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Ubuntu - Install Sublime 3 PPA

Snippet to install the Sublime Text 3 stable PPA.

LVM snapshots

LVM Snapshots

A guide to using LVM snapshots.

nativescript android-dev

Set Up Android Emulator

This tutorial will guide you through setting up an emulator for an android device so that you can start building/testing apps.

nativescript android-dev

Ubuntu 16.04 - Setting Up Nativescript

This tutorial will show you how to set up your Ubuntu 16.04 desktop for Nativescript in order to develop Android applications.

KVM networking

KVM - Fix Missing Default Network

This tutorial will ensure you have a running default network on your KVM server.

Debian KVM Debian-9

Set Up Debian 9 KVM Server

This tutorial will show you how to set your Debian 9 server up as a KVM host.

Debian-9 Raeltek

Debian 9 - Install Realtek Firmware

This tutorial will show you how to install firmware for Raeltek NICs.

KVM

Set Up Ubuntu 16.04 KVM Server

Turn your Ubuntu 16.04 server into a KVM host for virtual machines!

Debian MySQL stretch

Debian 9 - Install MySQL Server

This tutorial will show you how to install various versions of MySQL server on Debian 9.

Debian stretch

Things To Do After Installing Debian 9

Things you probably want to do right after installing Debian 9 server.

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Roger H. Newell - Ubuntu Custom Kernel

This post is for reference and contains a youtube video from Roger H. Newell stepping through compiling your own kernel, with bookmarked timestamps so that you can skip to the point you need.

grub

Update Grub Timeout

Update the Grub timeout in order to speed up boot times or to slow it down so that you have time to see the menu and choose your kernel.

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