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What Is A VPN And Why Use VPN?
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What Is A VPN And Why Use VPN?

We all have heard about VPN sometimes. Most of us normal users of the internet use it. To bypass the region based restrictions of services like Netflix or Youtube ( Yes, youtube has geo-restrictions too). In fact, VPN is actually mostly used for this purpose only. You ever wondered about it, like, how does it do that? Well, It actually doesn’t require you to have much knowledge to understand the process. This article will help you understand in simple terms the working of a VPN. To

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10 Best Courses Or Trainings To Learn Linux
Learn Linux 5 min read

10 Best Courses Or Trainings To Learn Linux

Many people learn Linux for different reasons ranging from work to personal interest, and for all those people, I have selected the best courses/ways to learn Linux.  Learning Linux is strongly associated with the learning command line, at least up to a certain basic level. Basically, any Linux course consists of the following topics: LFHS, networking, directories and files with permissions, users and groups, command line basics, pipes and redirection, archives, software management, docu

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How To Watch Hulu On Linux
Linux Tutorials 2 min read

How To Watch Hulu On Linux

So Hulu used to have an app available on Linux but it is no more in development. No problem since Hulu is available via the browser, right? But no!. Hulu won’t work with either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox by default on Linux. This is because Hulu is just being stubborn by still providing its services with Adobe Flash (should be dead already) instead of switching to HTML5. How To Watch Hulu On Linux? Hulu requires the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) package to be installe

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Customizing Grub The Easy Way: Grub-customizer
Linux Tutorials 4 min read

Customizing Grub The Easy Way: Grub-customizer

The first tab deals with the list of Operating systems to boot. At the top, we see the save button along with remove, edit, new and priority managers. We use the new entry button to add a new OS or kernel. The remove button to remove any unnecessary entries in the list. The edit button to edit a configured entry. Let’s add a new entry.   Grub ( GRand Unified Bootloader) is the default bootloader of Ubuntu, Mint and many major distros. But what is a boot loader? It is the first software t

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ArchBang Linux Review - An Arch-based Linux Distro
Linux Distributions 4 min read

ArchBang Linux Review - An Arch-based Linux Distro

There are so many distros popping out of everywhere. But for most distros out there, they use Debian or Fedora as Base. And In Recent times, we see Arch being the new alternative to those two ages old distros. Arch was intended for experienced Linux users from its start. And developers, being good from inside, want to make things easier for normal people. They create distros like Manjaro and Antergos, so, ordinary people can use and see what it is like to live with Arch. But Manjaro

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How To Use Angry IP Scanner (Best Network Scanner)
Linux tools 4 min read

How To Use Angry IP Scanner (Best Network Scanner)

There are several tools for network scanning in Linux and for this time we’re going to talk about Angry IP Scanner. If you have used tools like Nmap, you will understand Angry IP Scanner easily. Angry IP Scanner is an open-source tool for network scanning, it’s written in java so it’s a multiplatform program, although the source code of an older version (2.X) is available in C++. * Features At A Glance * Install Angry IP Scanner * How To Install OpenJDK In Debian or Ubuntu? * Ho

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Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux (EPEL) for CentOS
CentOS 3 min read

Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux (EPEL) for CentOS

Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains and manages a high-quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux. These packages are made available but not limited to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Scientific Linux, and Oracle Linux. The developers base these packages on their Fedora counterparts and they make sure that the packages will not conflict or replace packages in base Enterprise Linux distributions

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What Is Raspberry Pi Project?
Raspberry Pi Series 4 min read

What Is Raspberry Pi Project?

The Raspberry Pi is a series of the single-board, low-cost, high-performance computer first developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi 3 is the sixth and latest iteration to be released in the series and it just keeps getting better. Rasberry Pi 3 Raspberry Pi 3 was released in early 2016 and with some upgrades and improvements making it more fun to fiddle and tinker with. The first-gen Raspberry Pi was released in 2013. Raspberry Pi is a cheap computer ai

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Flatpak Reviews  - Linux Apps For All Distributions
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Flatpak Reviews  - Linux Apps For All Distributions

So Canonical sought to solve the problem with distributing applications on Linux due to the very many and different Linux distributions around and each with their own packaging formats. So Canonical introduced Snaps. Whew, that would be great. But again, Canonical isn’t the only one hoping to crack this problem on Linux. In fact, there are two other frameworks that are seeking to be the one-stop app framework for distributing an application on Linux. There are Flatpak and AppImage. So to

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Solus Linux Distribution Review
Linux Distributions 5 min read

Solus Linux Distribution Review

Looking for a new Linux desktop distribution? You are definitely spoilt for choice. The market is well saturated with quality desktop distributions, featuring different desktop environments. Between Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE, you have a choice of well-supported distributions with lots of up-to-date software and commercial backing, as well as a choice of almost any desktop environment like GNOME, Unity, or KDE. There are many others, however. Linux Mint brings the stability of Ubun

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How To Use Nmap Security Scanner  (Nmap Commands)
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How To Use Nmap Security Scanner  (Nmap Commands)

Nmap is a great security scanner. Many systems and network administrators use it for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. In this article, I’ll guide you through how to use Nmap commands. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type

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Use vi Editor
Linux Tutorials 5 min read

Use vi Editor

vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The name “vi” is derived from the shortest unambiguous abbreviation for the ex command visual, which switches the ex line editor to visual mode. vi is included in the most popular Linux distros like Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian. Also, you can use it in another UNIX based systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD or MINIX.   vi editor has the following operation modes- 1. Command mode Administrative

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