Scooter Girl's Tech Support
scootergirltech.bsky.social
Scooter Girl's Tech Support
@scootergirltech.bsky.social
I am a local one-girl business that helps everyone from a grandma trying to use her phone to start-ups setting up a network.

This is the business page of my business - my personal bluesky is https://bsky.app/profile/sc00trgrrl.bsky.social
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Hello! Here is your tech tip of the day:

Use a password manager — don’t reuse passwords. I use BitWarden, which is free and open source. I can help you set up one if you want.
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hello! Here is your tech tip of the day:

Remember: `Ctrl + R` does reverse history search in Bash.
July 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hello! Here is your tech tip of the day:

Check logs with `journalctl -xe` on systemd systems.
July 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Here is the tech tip of the day:

You can emulate CPUs with QEMU. Its kind of like a virtual machine in a way but way scaled down. Its for when you want to do more advanced low level things.
July 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Hello, here is my tech tip of the day:

If you are trying to install something on an Ubuntu-based distro like Linux mint, you can find the underlying Ubuntu version with

grep "UBUNTU_CODENAME" /etc/os-release
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hello, my tech tip of the day is that you need to know about this awesome organization called Trace labs that uses OSINT to help find missing people.

www.tracelabs.org
Trace Labs | Crowdsourced OSINT to Find Missing People
Trace Labs is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to accelerate the family reunification of missing persons while training members in the tradecraft of open source intelligence (OSINT).
www.tracelabs.org
July 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
July 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tech tip of the day: I wish people would realize that there are sooooo many browsers to try out. You don't have to stick with the big ones that are increasingly dissing your privacy. I am starting to use Opera for personal stuff and Chrome/firefox for when I need them.
July 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM