Earlier we had an article about installing Kubernetes on CentOS and Ubuntu, and this time we go for CoreOS. CoreOS container Linux is an OS that uses containers for all applications you install to it, and does not have package manager like [...]
How to Setup Graphite with Statsd on an Ubuntu 16.04
Hi, today we are going to show you installation and configuration of Graphite and Statsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. In short Graphite is a highly scalable real-time graphing system which provides real-time visualization and storage of numeric time-series data. This [...]
lnav - Tool to View and Analyze Log Files from Linux Terminal
The Log File Navigator ( abbreviated as "lnav" ) is a tiny useful utility which helps users take an easy and cleaner look at system's log files. It is a freeware application which runs on Linux and Mac operating systems. [...]
How to Setup Openshift Origin on CentOS 7.2
OpenShift Origin is the open source upstream project that powers OpenShift, Red Hat's container application platform. It provides support for Python, PHP, Perl, Node.js, Ruby, and Java and is extensible so that users can add support for other languages. The [...]
5 Prominent Linux Container Specific Operating Systems
Since the ascent of docker there is a need for an operating system that is lighter as well as secure. The docker container is dependent only on few set of kernel features whose size is around few MB. So if [...]
Fasd - Alternative Tool for Autojump to Quick Access Linux Filesystem
Fasd is a command-line productivity booster that offers quick access to linux files and directories for POSIX shells (Portable Operating System Interface). It is the similar tool like autojump, z and v used to navigate filesystem. Fasd keeps track of [...]
A Better Way To Take Screenshot on Linux using PMSS
PMSS (Poor Man's Screenshooter) is a command line utility which makes capturing screenshots a piece of cake. It is a small, freeware, easy to use shell script which hardly consumes any system resources. It uses well know Linux command line [...]
How To Copy / Paste Command's Output using Xclip on Linux
Clipboard is a very useful utility in modern day operating systems. Clipboard technology uses the method of copy and paste to temporary store and transfer data between different applications or documents. If you are using GUI based Linux operating system [...]
How to Setup Seafile File Storage Server on Ubuntu 16.04
Seafile storage server is an open-source cloud-based file storage system similar to Dropbox. Seafile can be deployed on a client’s own system and this feature provides a stronger security as the passwords are only interchanged between the client who setup the [...]
How To Synchronize Files / Folders Using FreeFileSync on Ubuntu
We are living in the area of cloud computing where lot of free services are available that let us sync our important data for the sake of backup to the remote cloud storage. But what if we do not want [...]
How to Encrypt / Decrypt Files Using EncryptPad Utility on Linux
Consider a situation where you need to share your important/sensitive data with your family or friends or your critical data is stored in forms of text files on your laptop; there are always chances of hacking or information theft. The [...]
How to Use BCC Kernel Tracing Tools for Linux Performance Analysis
Greetings, BCC is now available for Ubuntu and in this article we will be showing you its extended command line use to trace Linux systems for performance monitoring. The BPF Compiler Collection (BCC) is a toolkit for building kernel tracing [...]
Learn Linux Tricks to Generate Checksums and Verify Data Integrity
The checksum is used to verify the correctness of a file. It can be described as a digital fingerprint of a file. By verifying the Checksum value we can determine the correctness of a file while it's been transferred from [...]
How to Take Screenshots Using Shots on Elementary OS and Ubuntu
In this article we are going to introduce a node.js and electron based application called shots, which is used to take screenshots on linux desktop. This package offers quite few more features compared to Ubuntu's built in screenshot tool. So lets [...]