apt aliases

Hey there to the few Anglophone readers that still visit this site! Today’s post is not as short as usual but rather to the point, plus it also comes with an important announcement. But first things first so, let me just share with you guys a couple of bash aliases that I find particularly useful for dealing with apt or, in other words, when it comes to add/remove software from the command line in a Debian-based distro:

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# some apt aliases
alias add="sudo apt-get install --allow-unauthenticated -y"
alias fix="sudo apt-get install --fix-broken --assume-yes"
alias remove="sudo apt-get remove --assume-yes"
alias update="sudo apt-get update --assume-yes"
alias upgrade="sudo apt-get upgrade --assume-yes"
alias expunge="sudo apt-get autoclean --assume-yes"
alias flush="sudo apt-get autoremove --assume-yes"

Interesting? If you liked the idea and actually want to use them, it’s as simple as pasting those anywhere within your .bashrc file.

Okey so now it’s time to my oh-so-important announcement! Well, since I’ve been trying to kind of have a blog here for a year a half now, and given that the overall feedback has been, let’s say far less frequent than my original expectations really, but most importantly because I know some of you were really waiting for this, I’ve decided to start posting in Spanish

That’s pretty much it. Muchas gracias por leerme y los despido entonces hasta la próxima.

PD: No quería dejar de saludar a todos mis compatriotas, deseándoles un muy feliz Día de la Independencia!
Un abrazo,

Chances, Changes, Challenges.

Hello world! Well basically I’m shifting the course of my beloved little blog from just quoting slash reposting or, in a more trendy web 2.0ish lingo, “consuming syndicated content”, to actually authoring my own stuff, that is, in principle, publishing any tip, trick, hack and what have you I happen to consider my audience would be interested in reading (that audience being just my close friends at the moment). Anyway, so without further ado, let’s make it happen! And as a footnote, please be nice with what I like to call “my developing creative writing talent”, I’m no language major, actually I’m not even a native English speaker, but I will do my best to write it all pretty for you guys

May Revolution: By Popular Demand

Once upon a time in the Río de la Plata:

On May 25, 1810, the Primera Junta began in Buenos Aires, removing Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros from power. On July 9, 1816, Argentina declared its independence from the Spanish Crown.

In the morning (of that Friday 25), the collective Cabildo Abierto was prepared to reject the resignations, holding that the Junta had no faculties to relinquish a power that had been endorsed by the population.

Today, almost two centuries later but also by popular demand:

Welcome to Dell Open Source. You asked, we listened. For advanced users and tech enthusiasts, we’re happy to offer a new open-source operating system, so you can dive in and truly enjoy a PC experience just the way you want it.

In addition to the FreeDOS systems we already offer, we are proud to announce PCs with Ubuntu.