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I'm surfing the web less and less now, thanks to my increasing use of A.I. tools like Claude and ChatGPT. WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube DT ON THE WEB: 🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube 📁 Gi...

The 'date' command prints or sets the date and time. - Print the current date/time, using the default locale's format: date +%c - Print the current date/time in UTC, using default format: date -u - Print the current date/time in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format: date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z - Print the date only using the ISO 8601 format: date +%F -or- date +"%Y-%m-%d" - Pri...

The 'cal' command displays the calendar. - Display the 'single month' (current month) calendar: cal -1 - The 'single month' calendar is the default: cal - Display three months spanning the date: cal -3 - Display the whole calendar for the 'current' year: cal -y - Display a calendar for a specific year (4 digits): cal 2026 - Display the next twelve months: ca...

The 'cal' command displays a calendar in your terminal. - Display the 'single month' (current month) calendar: cal -1 - The 'single month' calendar is the default: cal - Display three months spanning the date: cal -3 - Display the whole calendar for the 'current' year: cal -y - Display a calendar for a specific year (4 digits): cal 2026 - Display the next tw...

Fuzzel is a Wayland-native application launcher and fuzzy finder, inspired by rofi and dmenu. REFERENCED: ► https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fuzzel WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube DT ON THE WEB: 🕸️ Web...

LinuxHub Prime is an Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised Openbox window manager as the default desktop environment. Its main feature is a unique installer that provides one-click installation options for several popular window managers and desktop environments. REFERENCED: ► https://linuxhub.link/index.php WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 P...

Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators. With its amazing speed and flexibility, Hugo makes building websites simple and fun. And you get to write the content using either Markdown or Org Mode. How cool is that! REFERENCED: ► https://gohugo.io/ ► https://github.com/devcows/hugo-universal-theme WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳...

Some people are "note takers." And most of these people are forever searching for the ultimate note taking app. Well, look no further. Emacs Org Mode has been the de facto standard for note taking for decades! WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Rot...

In a recent survey, CachyOS was the most popular distro for gamers using protondb, overtaking Arch Linux. Why has CachyOS become so popular so fast? REFERENCED: ► https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-the-top-desktop-distro-for-linux-gamers-on-protondb/ WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu...

The 'tail' command is used to print the ending lines of a file. - Print last 10 lines in a file: tail path/to/file - Print last 10 lines of multiple files: tail path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... - Print last 5 lines (-n 5) in file: tail -n 5 path/to/file - Print a file starting from line number 5 (-n +5): tail -n +5 path/to/file - Print the first 12 bytes (-c 12) from the end of a given fi...

The 'head' command is used to print the beginning lines of a file. - Print first 10 lines in a file: head path/to/file - Print first 10 lines of multiple files: head path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... - Print the first 5 lines (-n 5) of a file: head -n 5 path/to/file - Print everything but the last 5 lines (-n -5) of a file: head -n -5 path/to/file - Print the first 12 bytes (-c) of a file:...

Origami is a next-generation Linux distribution built on Fedora Atomic. It uses the Cosmic Desktop that was developed by PopOS. It also uses the CachyOS kernel. Oh...and it replaces a lot of the standard shell utilities with modern Rust alternatives! REFERENCED: ► https://gitlab.com/origami-linux WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.pay...

Since doing a fresh Linux installation on my office workstation three months ago, I've been doing a little experiment. I've only installed native Arch packages on this machine. That's right! No snaps or flatpaks or any of that sort of thing. And it's been GREAT! WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/...

I see nothing but mediocrity in the world. Mediocrity is in our music, movies, sports, culture, software, etc. And it frustrates the hell out of me. WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube DT ON THE WEB...

NebiOS is a new Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It uses its own NebiDE desktop environment based on the Wayfire compositor. REFERENCED: ► https://nebios.org/ WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube...

The 'wc' command counts the number of lines, words or bytes in a file. - Count lines (-l) in a file: wc -l path/to/file - Count words (-w) in a file: wc -w path/to/file - Count bytes in a file: wc -c path/to/file - Count characters (-m) in a file, taking multi-byte characters into account: wc -m path/to/file - Count lines, words, and bytes in a file: wc path/to/file - Count lines, words,...

'xargs' takes the output of one command (or contents of a file), converts it into a list of arguments, and passes that list to another command to execute. - Run a command using the input data as arguments: command1 | xargs command2 - Count lines in multiple files: ls *.txt | xargs wc -l - Cat a file and use the input data as an argument: cat file | xargs NOTE If no xargs command is given...

Ever had a computer chair or office chair that was no longer able to maintain its height? There's a few DIY fixes that involve cutting PVC pipe and using metal clamps, but if you're like me, you probably would prefer a ready-made, out-of-the-box fix. I found a cheap product that works! ► https://amzn.to/3ZWguh4 - Office Chair Hero Clamps WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://w...

KaOS is an independent, built from-scratch Linux distribution, that for many years was built using KDE Plasma, but they've now dropped Plasma in favor of Niri wth the Noctalia shell. REFERENCED: ► https://kaosx.us/ WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Rot...

The 'pacman' package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux, but it does have issues on occasion, such as becoming really slow when installing software or updating the system. But these issues are easily fixed. REFERENCED: ► https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www...

Today, I'm taking a look at the latest release of iDeal OS, based on MX Linux 25.1 and Debian 13.3 Trixie, with KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment. REFERENCED: ► https://ideal-os.xyz/ WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://teespri...

On this episode of Hey DT: 0:00 Intro 0:18 What do you think about Niri? 3:00 I know that you're not bald, but why are you wider now? 5:41 How do I properly erase everything on my SSD? Complete wipe. 7:43 Are you really editing videos in one take? 9:25 It's been 5 years since your last Guix video. 11:52 Do you have any footage of you using it (Kensington Orbit Trackball)? 12:44 Why don&#...

How to install Arch Linux via the command line installation process. I will use UEFI, btrfs, zram, and install a popular Wayland compositor (niri). NOTE: This video was re-uploaded in order to correct a major mistake (by omission) made in the first version of this video. I did not run the command to create the 'fstab' file. Oops! REFERENCED: ► https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installatio...

How to install Arch Linux via the command line installation process. I will use UEFI, btrfs, zram, and install a popular Wayland compositor (niri). REFERENCED: ► https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕...

Introducing the new Xero Arch Installer, which is a beautiful, streamlined Arch Linux installer with a easy-to-use, modern TUI interface. REFERENCED: ► https://github.com/xerolinux/XeroInstall WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://t...