ByFrank So most people in the know have probably heard of symlinks. They are the way to make one point in a filesystem refer to another. However, symlinks are sometimes glitchy and don’t work within a chroot. That’s why you can mount a directory. I figured out how to do this yesterday because I wanted my…
ByFrank I’ve been using Linux for a long time, and like any Operating System, it has its ups and downs. It is definitely not the perfect little program that many geeks make it out to be. Linux could do a lot of things better. In this article, I will go over my top critiques of Linux….
ByFrank NOTE: These are my opinions. These are based on my own experiences, so don’t take them as fact. As with any Brand Loyalty, they are going to be biased. These are simply recommendations for those considering buying a computer. Brand Loyalty for Phones: Google I do believe that Android is better than iPhone. I believe…
ByFrank NOTE: This article is satirical. It does not represent the opinions of Info Toast writers and is purely intended as a joke. Do not take any of this stuff seriously. Also, some of the information in this article may not be suitable for children. So you know who you are if you’re a child. But,…
ByFrank So yesterday, I discovered ZSH. It’s pretty incredible. It’s a shell, like bash or sh, but it includes tons of features like syntax highlighting error correction, and tons more. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install zsh and configure it, so it’s as cool as I made it sound. Installation So the…
ByFrank There are tons of people on the internet who argue about whether Mac or Windows is better, and there are tons of people on the internet who argue about whether Windows or Linux is better However, you don’t see much about Mac vs Linux. And the short answer to this is pretty simple: it depends…
ByFrank In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a website on a FreeBSD server. We will be setting up a BAMP stack (BSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP), which is basically a LAMP stack but for FreeBSD. This tutorial will not tell you how to actually code your website. You will have to do that…
ByFrank There are few Operating Systems on the level of FreeBSD. FreeBSD is more secure than even Linux. It is also much more reliable than Linux because it’s a holistic Operating System and not just a collection of packages. That being said, there is a steep learning curve, and the philosophy is different than Linux. FreeBSD…
ByFrank So there’s a lot of misinformation about IP addresses floating around. Some people think that an IP address is like a Social Security number and that you should never give it out to anybody on the internet. They believe that anybody who has access to their IP address can DDoS you. In this article, I…
ByFrank Why Computer Geeks Should Get Chromebooks Chromebooks don’t have a good reputation among computer people. However, some Nerds like myself believe that once you go Chrome, you’ll never want to go home. This article will show you five nerdy reasons why to get a Chromebook. Do note that I’m not in any agreement to advertise…
So there's a lot of misinformation about IP addresses floating around. Some people think that an IP address is like…
How to install OptiFine to Increase Performance on Chromebook (Minecraft) Chromebooks aren't usually fitted with the best hardware available. Unless…
Very Basic Things That Will Make Your Servers Insanely Secure It's not that hard to ensure security. You can pretty…