These are tutorials of how to do things with computers.
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 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 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 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…
ByFrank How to install OptiFine to Increase Performance on Chromebook (Minecraft) Chromebooks aren’t usually fitted with the best hardware available. Unless you have a Pixelbook, your Chromebook probably doesn’t have the best specs on the market. Now, I find it important to mention that it doesn’t really need great specs, if you use your Chromebook the…
ByFrank How to Install Minecraft Java Edition on a Chromebook (Update) There have been some improvements to Chrome OS’ Linux (Beta), which enable Minecraft: Java Edition to be run on Chromebook without rooting the Chromebook first. Before doing this article, make sure you have installed Linux (Beta), read our article on how to do that here…
ByFrank Very Basic Things That Will Make Your Servers Insanely Secure It’s not that hard to ensure security. You can pretty much eliminate 95% of hacking by following these tips. These tips seem very basic, but they are real. Usually, when some giant corporation gets hacked, they had been doing something blatantly stupid, and they got…
ByFrank How To Make Your Mac Terminal Have Syntax Highlighting like Linux Mac has a pretty bad wrap amongst more tech-savvy people. However, Mac is absolutely an Operating System that can be used by power-users. Mac is based on UNIX, and because of that, practically anything that can be done on UNIX can be done on…
ByFrank How to Lend Spare Computing Space to Help Cure the Coronavirus I have tried to stay out of talking about the virus for a while. It doesn’t relate the subject matter of this site, and there’s so much content on it already that it’s the last thing people want to hear about nowadays. However, I…
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