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Manage systemd Services and Units

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. List all services names.

    service --status-all
    
  2. List all systemd units.

    systemctl
    
  3. Disable a service.

    systemctl disable service_name
    
  4. Check whether systemd is running as PID 1.

    ps --no-headers -o comm 1
    

A …

Reduce GRUB Timeout

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. Open the file /etc/default/grub with sudo permission.

    sudo vim /etc/default/grub
    
  2. Update the value assigned to GRUB_TIMEOUT to a smaller one (e.g., 3). Notice that the time …

Tips on the Redox Operating System

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

Try Redox in a Virtual Machine

  1. Install VirtualBox on your machine.

  2. Download the ova file for redox using the link https://static.redox-os.org/releases/ .

  3. Double click the ova file to …

Tips and sshfs and fuse

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. If you want to be able to mount remove Linux filesystem on you computer, you can install sshfs and fuse using the following command.

    wajig install sshfs fuse
    

    It is suggested …