DEV Community: namya

How to do daily tasks in linux without GUI 🐧 as a sigma user

namya — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 23:32:09 +0000

The Terminal is a powerful tool that can help you do many things efficiently, and a lot of people find it frustrating to use it, but I think it's not that hard to use it, so I decided to write this article to show you how to do handle wifi, bluetooth, screen resolution like a real man.

Connect to wifi

to connect to the wifi you can use the iwctl command, it's a simple tool that can help you connect to wifi easily, so let's see how to use it.

Connect to wifi using iwctl

First, you need to open iwctl by running the following command:

iwctl

you can see all the available commands by typing help.

so let's connect to wifi, to do that you need to type station wlan0 scan to scan for available wifi networks, then type station wlan0 get-networks to get the available networks, then type station wlan0 connect <network name> to connect to the network.

wlan0 is the name of the wifi interface, you can check the name of your wifi interface by typing

device list
station device get-networks
station device connect network_name

and that's it, you are connected to wifi😎.

Connect to bluetooth

Connecting to bluetooth is also easy, you can use the bluetoothctl command to connect to bluetooth devices, but first you should install some packages (bluez bluez-utils), so let's see how to do that.

if you are using arch based distro, you can install the packages by running the following command:

    sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils

if you are using debian based distro:

    sudo apt install bluez bluez-utils

now to start the bluetooth service, you need to run the following command:

sudo systemctl start bluetooth.services

then you should enable the bluetooth service :

sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service

and you are ready to go, lets power on the bluetooth device:

power on

then you can scan for available devices by typing:

scan on

to connect to a device, you need to type:

connect <put_mac_adress_here>

and that's it, you are connected to bluetooth.
bluetoothctl is a powerful tool that can help you do many things, you can check the available commands by typing help or the arch wiki for more information.

In the next article we will see how to change screen resolution using the terminal using xrandr.

Thanks for reading, and see you in the next article.

always remember that you can do anything you want using the terminal, so don't be afraid to use it. like a chad linux enjoyer.

Get your subreddit documented automatically 🤖

namya — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 13:39:11 +0000

I always wanted to document top posts of my favorite subreddit in markdown or pdf format, but I didn't find any tool that does that for me, so I decided to build one myself using some python magic.

Reddox 🤖

What is it?

Reddox is a tool that helps you document your subreddit posts in markdown and pdf format automatically.

How to use it?

Clone the repo
Install the requirements
Run the script (reddox.py)
Enter your subreddit name
enter y to include the number of votes
enter the number of posts you want to document

and that's it, you will find your markdown folder.

If you want to document your posts in pdf format, you can use grip and save it from your browser ,or use other methods suggested in the repo.

 grip reddit.md

How to contribute?

You can contribute by:

Reporting bugs
Suggesting new features
Fixing bugs
Adding new features
Improving documentation
Improving code quality
Github repo
twitter

I think one of the most interesting things about automation isn't on the practical side. I think it's about creating magic and wonder and moments of splendor. - Genevieve Bell

how to start self hosting 🚀

namya — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 10:50:49 +0000

in this article we will be setting up a raspberry pi server and installing docker and portainer on it. so you can selfhost your own services on it.

First Steps

install the raspbian os on your sd card. you can follow this tutorial from 2:25 ⏩ prep the Raspberry Pi.
connect the raspberry pi to your wifi network.
ssh into the raspberry pi using the ssh command.

ssh pi@ipaddress

update and upgrade the system using the command below.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

and reboot the system.

sudo reboot

congratulations you have now installed the raspberry pi.

now you can install the following software.

sudo apt install git
sudo apt install nvim
    ...
        ...
            ...

installing docker

to install docker, clone this repo and run the install script.

git clone https://github.com/Ayman-s-Lab/selfhosted-pi.git
cd selfhosted-pi/installation-scripts
chmod +rx docker.sh
./docker.sh

Remember to logout/reboot for the changes to take effect.

logout

ssh into the raspberry pi again

installing portainer

portainer is a web application that can be used to manage and easily deploy your docker containers .

to install portainer, open th installation-scripts folder and run the install script.

cd installation-scripts
chmod +rx portainer.sh
./portainer.sh

yeah, now you can access portainer at http://ipaddress:9000 .

you created a new administrator user and chose docker as a container env aaand you are ready to go🎆.

Click Settings, in the bottom-left corner, and paste the Portainer v2 json file link from below into the "App Templates" box.
this is the one i use for my portainer.
i will create my own soon.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ntv-one/portainer/main/template.json

You're done! Now just click App Templates and deploy applications!

Thanks for reading this article, i hope you enjoyed it.

if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me on twitter

dont forget to give this project a star⭐ to support me.

What is a Synchronous & Asynchronous Programming? 🚀

namya — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 23:42:18 +0000

What is Synchronous Programming ?

Synchronous operations tasks performed one at a time
and as that task is completed, the following task is unlocked.
In other words, you would like to hold up for the task to be executed to move to the following one.

What is Asynchronous Programming ?

Asynchronous operations may execute the next following task before the previous one is completed ,
( its like multitasking ) . so it execute all tasks synchronously till it hitt something thats asynchronous and
it will complete that and the rest of the tasks simultaneously .

learn more 🤓:

Thank you for reading, and let's connect!

AI .. What is it all about , is it good or is it whack

namya — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 23:30:25 +0000

Many people are worried that the commonness of AI will negatively impact our planet, it will kill our jobs (which is mostly right) or AI will reach a point where it doesn’t care for or about the existence of humanity anymore, something along the lines of The Terminator movie.

Here are the top uses of AI and how it has made our lives much more easier:

AI in artistic creativity

Musicians, artists, also normal people can use machine learning and neural networks to create art and music depending on what people consume to more often. This makes sure that the artists are following modern trends and, thus, earning more money.

AI in social media

Our activity patterns on social media are used to recommend the pages, promoted ads, videos, or posts we might be interested in. Social media platforms use our data to recommend ads for the products we might be interested in(or maybe not :( ).

Another common example of machine learning and AI is Facebook detecting facial features to tag you and your friends in pictures.

AI in chatbots

Virtual assistants have become very common nowadays like alexa Google Assistant . They use speech recognition and natural language processing to perform common day tasks on command. These include ordering food, controlling lights, checking for your schedule ...

Potential Risks of AI

there are downsides of anything and AI too.
AI should be used with caution to avoid any potential risks like :

dependency on technology

it can be a bad habit to rely on a technology to make a decision for us, it may be causing lazyness and losing our problem solving skills.

AI is a Job Killer

yeah its true, a smart machine that performs well can be replacing a human being, maybe we can create more jobs that we can do better who knows.