How to extract / uncompress tar gz file
Supposed you have a tar.gz file or tar.bz2 file, here is how you can extract them using the tar function. Type at the command prompt. Make sure you have the ownership and permission of the file. tar -xvzf file-1.0.tar.gz – to uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz) tar…
Best Linux Distro for Beginner: Linux Mint better than Ubuntu
Why is Mint better than Ubuntu? The system Menu. Linux Mint’s menu is simpler than Ubuntu’s. Very easy to navigate, and looks similar to KDE style menu in KDE desktop. The Update Manager. Mint’s update program seggregates updates into different levels of importance. Default Software. Mint’s default choice of applications…
Raspberry Pi microphone setup with USB sound card
Two options of attaching a microphone into Raspberry Pi. One is to have USB mic, another to have an external USB sound card. Regardless the choice, the following instruction will work in setting up some basic microphone setup, before doing something cool like recording music, or experimenting with voice recognition…
Top 10 Linux Distros for Desktop
In the world of Linux, questions on which distro to download asked everyday. Distro or distribution is the Operating System variant and set of applications that sits on the Linux Kernel. This can include a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications….
How to log in into Raspberry remotely via SSH?
1. Note your Raspberry active IP address that is associated on either eth0 if you use LAN cable or wlan0 if you use wifi: ifconfig 2. Ensure your Raspberry opens its SSH port. Go to Raspi Config to set it up sudo raspi-config Enable SSH Restart 3. From your desktop / laptop / other remote…