Nautilus Addon - ReSize JPG and PNG Image Files on Ubuntu 16.04
There are various tools available to reduce the size of jpg and png images like GIMP or a photo manager such as Shotwell or using the command in the terminal to perform batch processing of several...
View ArticleHow To Set Up VNC Server on Debian 9 Stretch
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a technology for remote desktop sharing. VNC enables the visual desktop display of one computer to be remotely viewed and controlled over a network connection. It is...
View ArticleMaim - A Screen Capture Tool for Debian 9 Desktop
Maim is a free and open source tool that can be used to take screenshots of your desktop. Maim allows for a lot of unique and interesting functionalities. It is very useful tool comparing to scrot and...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure VNC Server on Debian 9 Stretch
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a technology for remote desktop sharing. VNC enables the visual desktop display of one computer to be remotely viewed and controlled over a network connection. It is...
View ArticleHow to Install PHP 7 Imagick Extension on Ubuntu 16.04
The php imagick extension enables servers to create, edit, convert and/or manipulate images via PHP using the ImageMagick software. It can read and write images in most of the image formats including...
View ArticleSpaceView - A Tool to Indicate Disk Space Usage on Ubuntu
If you need to keep an eye on the use of your PC's disks, here's how to install the SpaceView indicator to see disk space on Linux. SpaceView indicator is an Ubuntu gauge that displays the use of the...
View ArticleHow to Show Progress Bar for Linux Selective Commands
Many Linux commands like dd, cp, rsync, and mv are progressive, but have no progress bars showing as they run. There is not built in way to check the progress of ongoing operations. In this article,...
View ArticleHeimdall - A Tool to Manage Vulnerable Packages on Linux & Unix Systems
Heimdall is a tool to manage all the vulnerabilities that are found in the Linux distributions installed in your servers or desktops. The centralized heimdall server collects all the vulnerabilities...
View ArticleHow to Enable / Disable Unattended Upgrades in Ubuntu 16.04
To protect your data in any ubuntu based system, it is imperative to update packages and apply security patches regularly. It is much better if the system itself applies the security updates. The...
View ArticleHow 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,...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Articlemmwatch - 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Articlepdd - 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
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