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Setup web server Feb 8, 2018 5 min read

Web Server Setup Series - Install & Configure CentOS Web Panel

In the first article of the series, I’m going to start off setting up the web server using the CentOS web panel. CentOS web panel is a web hosting panel with a bunch of GUI tools to manage servers. The panel is designed to provide an easy and secure way of managing web servers. CentOS Web Panel CentOS Web Panel is the popular free web hosting control panel designed to quickly and easily manage dedicated and VPS servers. Once you install the panel, you don’t have to use SSH to do re

Linux tools Feb 6, 2018 2 min read

Save Some Battery On Our Linux Machines With TLP

I have always found battery life with Linux to be relatively lesser than windows. Nevertheless, this is Linux and we always have something up our sleeves. Now talking about this small utility called TLP, that can actually save some juice on your device. TLP – Linux Advanced Power Management is a small command-line utility that can genuinely help extend battery life by performing several tweaks on your Linux system. $ sudo apt install tlp For other distributions, you can read th

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Linux Tutorials Feb 5, 2018 4 min read

Store Files In An Encrypted Image

Imagine this scenario: you have files on your computer that you would much rather keep safe. Such files could contain sensitive data such as passwords and bank details. Keeping them on your computer is a convenient solution; however, if your computer was hacked or stolen, someone could easily access your files if your drive wasn’t encrypted. Passwords to unlock your PC are no object to someone who knows what they are doing, especially passwords that are ridiculously weak. There is a way

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Linux Distributions Feb 3, 2018 4 min read

antiX A Fast And Lightweight Linux Distribution

antiX is a fast and lightweight Linux distribution. It is based on Debian stable. antiX is a very different distro, it isn’t like Debian or Ubuntu. It doesn’t use systemd. Actually, most Linux distros are using systemd to manage the system processes, but antiX doesn’t like systemd. I don’t have any problem with systemd, but time after analyzing systemd, I realized that it is not the best way to replace SysVinit, because it doesn’t follow the UNIX philosophy. I think that systemd is very compl

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Linux tools Jan 30, 2018 3 min read

12 Practical Examples Of wget Command In Linux

Wget command is a useful GNU command line utility used to download files from the internet. This utility can download the files from servers using popular protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. It runs in the background (non-interactive) and hence can be used in scripts and cron jobs. GNU Wget was written by Hrvoje Nikšić and currently, it is under Tim Rühsen, Darshit Shah, and Giuseppe Scrivano. In this article let us look at 12 useful examples of using wget utility. wget Command Ex

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Reviews Jan 29, 2018 4 min read

Top 5 Linux Partition Managers

There are many programs out there that help users manage partitions on their drives. Some, like fdisk, are command-line tools. Others have a GUI (graphical user interface), like GParted. I shall demonstrate, today, five very good Linux partition managers, both graphical and text-only. WORD OF WARNING: Managing partitions is a high-risk activity that may result in the loss of data if you are not careful. Be sure to make backups of everything you don’t wish to lose if the worst should ha

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Reviews Jan 24, 2018 3 min read

Meltdown And Spectre Processor Vulnerabilities: Is It Time To Revive Open Source Alternative?

The beginning of the year 2018 brought new challenges in the form of Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in most of the processor architectures. In layman terms, both of these vulnerabilities allow hackers to steal sensitive data like passwords. This vulnerability is applicable to Intel, AMD, and ARM. This means the problem is universal as it affects almost all devices ranging from embedded devices, smartphones, desktops, and servers to supercomputers. A Brief History of Spectre an

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Top Linux And Open Source Stories Of Year 2017

news Jan 24, 2018 5 min read

How To Install Themes Or Icons In Elementary OS

After installing Elementary OS, you may feel that you want to customize it to look more than the Out-of-the-box system, and more of a personalized Operating system per se. It’s very easy to install themes and icons for your Elementary OS. The process is pretty much the same as installing icons and themes in any ubuntu system since it is built upon Ubuntu. The two ways include: 1. Using PPAs and packages to install the theme and icons. 2. Manually installing themes on your system.

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Linux Tutorials Jan 21, 2018 3 min read

How To Create Virtual Hosts On Apache Server To Host Multiple Websites

If you have apache installed, you probably know what localhost is. Localhost allows a single website to be hosted locally. However, when using virtual hosts, you can host multiple websites on a single server. The process is fairly simple and I will demonstrate it here itself. I am assuming you are running Ubuntu with the apache server. Step 1 Move to the directory called /etc/apache2/sites-available You will see a file called 000-default.conf, we need to copy that file to the

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Games Jan 19, 2018 6 min read

PlayOnLinux For Easier Use Of Wine

PlayOnLinux is a free program that helps to install, run, and manage Windows software on Linux. It can also manage virtual C: drives (known as Wine prefixes), and download and install certain Windows libraries for getting some software to run on Wine properly. Creating different drives using different Wine versions is also possible. It is very handy because what runs well in one version may not run as well (if at all) on a newer version. There is PlayOnMac for macOS and PlayOnBSD for Fre

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Linux Tutorials Jan 17, 2018 6 min read

How To Install Windows 10 In Virtualbox On Linux

You might be a developer and just want to try out your application in a Windows environment, or just want the thrill of doing something in Windows 10. Well, the solution might be as easy as using Virtualbox to install windows 10 unlike installing it on your machine, which may bring may problems to your Linux installation such as grub being overwritten. What you will require: 1. Windows 10 ISO file (or a CD/DVD containing Windows 10) 2. Virtualbox installed on your machine. 3. Lo

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