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 [...]
How to Install Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) Stack on Fedora 26
Fedora 26 has been released on 11th July 2017 after alpha and beta release. If you have already installed Fedora 26 and preparing to install LAMP stack then this article will guide you to install LAMP stack on Fedora 26. [...]
mmwatch - Alternative Linux Watch Command which Print Rates
You should be conversant with the watch command, which allows you to repeat commands at certain intervals and monitor the changes. The mmwatch tool is an opensource command line tool from Cloudflare which lets you monitor a particular command and [...]
How to Install Spotify on Fedora 26
Spotify is a free music streaming service which offers additional premium content at a minimal subscription fee. It's a widely successful music service several million users and millions of songs at your fingertips. With Spotify, you can listen to your [...]
How to List Packages Having Updates Available in Linux
In this article, I will show you how to list the number of package updates available for install from the command line on Linux systems. I have used following tools apt, apt-get, aptitude, yum, apt-check script and apticron to list updates. Using [...]