How do you update Arch Linux? You run sudo pacman -Syu command. How do you install a package on Arch Linux? You run sudo pacman -Syu package_name. Which might make you wonder why do you need a system update while installing a
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When it comes to electronics, cooling is an essential part of its working lifecycle. Of course, if the components or hardware does not cool, and gets extremely hot, there are chances that it will melt away and get permanently damaged. And, we
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If you’ve been following our articles on Large Language Models (LLMs) or digging into AI, you’ve probably come across the term token more than a few times. But what exactly is a “token,” and why does everyone keep talking about it? It’s
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Core? Extra? Multilib? You’ll find these terms ‘strange’ when you are just starting your Arch journey but you’ll come across them in various forum discussion and wiki references. Hence, I thought of writing this tutorial to quickly explain the different kinds of
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When something is termed “Immutable”, it means you cannot change it. For a Linux distribution, it carries the same meaning. But, what exactly is an immutable distro? How is it different from a standard Linux distribution? Should you consider using them, or
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If you are active in the Linux community, you will often come across the debate on what’s better: PipeWire or PulseAudio? Some users prefer going back to PulseAudio, while others find solving their decade-old audio problems much better. So the question here
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Whenever a product name or branding changes, it is always confusing. And, Intel has made sure that their product lineup is no longer as simple to grasp. Every so often we cannot get over with the naming we are comfortable with, or
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Are you someone that is confused by terms like ARM, AArch64, x86_64, i386, etc when viewing a datasheet or downloads page of a software? These are called CPU architectures and I will help you dip your toes in this topic of computing.
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I’m sure you must have used the ls command to list the contents of a directory. In Ubuntu and many other distributions, you’ll see the ls command output in different colors. If you don’t see it, you can get colored output like
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In the world of Linux, few debates have stirred as much controversy as the battle between the traditional System V init system, often known as SysVinit, and the newer systemd. In this article, I’ll briefly discuss what systemd is, what advantages and
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