Category: Quick Tips

• Why is My Nextcloud Snap Using More Storage?

  

  Here’s another one of my quick Linux tips, this time largely dealing with what happens to a Nextcloud instance installed with Snap as it takes up too much mystery storage. How Did You Fix It? I still recommend reading up on this before jumping to the solution in case you had the same issue I…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  September 22, 2024

  Linux, Quick Tips

  Bash script, cloud, Delete trashbin, docker, How-To, Linux, Nextcloud Snap, Nextcloud snap taking up too much space Ubuntu server, Nextcloud with Ubuntu server, Quick Tip, Remove snaps, Security, technology, Terminal, Tutorial

• Working Image Previews in Krusader on a non-KDE Desktop

  

  (NOTE: Skip this top section and scroll down to “Just Give Me The Solution” if you just want the answer to fix this right away.) I have another quick Linux tip here, and this one is about Krusader, the Qt5-based, double-pane file manager for Linux. If you just recently installed Krusader for the first time,…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  May 17, 2024

  Linux, Quick Tips

  Arch Linux, Get working previews on Krusader, How-To, kde, kio-extras, Krusader, Linux, non-KDE desktop, openSUSE, Pacman, Productivity, Qt5, Qt6, Quick Tip, technology, Terminal, Tumbleweed, Tutorial, Zypper

• When Deleting the Swap Partition Leads to Slow Boot Times

  

  I Just Want to Fix This Problem! This is part of my “Quick Tips” for Linux; you’ll want to skip this starting section and go straight down to “Just Give Me The Steps!” if you’re in the same boat I was. Otherwise, if you want to see if your situation regarding swap partitions is similar…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  April 18, 2024

  Linux, Quick Tips

  /etc/fstab, blkid, Fedora, Fix, gParted, How-To, Linux, long boot times, openSUSE, Partitioning problems, Slow boot, slow boot times, swap partition and slow boot times, swapoff, swapon, technology, Terminal, Tumbleweed, Tutorial, Ubuntu, UUID

• Go Over 100% Volume in GNOME with One Terminal Command

  

  This may be my shortest post for my Linux-related quick tips, as I was searching around for this information online for my openSUSE 30-Day challenge. In short: I wanted to know how to go beyond 100% volume on my GNOME setup, but had forgotten what I did to achieve this on both my Arch and…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  March 5, 2024

  Linux, Quick Tips

  Arch Linux, Fedora, GNOME Desktop, GNOME Tweaks, Go above 100% volume on GNOME, High volume on GNOME without installing anything, Higher volume on GNOME, How-To, Linux, More than 100% volume on GNOME, Open-Source, openSUSE, technology, Terminal, Tutorial, Ubuntu

• Install MANY Fonts on Linux with a Few Terminal Commands

  

  Here’s a relatively quick Linux tip. If you want to know right away how to do this in simple steps, feel free to skip down to the section titled “Just Give Me The Steps!” I did stumble across an issue with fonts when trying to sync my Obsidian second brain from Arch Linux at home…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  January 8, 2024

  Linux, Quick Tips

  Arch Linux, Fedora, Fonts, How to install fonts on Linux, How to install fonts with the terminal, How-To, Install a lot of fonts at the same time on Linux, Install fonts with terminal, Linux, Obsidian, technology, Terminal, Tutorial, Typeface

• Getting polkit-gnome to Work in Awesome WM

  

  This is part of my quick tips for Linux. If you want the answer right away, feel free to scroll straight down to the section titled “Give Me The Quick Solution.” I won’t judge. I’ve been using Awesome WM for almost two years now. Despite my attempt to jump to a mix of XFCE and…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  June 1, 2023

  Linux, Quick Tips

  Arch Linux, Awesome WM, Fedora, GNOME, How-To, Linux, Polkit, polkit-gnome, Terminal, Tutorial, Window Manager