2 Methods to Install Yaourt on Arch Linux
YAOURT is short for Yet Another User Repository Tool. It is a tool for automatization of AUR package installation. Such a tool is needed to easily install user repository packages in Arch Linux and...
View ArticleGRV - A Tool to View Git Repo from Linux Terminal
GRV is an opensource tool to display git repository on Linux terminal. This tool provides screens to view refs, branches and diffs in separate tabs. The behaviour and style can be customized through...
View ArticleHow to Upgrade Docker on Fedora / CentOS
Docker is an open source platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker v17.12 is the latest stable release as of writing this article. It provides the ability to package and run...
View ArticleCryptomator - Encrypt your Cloud Data Files on Linux
Figuring out a good path to security for your cloud data can be quite a challenge. Normally, the cloud is a very safe place for data, despite Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) from those who might want...
View ArticleHow to Configure sources.list on Debian 9
This is a brief guide on how to configure sources.list file on Debian 9, codenamed stretch. Debian is one of the, most popular Linux distributions and much of its strength comes from the core of Debian...
View ArticleHow to Install and Use Privoxy on Ubuntu 16.04
This guide on how to Install and configure privoxy on Ubuntu 16.04 / Debian 9 is intended to help you install, configure and use Privoxy on your Desktop or as a server in your LAN where all other users...
View ArticleHow to Connect WiFi from Terminal on Ubuntu 16.04
WiFi is nowadays the most popular way of getting an internet connection, be it at the office, home, restaurants e.t.c. This guide is intended to help those who would like to connect WiFi from the...
View ArticleHow to Use DNF History to List Manually Installed Packages
Once in a while, as a Linux user, you may want to conduct an audit of the status of various installed packages on your Linux machine. The main purpose is to keep track of the packages installed and...
View ArticleHow to Install Srain IRC Client on Debian/Arch Linux
Srain is an IRC client written in GTK+ 3. It has an intuitive and easy to use interface. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an application layer protocol that facilitates communication in the form of text....
View ArticleHow to Install and Use Powertop on Ubuntu 16.04
Powertop is a tool that was developed by Intel to enable various power-saving modes in kernel, userspace, and hardware. Powertop helps you monitor processes and get each process CPU utilization and...
View ArticleExodus - A Tool to Safely Copy Linux Binaries
Do you ever need that one of your system has some binaries installed on it and you want to transfer same binaries on another machine? Yes, Right? We are going to discuss such tool which can help you to...
View ArticleChomper - Command Line Tool to Block Websites on Linux
Chomper is an open-source tool used to create a list of websites to be blacklisted or whitelisted during a user's browsing session. Chomper is terminal-driven tool written in Python. This means it is...
View ArticleHow to Install Specific Version of Package using apt-get
To handle Debian-based system packages, we use the apt-get command. This command requires administrative rights to work. It contains several options that make it possible to manipulate the packages...
View ArticleHow to Install Specific Version of Package on CentOS & RHEL 7
Sometimes, you may need to have a certain version of a package installed on your system to conform to a certain requirement. In this article, we are going to see how we can install specific versions of...
View Article5 Tools to Enable Remote Desktop Access on RHEL/CentOS 7
This article I will show you, tools which enabled you to access remote Desktop on machines running Centos/RHEL. All these apps works in client-server mode. So you need to run server side app on your...
View ArticleHow to Exclude Specific Package from apt-get Upgrade
When working on some projects, sometimes you need the stability of your environment. Updating a package can cause the entire project to fail. Sometimes, we accidentally upgrade those packages which and...
View ArticleHow to Install NVIDIA Drivers using Debian Repository
Nvidia Corporation is an American technology company which specializes at designing graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming, cryptocurrency and a system on a chip unit (SoCs) for the mobile...
View ArticleHow to Reset Linux Password to Expire after Number of Days
Best System administration practice requires a periodic change of passwords for any operating system, and Linux is no exception. This is for security reasons. However, most users do not take heed of...
View ArticleHow to Setup ConkyMatic on Arch Linux
In this article, we're going to look at how to get ConkyMatic up and running Arch Linux. ConkyMatic is a Linux tool written in Bash to be used as an automatic color scheme changer for conky. It changes...
View ArticleHow to List Installed Packages on Fedora
Occasionally, you may want to check the packages installed on your system. In this article, I will demonstrate how list installed packages on Fedora. Yum package manager was used on Fedora 22 and its...
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