Sometimes, you may find the need to configure a static IP address on your system. A perfect example is when you want to make it a server and host services so that it is always reached using a permanent/static IP address. In [...]
How to Remove Old kernel Versions from Boot on Ubuntu 18.04
Canonical provides regular updates for Ubuntu 18.04 system including kernel updates to manage the system’s resources as best as possible. This article will provide you some different methods to remove old kernels from the boot menu of your Ubuntu 18.04. When [...]
How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
In this brief tutorial, we'll look at how you can install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. MySQL is a free and opensource cross platform database server that is used on many opensource projects and high availability systems such as LAMP [...]
How to Configure Postfix with Webmail on Ubuntu 18.04
We have shown in the first part of our tutorial how to install and configure Postfix on Ubuntu 18.04 with Dovecot, MySql, Nginx, Postfixadmin with which we have created the virtual domains and users. Now we are able to send [...]
QtPad - Modern Customizable Sticky Note App for Linux
In this article, we'll focus on how to install and use QtPad on Ubuntu 18.04. Qtpad is a unique and highly customizable sticky note application written in Qt5 and Python3 tailored for Unix systems. Some of its notable features include: [...]
umonitor - Update Resolutions of Monitors on Hotplugged in Linux
This guide will cover installation and basic usage of umonitor on Linux. umonitor is a dynamic monitor management written in C and distributed as a single binary package. The name dynamic monitor management means that the positions and resolutions of your screen monitors will [...]
How to Install Packages on Arch Linux
Arch Linux is one of the popular Desktop Operating systems. Its main pros revolve around large community and thousands of packages that can be installed on Arch Linux, both from official repositories and from AUR. In this guide, we will [...]
How to Install and Configure Postfix on Ubuntu 18.04
Postfix is a free email server originally developed as an alternative, simpler and more secure to sendmail. This tutorial will show you how to setup a postfix mail server on your Ubuntu 18.04 server. Postfix allows you to manage virtual [...]
How to Install Latest Python on Ubuntu 18.04
In this article, we are going to show how to install the latest python on Ubuntu 18.04 machine using the terminal. Also, we will create a virtual environment and a simple program and run it. At the moment of writing [...]
How to Manually Install Security Updates on Ubuntu 18.04
One of the most crucial tasks that a systems administrator needs to undertake is ensuring that systems are patched with the latest security updates. Ubuntu is considered as one of the most secure Linux distributions but it can be susceptible [...]
How to Install Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates on Ubuntu 18.04
Certbot is a user-friendly automatic client that fetches and deploys SSL/TLS certificates for your web server. It is an EFF's tool which is used to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and auto-enable HTTPS on your server. In short, it acts [...]
How to Install LEMP on Ubuntu 18.04
LEMP is a much similar stack of components as the classic LAMP, except the web server Apache replaced by Nginx pronounced Engine-x, explaining the 'E' on LEMP. Nginx is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, and for some others protocols which [...]
How to Configure Keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 18.04 comes with many keyboard layouts that you can choose from depending on the Language and region. In this short article, we are going to show you how you can configure keyboard in Ubuntu 18.04on terminal. Keyboard Layout is [...]
How to Install Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 (2019 Updated)
Docker is a lightweight operating system-level virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple containers simultaneously on a single host or across a fleet of servers with the help of Orchestration tools. Docker containers are isolated from each other using Kernel [...]