Log files are intended to retain information about system activities for a reasonable period of time, but system logging daemons provide no means to control the size of log files. Here I will show you how to rotate the log [...]
Alain Francois
How to Install Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu 18.04
In this article, I will show you how to install latest Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop from the terminal. It may happen that the graphics drivers included in Ubuntu for your graphics card are not fully adapted. In the case, [...]
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How to Remove and Add PPA on Ubuntu 18.04
On Linux systems, packages to install are normally available via the sources.list file. But you can find some packages which are not maintained by the team of your official Linux system. This article will show you how to remove and add [...]
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How to Create Custom Live CD image using Cubic on Ubuntu
We have the possibility to discover Ubuntu systems with the live mode which simulates the system as if it was installed. The system even not installed has some basic packages that you can use directly. But you can need to [...]
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How to Install Ubuntu 18.04 Dual Boot with Windows 10
As usual with Ubuntu, every fourth month after two years, we have the new release which is now Ubuntu 18.04 code named Bionic Beaver. It is a new Long Term Support (LTS) release which offers 5 years of support for both desktop and [...]
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14 tcpdump Commands to Capture Network Traffic in Linux
tcpdump is a network troubleshooting command which is also known as a packet sniffer is used to capture and display packets from a network. tcpdump allows users to capture and display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over the network to [...]
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How to Limit Process at User Level on Linux
Ulimit, as the name signifies, is the user resource limits defined by users for their respective processes. It provides control over the resources available to the shell and to processes started by it, on systems that allow such control. That [...]
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2 Ways to Limit CPU Usage of a Process in Linux
While administering your Linux system you need to limit the CPU usage of a process because it can consume more CPU usage and affects the performance of the whole system. This tutorial I will show how you can control CPU time [...]
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How to Remove Orphaned Packages on Ubuntu
On Linux systems, the installation of some packages depends on others packages or libraries in order to work properly. For example, if you want to install a package named "mypackage", you need to its depended libraries. Later if you uninstall "mypackage", [...]
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How to Exclude Specific Package from apt-get Upgrade
When working on some projects, sometimes you need the stability of your environment. Updating a package can cause the entire project to fail. Sometimes, we accidentally upgrade those packages which and this creates a serious issue on the server. This is why it [...]
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How to Install Specific Version of Package using apt-get
To handle Debian-based system packages, we use the apt-get command. This command requires administrative rights to work. It contains several options that make it possible to manipulate the packages through some operations like the installation, update or deletion, and many [...]
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Cryptomator - Encrypt your Cloud Data Files on Linux
Figuring out a good path to security for your cloud data can be quite a challenge. Normally, the cloud is a very safe place for data, despite Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) from those who might want to access their [...]
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2 Methods to Install Yaourt on Arch Linux
YAOURT is short for Yet Another User Repository Tool. It is a tool for automatization of AUR package installation. Such a tool is needed to easily install user repository packages in Arch Linux and systems based on it, such as [...]
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Beginners Arch Linux Installation Guide
Arch Linux is an independent project behind a so-called GNU Linux distribution for the i686 (arch end support in November 2017) and X86-64 platforms. The first official version was released March 11, 2002, named Arch Linux 0.1. This distribution is presented [...]
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