Stuy Linux Posts

1. Meetings 4 & 5 Notes: Shell Scripting

   By Matthew Gultom @WindwardIsland

   Decoding an ASCII-encoded secret message using a shell script!

   March 15, 2026

2. Meeting 3 Notes: Super Tux Kart LAN Party #1

   By Matthew Gultom @WindwardIsland

   Ending off the fall semester by playing a FOSS game! (SuperTuxKart)

   February 22, 2026

3. Meeting 2 Notes: picoCTF

   By Matthew Gultom @WindwardIsland, Axel Stahl @axelKeizoStahl

   Ending off the 2025 year by completing picoCTF challenges!

   February 22, 2026

4. Meeting 1 Notes: Terminal Basics (GameShell)

   By Axel Stahl @axelKeizoStahl

   Introducing the shell and terminal with our second meeting of the year!

   February 22, 2026

5. Meeting 0 Notes: About Stuy Linux

   By Axel Stahl @axelKeizoStahl

   First Meeting of the 2025-2026 School Year!

   February 21, 2026

6. Meeting 0 Notes: Terminal Navigation

   By Axel Stahl @axelKeizoStahl

   October 12, 2024

7. (no)VNC, Justin Bieber, Hannah Montana, and (actual) Stuy Linux

   By David Chen @TheEgghead27

   Using (no)VNC to access virtual machines with the best distros: Justin Bieber Linux, Hannah Montana Linux, and Stuy Linux!

   October 11, 2024

8. Linux is everywhere, including optical networks!

   By David Chen @TheEgghead27

   My Linux skills came in very handy for my work on next-generation communications networks!

   September 6, 2024

9. Stuy Linux Infrastructure: Orange you glad we got a Pi?

   By David Chen @TheEgghead27

   Let's talk about at the web of software that runs our SSH network!

   September 3, 2024

10. APCSA, AAAAHHHHHH

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    It's almost AP season, so let's review the entire AP curriculum! (and make fun of the exam guidelines)

    April 30, 2024

11. 2024 Will be the Year of the Linux Desktop (not really)

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    February 21, 2024

12. Matrix Magic

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    February 20, 2024

13. Rocking your World by Ripping through Passwords

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    December 10, 2023

14. Installing Programming Language Toolchains

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    December 2, 2023

15. System Services with Systemd

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    November 24, 2023

16. A different type of "Capture the Flag"

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    November 18, 2023

17. Base64 and IRC and GPG, this is BIG!

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27, Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    November 18, 2023

18. A Mini CTF (and PicoCTF!)

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    October 29, 2023

19. The fstab - it doesn't stab you!

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    September 26, 2023

20. MAC address spoofing

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    September 1, 2023

21. BTRFS: A Better FS?

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    August 5, 2023

22. Searching for Packages

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    June 25, 2023

23. Installing and Modding Minecraft with Prism Launcher

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27, Gus @thegu5

    April 22, 2023

24. Stopping Imposter Websites

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    April 11, 2023

25. Updating Debian

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    March 22, 2023

26. Creating QR Codes with `qrencode`

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    March 21, 2023

27. RAM compression with `zram`

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    If you ever wanted to "download more RAM", try using zram, the memory compression module in the Linux kernel, to create extra swap space!

    February 20, 2023

28. Using NPKILL

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    January 27, 2023

29. Using Cron

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    January 27, 2023

30. Using the `hosts` file as an adblocker

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    January 17, 2023

31. Setting up a site with WebSocket services on NGINX with SSL

    By David Chen @TheEgghead27

    December 25, 2022

32. Installing Alpine Linux

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    December 25, 2022

33. Virtual Memory

    By Orlin Dyankov @biishop

    December 24, 2022

34. Copying to the clipboard from the terminal

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    December 17, 2022

35. Set up gcc and g++ for development on Linux

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    November 24, 2022

36. Cleaning APT

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07, David Chen @TheEgghead27

    November 16, 2022

37. Welcome to the Stuy Linux Blog

    By Lenny Metlitsky @leomet07

    October 9, 2022