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Server response time (TTFB) is an important factor in SEO and should not be overlooked. Site owners need to understand what TTFB is, why it’s important, and how to measure and improve it. In this article, we’ll discuss how to reduce server response times on Wordpress for improved SEO. What is Server Response Time (TTFB)? Server response time (TTFB) is the amount of time it takes for a web server to respond to a user’s request....

Sometimes you need a particular version of python, in this guide we will go over how to install python 3.8 on Ubuntu or any other specific version of Python on Ununtu. First install the prerequisites sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common Add the official source for python to your sources list sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa Run the python 3.8 install command sudo apt install python3.8 Verify python 3.8 is installed...

How to resolve ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils.cmd’ Check which version of python you are using Run python –version Check if pip can find dist tools for you version of python Python 3.9 example: python3.9 -m pip --version Install dist tools for your version of python Example for python 3.9 on Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install python3.9-distutils I got this error today with AWS SAM: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils.cmd’, here is how I fixed it....

Linux battery life on laptops is known not to be great. Due to the need to test on so many types of hardware, it isn’t feasible for distros to be optimized for it out of the box. Here are my notes on what I’ve done to optimize Ubuntu battery life on my laptop, while some of the install commands will be specific to Ubuntu / Debian derived distros, the tips will work on any distro....

When trying to upgrade a Pop_OS machine with sudo pop-upgrade release upgrade I ran into the following error: Release upgrade status: release upgrade aborted: failed to downgrade packages Fix release upgrade aborted: failed to downgrade packages In order to fix the failed to downgrade packages error you’re going to have to upgrade manually by switching all the package sources to the newest version. Update apt sources Update all the apt sources manually by editing /etc/apt/sources....

Here is a quick script I have written in Bash to get URL status codes. An application in a container I have been working was failing to retrieve a file from somewhere on the internet. I needed to determine if the issue was with the container(possibly networking related) or the application. I threw together this little reusable script utilizing curl.