Linux Tips and Tricks

Helpful tips and tricks for configuring, using and optimizing Linux.
5 Essential Linux Skills: From Rescue Disks to Boot Fixes – Video

Make a Bootable USB Kaspersky Rescue Disk

Make a USB bootable kaspersky rescue disk

Creating a bootable USB for Kaspersky Rescue Disk is an essential step for anyone looking to disinfect computers affected by severe malware infections. Kaspersky Rescue Disk (KRD) is a free standalone antivirus tool developed to scan and clean systems outside of the regular operating system environment. In this guide, we’ll show you how to use YUMI to create a bootable USB drive from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk ISO file and effectively disinfect your system. This approach is particularly useful if malware has made it difficult to run regular antivirus software on your OS.

Find Large Files in Linux

List Files by Size Linux

Want to find large files in Linux? Running out of disk space and need to perform a cleanup? It’s always a good idea to keep tabs on your file space usage and know which files and directories are taking up the most room — especially after installing a lot of software. Once you know the largest files, you can delete or move unnecessary ones to free up space.

How to Install Raspberry Pi OS to USB

Win32 Disk Imager

How to Install Raspberry Pi OS to USB Manually from Windows: Did you know it’s possible to run Raspberry Pi OS directly from a USB flash drive on your desktop or laptop PC? If you're curious about experimenting with the Raspberry Pi operating system in a desktop environment (without an actual Raspberry Pi board), this tutorial is perfect for you.

Restore GRUB2 after Windows Install

sudo update grub

How I Restored GRUB2 after a Windows Install. GRUB2 (Grand Unified Bootloader)  is a universal bootloader used by Ubuntu and other Linux Distributions. If you have a Linux Distribution installed on a partition, and attempt to install Windows alongside it, your GRUB bootloader will be overwritten by the Windows bootloader, and your computer will only boot into Windows.

FIXED: No Devices Matches MBR Identifier

Set MBRID

Fixing the "No Devices Matches MBR Identifier" Boot Error: Encountering a boot error like "No Devices Match MBR Identifier" while trying to boot openSUSE or other Linux distros from a custom USB flash drive? This message typically indicates that the Disk Identifier (or Disk ID) stored in the Master Boot Record (MBR) does not match the identifier expected by the bootloader which is usually found in the /boot/grub/mbrid file.