How to Easily Install Ubuntu on Chromebook with Crouton
I am a huge fan of Chromebooks and so is Linus Torvalds. He believes that “…Chromebooks are the kind of things that will make the year of the desktop more possible.” I love Chromebooks not only...
View ArticleHow to Visualize Memory Usage on Linux
Lack of sufficient physical memory can significantly hamper the performance of Linux desktop and server environments. When your desktop is sluggish, one of the first things to do is to free up RAMs....
View ArticleSetting Up RAID 10 or 1+0 (Nested) in Linux – Part 6
RAID 10 is a combine of RAID 0 and RAID 1 to form a RAID 10. To setup Raid 10, we need at least 4 number of disks. In our earlier articles, we’ve seen how to setup a RAID 0 and RAID 1 with minimum 2...
View ArticleSetting Up Standard Linux File Systems and Configuring NFSv4 Server – Part 2
A Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE) is trained to set up, configure, manage, and troubleshoot network services in Linux systems, and is answerable for the design and implementation of...
View ArticleHow To See Emoji On Ubuntu
Emoji are cropping up all over the web, becoming a popular (if often baffling) part of modern communication. But how to see them in Ubuntu? Read more at OMG! Ubuntu!
View ArticleBeginning Git and Github for Linux Users
The Git distributed revision control system is a sweet step up from Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, and all those others we've tried and made do with. It's great for distributed development, when you have...
View ArticleEncrypt Everything: How to Encrypt the Disk to Protect the Data
Recently, at BrowserStack.com, some of our services got compromised. We use Amazon Web Services extensively. The person (or group) who attacked us mounted one of our backups and managed to steal some...
View ArticleHow to Install ProFTPD on CentOS 7.0
How to install ProFTPD on CentOS 7.0 This document describes how to install and configure ProFTPD in CentOS 7.0 Server. ProFTPD is an FTP daemon for unix and unix-like operating systems. ProFTPD is...
View ArticleIntro to Enterprise Cloud Storage: How to Set Up a Cloudant Database
Enterprise cloud storage has come a long way in the past decade as storage developers have worked out a lot of the kinks that plagued the technology early on. Companies are embracing it as a way to...
View ArticleHow to Use matplotlib for Scientific Plotting on Linux
If you want an efficient, automatable solution for producing high-quality scientific plots in Linux, then consider using matplotlib. Matplotlib is a Python-based open-source scientific plotting...
View ArticleThe Easy Way to Keep Track of Multiple Time Zones in Ubuntu
I work with multiple time zones in mind. To help, I use widgets and menu items to keep me in sync. Read more at OMG! Ubuntu!
View ArticleHow to Configure a syslog Server With rsyslog on Linux
A syslog server represents a central log monitoring point on a network, to which all kinds of devices including Linux or Windows servers, routers, switches or any other hosts can send their logs over...
View ArticleUsing ownCloud to Integrate Dropbox, Google Drive, and More in Gnome
I was looking for an easy way how to have all my online storage services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, integrated with my Linux desktop without using some nasty hack, and I finally have a...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.10 PXE Server Installation
Ubuntu 14.10 PXE server Installation This guide explains how to configure PXE server in Ubuntu 14.10 PXE Server, stands for preboot execution environment, is used to enable a network computer to boot...
View Article9 mail/mailx Command Examples to Send Emails from Command Line on Linux
Send mails from command line The mail command is an essential one that should be available on any linux server so that various services and other web applications can generate and transmit emails. In...
View ArticleHow to Use Evernote From the Command Line on Linux
This week let's continue our journey into the depth of the Linux command line to manage and organize information. After managing your personal expenses from the command line, I propose you to manage...
View ArticleHow to Remove “Unity” and Install Cinnamon and Mate Desktop in Ubuntu 14.10
Unity is the default desktop interface for Ubuntu 14.10, many people like it and many don’t, for those who don’t like it, we’ll explain to you how to completely remove Unity from Ubuntu 14.10 and...
View Article11 Things to Do After You Install Fedora 21
Fedora 21 was announced yesterday and it turned out to be a great release. Fedora comes pre-installed with a lot of applications. Users can start working as soon as they boot into Fedora. However,...
View ArticleHow to Sync Android with the Linux Desktop
It’s well known that the Android platform relies heavily upon Linux. With this in mind, it makes perfect sense that Android and Linux should be able to seamlessly communicate on the desktop layer. For...
View ArticleIntro to Enterprise Cloud Storage, Part 2: How to Access a Cloudant Database
In the previous tutorial, I talked about how to create an account with Cloudant and from there create a database and new document. Now let's see how to access the database programmatically. In order...
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