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Flush the DNS cache on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on October 18, 2018 by SoCRaT

sudo systemd-resolve –flush-caches Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/906476/how-can-i-flush-the-dns-on-ubuntu-17-04

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Create SSH profiles for your frequent connections on Ubuntu 18.04 using ssh_config

Posted on October 17, 2018 by SoCRaT

This is very useful if you connect to tons of servers via ssh and you need to keep record of them as profiles. Edit/Create a file .ssh/config Add entries in this manner: Host blabla User blablabla # or domain\blablabla if … Continue reading →

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Add a custom resolution to your display using xrandr on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on September 30, 2018 by SoCRaT

Just in case your monitor’s supported resolution is not properly detected or if you want a custom resolution to be used: In this example, we will try to add 1368×768, with a refresh rate of 60 Run cvt to get … Continue reading →

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How to change default terminal emulator in Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on May 5, 2018 by SoCRaT

Ctrl+Alt+t is the keyboard shortcut to open a terminal in Ubuntu. By default, it opens an ‘x-terminal-emulator’ terminal. I wanted to change that to use my favorite terminal emulator, which is ‘terminator’ To do that: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec ‘terminator’ … Continue reading →

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azure-cli installation on Ubuntu Bionic (18.04)

Posted on April 30, 2018 by SoCRaT

No deb packages have been released yet for Ubuntu 18.04, so you have to use the script MS provided here. However, you will face the following error immediately:  fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory To resolve this, simply … Continue reading →

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