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Linux Tutorials Nov 12, 2018 3 min read

Installing Vundle: The Plugin Manager For Vim

Today, this guide will present a step-by-step guide of how to install and configure Vundle (Vim Bundle) from GitHub, and what issues you may face when installing Vundle. As many of you may know, vim is a console-based text editor that has numerous advanced features. One such feature is that its functionality can be extended and customized using plugins written by other people. Managing these plugins, however, can be rather tedious. Vundle attempts to assist users in managing these plugin

Linux Distributions Nov 11, 2018 5 min read

How To Install Kali Linux

When it comes to penetration testing, hacking and offensive distros, one of the first to be mentioned is Kali Linux. It is based on Debian and is available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. Today we take a look at installing Kali Linux. We will look at using the entire disk and installing alongside Windows. Installation Prerequisites * A minimum of 20 GB disk space for the Kali Linux install. * RAM for i386 and amd64 architectures, minimum: 1GB, Recommended: 2GB or more. * CD-DVD D

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Linux Tutorials Nov 9, 2018 4 min read

How To Install Kali Linux Tools In Ubuntu

Today I am going to do a quick demonstration of how to easily install a suite of security testing tools from Kali Linux onto a Ubuntu machine. For a bit of background information, Kali Linux is a distribution derived from Debian. Its sole purpose is to provide a suite of tools for penetration testing (pentesting) and forensics. It is provided by Offensive Security, an organization dedicated to providing security training. There is a very long list of tools available for Kali. Such tools

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Reviews Nov 5, 2018 3 min read

How Linux Makes Life Easier

This article is about how Linux simplifies various things from software installations, to secure repositories to an easy to use terminal. We divided the Making life easier with Linux article into three parts so that we could carter for three groups of computer users; A novice, a professional and a developer. Making Life Easier With Linux (For Beginners) The founder of Linux, ‘Linus Torvalds’ created Linux because he did not like the rigidity of MS-DOS. His dissatisfaction with

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Linux Tutorials Oct 16, 2018 2 min read

How To Improve Typing Speed For Free

Ever met a friend who could type 50+ Words Per Minute easily? Surely you must have already met one or many ? And if we ask them how they were able to do it, their response would vary because some would mention a very cool proprietary program while others would mention some random cool web apps on the internet. But if you are still stuck searching for a cool program or looking for free and alternative ways to enjoy typing practice then lucky you. You are at the right place and below are t

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Linux Tutorials Oct 8, 2018 3 min read

Install & Manage Flatpak Applications On Standard User Accounts

Flatpak is the new way to install and run applications on Linux. Unlike distribution maintained applications, flatpak is a great way to deploy Linux applications without worrying about “which” Linux distro specifically. You might have realized almost all Linux distros provide the same software but differing versions. One such example is, a distro comes bundled with the latest version of LibreOffice (let’s say v6.0.3) and another distro comes bundled with LibreOffice but not the latest (l

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Linux tools Oct 7, 2018 6 min read

How to Find PID and Kill a Process in Linux: A Step by Step Guide

There comes a time where you need to find information about a certain process, often to find out what its ID is to parse to the ‘kill’ command. However, it need not necessarily be for that, of course. In this article we will learn how to find a process id of program and kill a process in Linux. * How to find a process id using ‘ps’? * How to use ‘ps’ to find process id of a program? * Top 10 Linux Network Monitoring Tools * Listing All Processes * Filtering Output

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Linux Tutorials Sep 10, 2018 4 min read

Set Background Wallpapers On i3wm

i3wm is a tiling window manager that is powerful and resource efficient. It is used by many geeks who prefer more resources for their computers. I personally use it when I need to fire up virtualization software so my computer will have sufficient RAM for the guest OS. Unfortunately, i3wm doesn’t provide a way/tool to set up wallpapers on our beloved computers. A fresh install of this window manager would leave us a black screen and an i3status at the bottom. Luckily today, you’ll be rel

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Backup data Sep 6, 2018 3 min read

How To Backup And Restore SD Card For Raspberry Pi

After having successfully recorded a system for our Raspberry Pi on our SD card it is almost certain that we will carry out some tests of the new system, as well as make personalization settings on it. But one thing I am sure of is that you have had to perform this process more than once, for the simple fact that there are several systems for this device you have done the task of testing them to see which is the one that fits your needs. This process can generate that you can lose s

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Reviews Aug 20, 2018 3 min read

How To Make Gedit More Programmer Friendly

Gedit is the default text editor that comes pre-installed on Linux with GNOME as its desktop environment. It is extensible with plugins while at the same time simple and easy to use for newbies; pretty much like notepad you find on your Windows PC. However, Gedit can be configured to a fully-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with the help of plugins and customize its preference. Read on below how to do that. Where would one find Gedit text editor? Ubuntu,

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Linux Tutorials Aug 17, 2018 3 min read

How To Setup Latest Oracle OpenJDK On Linux

OpenJDK is an open source version of Java Development Kit and is available on most Linux package repositories. Sadly, the version is quite outdated since Java programs today are compiled for the latest Java Environment (which is now version 10), the package found on most Linux repositories is still in previous stable release ie., v1.8. This article will guide you on how to install the latest OpenJDK on your Linux computer, and how to set its environment variables so you can start right away w

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Linux Tutorials Aug 2, 2018 4 min read

Install Ubuntu Bash Shell On Windows 10

Nobody expected that Linux on Windows will be a reality! Through Anniversary Update of Windows 10, Microsoft offered full-fledged Ubuntu-based Bash shell as a gift. To make this possible, Microsoft added a new feature called “Windows Subsystem for Linux”. Now Windows developers can write shell scripting! It is like a dream becoming true. Microsoft worked with UK-based Canonical (the company that produces Ubuntu) to bring Ubuntu Linux into Windows. But currently, this will be limited to a

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