to install Steam and its required dependencies on Arch-based Linux distros (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, ArcoLinux, BlackArch).
If you encounter some problems with your MongoDB server and trying to reinstall it or just want to uninstall it, the following will cover how to purge Mongo completely (including dependencies, configuration file, logs and database storage) on Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distros (e.g. Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Elementary OS).
MongoDB is one of the most popular NoSQL databases around. In this tutorial we'll be covering how to install the latest version of MongoDB Community Server from its official repository, and the following steps work for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal), 18.04 LTS (Bionic) and 16.04 LTS (Xenial).
My Google Play on BlueStacks stuck at Waiting for download... while trying to install Apps. Turns out it's a PPPoE DSL (dial-up) connection related bug, the issue resolved after I switch to a Wi-Fi connection. The following guide works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
