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Install VirtualBox guest additions in Ubuntu 20.04
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Install VirtualBox guest additions in Ubuntu 20.04

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxApril 12, 2021April 13, 2021

Bummed that you can’t change the screen resolution in your freshly installed Ubuntu virtual machine? An easy fix exists for this: You just need to …

Create a bootable USB drive from a Linux ISO image
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Create a bootable USB drive from a Linux ISO image

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxMarch 29, 2021March 29, 2021

So you want to install Linux on your PC. You eagerly downloaded the ISO image of your Linux distribution of choice. You realize your PC …

Install and configure the Whisker menu as your XFCE start menu
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Install and configure the Whisker menu as your XFCE start menu

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxMarch 15, 2021March 15, 20212

Disappointed after first seeing the plain vanilla XFCE desktop environment? Do not let the default theming discourage you. XFCE can easily be tweaked to look …

Fix for getting your SSD working via USB 3 on your Raspberry PI
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Fix for getting your SSD working via USB 3 on your Raspberry PI

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxMarch 10, 2021March 10, 20212

Did you connect an SSD to your Raspberry PI 4, with a SATA to USB 3.0 adapter, and getting poor read and write speeds? In …

Manually mount a USB drive in the Linux terminal
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Manually mount a USB drive in the Linux terminal

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxMarch 1, 2021March 1, 20212

Trying to figure out how to manually mount your USB drive in Linux? Look no further. This article explains step-by-step how to manually mount a …

Format your USB drive with GParted
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Format your USB drive with GParted

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxFebruary 19, 2021March 1, 20212

USB drives typically come preformatted as FAT32 or NTFS file systems. Although Linux can handle this, the EXT4 file system offers advantage: EXT4 gives you …

Rolling with openSUSE Tumbleweed on a Raspberry PI 4
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Rolling with openSUSE Tumbleweed on a Raspberry PI 4

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxFebruary 8, 2021February 6, 20211

Looking for something new to try out on your Raspberry PI 4? Give openSUSE Tumbleweed a try. openSUSE Tumbleweed is a high quality, rolling release …

How to mount a shared folder in VirtualBox
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How to mount a shared folder in VirtualBox

PragmaticLinuxby PragmaticLinuxFebruary 1, 2021January 31, 20211

Ever needed to access a file inside your virtual machine, which resides on your host operating system? With the help of VirtualBox’s shared folders feature, …

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