For some Linux users, the terminal is the most environment used for their work. It sometimes happens that you would like to do everything on your terminal such as having a UI monitoring tool for the local processes may be [...]
How to Install Golang 1.8 on Debian 9 Stretch
Go(Golang) is an open source programming language developed by Google. It was released in late 2009. It makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, InfluxDB and many other popular tools are written in GO. [...]
How to Install Centreon on Centos 7 for Monitoring
For Sysadmins, it is very important to be able to check the state of each service and equipment provided on the network. You must be able to be informed and to react anytime if a problem occurs. It exists some [...]
Gtop - A Linux System Monitoring Dashboard for Terminal
When you work on Linux server or on your personal computer, you can need sometimes to monitor the different processes in progress. This can be done with some commands but the result sometimes appears with numbers without a graph on [...]
10 Lesser Known Linux Terminal Tricks
You're never really a Linux guru if you're not conversant with the terminal. Though certain commands and syntaxes may be cumbersome to memorize, there are several helpful command line tips and tricks to make your work in the terminal much [...]
How to Hide Grub Menu in Boot of your Linux Machine
Most Linux graphical installation come with the GRUB boot menu displaying at startup. The GRUB Linux's default bootloader with options to boot Linux or other operating systems, and advanced features like the recovery console. Though most users don't mind that [...]
How to Install Enpass on Linux
Enpass is a cross-platform password manager that works on almost all major Desktop and smartphone platforms like Macs, Windows, Android, iOS, Blackberry, and Linux. Optionally, you can sync across all these devices using your own trusted cloud accounts very securely. [...]
How to Install Drupal 8 with LetsEncrypt SSL on Debian 9
Drupal is an open source content management software written in PHP and distributed under GPL. It has great standard features, like easy content authoring, reliable performance, and excellent security. The flexibility and modularity are one of its core principles which [...]
How to Measure Disk Performance using Fio in Linux
Fio is a free and open source tool that can be used for benchmark and hardware verification. It supports lots of I/O engines including, libaio,sync, nmap, syslet, network, slice and many more. It also supports many distributions such as Linux, [...]
How to Install BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 16.04
There are a lot of open source web conferencing tools available these days and there are also a number of budget-friendly alternatives that still offer the same features and functions. Sometimes you can need web conferencing tools for remote collaboration, [...]
pdd - Tool to find Date and Time Difference in Linux Command Line
In some occasions where you want to check by how many years someone older than you, how old you are (in days, years or months), the countdown to an event or the next flash sale. There is a python-based command [...]
How to Monitor Hosts using Nagios NRPE on Debian 9
In our recent article we have shown how to install nagios core on Debian 9 to monitor some remote hosts's services. To do that you will need to install Nagios NRPE daemon and plugins on the remote hosts. It is a package that will [...]
"Take a Break" - Linux Tool to Force Users to Take Periodical Breaks
In this article, I will discuss one such application called take a break. As the name depicts, it forces users (gently) to take periodical breaks, to prevent spending too much time in one session. The application was created after a [...]
How to Install php7 gd on Ubuntu 16.04
In this tutorial, We will discuss how to install and verify php7 gd library on Ubuntu 16.04. PHP is used mainly in server-side application software along with various add-ons. PHP is a fundamentally Internet-aware system with built in libraries. GD [...]