TL, DR GSConnect is a great open source app to connect your phone to your Linux PC. At the time of writing, when you try to mount the phone file system on your PC, you are most likely to get an error. Here a few steps to fix this issue. Mounting your phone from GSConnect… Continue reading Fix GSConnect not mounting Android phone in the file system
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Fix Flatpak browser not opening links in Ubuntu
TL, DR Sometimes Ubuntu stages a coup, setting the Snap internet browser as default. This may break your setup if you actually instralled your browser using Flatpak. Here a few steps to fix this issue. Flatpak vs. Snap Ubuntu has a strong preference for Snaps…but maybe you don’t necessarily agree with this and you prefer… Continue reading Fix Flatpak browser not opening links in Ubuntu
Use Python Selenium with Snap browsers
TL, DR Selenium is one of the main libraries for browser automation and web scraping. Sometimes it is painful to integrate with browsers that are installed as Snap packages, this guide gives you a few examples for a correct configuration. What are Snap packages? Snap packages is the new and preferred way to distribute applications… Continue reading Use Python Selenium with Snap browsers
Deploy Minio with Docker on a Synology NAS with a custom domain name
TL, DR Minio is a powerful open source self-hosted object storage, similar to S3, that you can deploy on your own hardware or cloud instance. This guide provide you the right settings to deploy Minio with Dover on a Synology NAS and use your domain name with SSL Minio object storage We already covered Minio… Continue reading Deploy Minio with Docker on a Synology NAS with a custom domain name
MongoDB aggregation: create your data pipelines
TL, DR MongoDB is one of the leading NoSQL databases, and its aggregation framework enables powerful queries, as well as data operations. We will see how to quickly create data pipelines and create code you can use in your projects. The power of a Compass You use MongoDB as data repository because it’s so simple… Continue reading MongoDB aggregation: create your data pipelines
Copy files with specific naming patterns from Linux shell
TL, DR Sometimes you may need to copy a large number of files, and your file explorer/file search will be painfully slow. If you use Linux, you can easily copy files with a specific naming pattern using only the shell, saving time and effort. Need to copy many files? Sometimes we need to copy a… Continue reading Copy files with specific naming patterns from Linux shell
Keep your Ubuntu software updated
TL, DR In many cases you will use an Ubuntu machine, either as a server or Personal Computer. It’s very important you keep your Ubuntu software updated, both for the packages you installed via apt and your snaps or flatpaks. Below you can find a few commands to do this. Software is everywhere You have… Continue reading Keep your Ubuntu software updated
Create a Latex table from a CSV files
TL, DR If you ever tried to write a big table in Latex from scratch, you know how much it can be tedious. I wrote a small application leveraging Python Pandas and PySimpleGUI to create a Latex tables from any CSV file. Making tables in Latex from CSV files In a previous post I already… Continue reading Create a Latex table from a CSV files
Access host resources from a Docker container
TL, DR Docker is a great platform for development and deployment of modern applications. Sometimes you need your Docker container to access some resource published on the host. This guide explains how to access host resources from a Docker container in Linux, Windows, and MacOS. Docker containers In today’s cloud environment Docker is one of… Continue reading Access host resources from a Docker container
How to check the health of your SSD or HDD?
TL, DR Sometimes you need to check the health status of a SSD or HDD. For instance, when you buy a second hand one. Or when you are preparing a RAID array and you want to make sure there is no disk close to its end-of-life. In Linux you can do so with a few… Continue reading How to check the health of your SSD or HDD?
