Debian 8.0 codenamed Jessie has finally been released including many major changes such as a new default init system. systemd. There are also many packages updated with this release such as apache, gimp, nagios and many others. Jessie comes shipped [...]
Oltjano Terpollari
How to Monitor Network Traffic in Linux With nethogs
I love monitoring the network traffic on my linux machine, especially when I want to know the speed at which the data is currently being transferred. Is any process overusing network bandwidth on my Ubuntu system? What is a nice [...]
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tespeed - Python Tool To Test Your Internet Speed
Many computer nerds know how to test their internet speed by using the speedtest.net but the thing is that it does not give you full control of the operationg going on during the measurement of your speed. Linux users love [...]
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How To Monitor Access Point Signal Strength With wifi-linux
As a python geek I love exploring new python tools on github that target the linux users. Today I discovered a simple application written in python programming language that can be used to monitor access point signal strength. I have [...]
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pyDash - A Python App For Monitoring Your Linux Server
The python programming language is very useful to system administrators as it offers rapid development and one can easily write scripts in a very short time to automate daily tasks. There are many python tools for linux system admins out [...]
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How to Monitor Network Usage with nload in Linux
nload is a free linux utility that can help the linux user or sysadmin to monitor network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time by providing two simple graphs: one per incoming traffic and one for outgoing traffic. I really [...]
11:00 am
Find / Patch Shellshock Bash Bug in RedHat / CentOS, Fedora & Ubuntu
Stephane Schazelas has recently discovered a very serious security bug in GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) that allows attackers to exploit a machine by executing remote code. Shellshock (the name for this security bug) can cause serious problems to your [...]
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Monitor your Linux Box with the saidar Utility
I feel alot of joy while exploring linux command-line tools, saidar is a very simple monitor tool for linux that I recommend to every system administrator. It does not offer many features and options as other tools avaiable to sys [...]
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How To Install Google Fonts In Ubuntu
Fonts are very important when it comes to creating nice websites and projects that look good in the eyes of a reader. I prefer to read the online content I like in a nice specific style and average size, but [...]
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How To Install python-nmap Library In Linux
In this tutorial I will teach you how to install a python library which helps in using nmap port scanner. The library is called python-nmap. What is nmap "Nmap (Network Mapper) is a security scanner originally written by Gordon Lyon [...]
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How to Clone Packages in Debian Derived Systems
I love fresh Ubuntu installation on my machines, but I hate to use the dpkg debian package manager tool to backup and restore my packages. The following commands are used to backup ubuntu/debian package selection list. Backup: sudo dpkg --get-selections [...]
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How to Convert Images to webp Open Source Format in Linux
I like to keep my images in the png format, but in this article I will share with you guys some tips on how to convert your images from jpeg or png to the webp open source format. What is [...]
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Learn Dictionaries in Python with Examples
Dictionaries are used in Python to store objects of different types. They consist in keys and values, where each key should be unique and must be of an immutable data type such as string, number or tuple. Open Python in [...]
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How To Optimize Images In Linux
Sometimes we need to optimize our images so they can take up less disk space and load faster in our websites. A very nice and easy to use tool for everyone that can help us optimize our image files for [...]
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