Pyradio - Play your Favorite Radio Station from Linux Terminal
Pyradio is a free and open source Python-based command line tool that allows you to play your favorite radio station online. We'll take you through the installation of Pyradio and how to play your...
View ArticleHow to Install Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 Server
Docker is a lightweight operating system-level virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple containers simultaneously on a single host or across a fleet of servers with the help of...
View ArticleHow to Configure Keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 18.04 comes with many keyboard layouts that you can choose from depending on the Language and region. In this short article, we are going to show you how you can configure keyboard in Ubuntu...
View ArticleHow to Install LEMP on Ubuntu 18.04
LEMP is a much similar stack of components as the classic LAMP, except the web server Apache replaced by Nginx pronounced Engine-x, explaining the 'E' on LEMP. Nginx is an open source reverse proxy...
View ArticleHow to Install Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates on Ubuntu 18.04
Certbot is a user-friendly automatic client that fetches and deploys SSL/TLS certificates for your web server. It is an EFF's tool which is used to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and auto-enable HTTPS...
View ArticleHow to Manually Install Security Updates on Ubuntu 18.04
One of the most crucial tasks that a systems administrator needs to undertake is ensuring that systems are patched with the latest security updates. Ubuntu is considered as one of the most secure Linux...
View ArticleHow to Install Latest Python on Ubuntu 18.04
In this article, we are going to show how to install the latest python on Ubuntu 18.04 machine using the terminal. Also, we will create a virtual environment and a simple program and run it. At the...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure Postfix on Ubuntu 18.04
Postfix is a free email server originally developed as an alternative, simpler and more secure to sendmail. This article will show you how to setup a postfix mail server on your Ubuntu 18.04 server....
View ArticleHow to Install Packages on Arch Linux
Arch Linux is one of the popular Desktop Operating systems. Its main pros revolve around large community and thousands of packages that can be installed on Arch Linux, both from official repositories...
View Articleumonitor - Update Resolutions of Monitors on Hotplugged in Linux
This guide will cover installation and basic usage of umonitor on Linux. umonitor is a dynamic monitor management written in C and distributed as a single binary package. The name dynamic monitor...
View ArticleQtPad - Modern Customizable Sticky Note App for Linux
In this article, we'll focus on how to install and use QtPad on Ubuntu 18.04. Qtpad is a unique and highly customizable sticky note application written in Qt5 and Python3 tailored for Unix systems....
View ArticleHow to Configure Postfix with Webmail on Ubuntu 18.04
We have shown in the first part of our tutorial how to install and configure Postfix on Ubuntu 18.04 with Dovecot, MySql, Nginx, Postfixadmin with which we have created the virtual domains and users....
View ArticleHow to Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
In this brief tutorial, we'll look at how you can install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. MySQL is a free and opensource cross-platform database server that is used on many opensource projects and high...
View ArticleHow to Remove Old kernel Versions from Boot on Ubuntu 18.04
Canonical provides regular updates for Ubuntu 18.04 system including kernel updates to manage the system’s resources as best as possible. This article will provide you some different methods to remove...
View ArticleHow to Configure Static IP Address on Ubuntu 18.04
Sometimes, you may find the need to configure a static IP address on your system. A perfect example is when you want to make it a server and host services so that it is always reached using a...
View ArticleTermtosvg - A Tool to Record Terminal Session in Linux
During a presentation or a course/tutorial, you often need to present the results of the commands executed in your terminal. When the audience is present, it is possible to show the output immediately...
View ArticleHow to Install CHKROOTKIT on Ubuntu 18.04/Centos 7
In this article, I'll explain how to install chkrootkit on our latest Ubuntu 18.04 and CentOS 7 systems. The chkrootkit is a common security scanner which helps the administrators to search the local...
View ArticleHow to Check Service Running on Specific Port on Linux
Occasionally, we may need to check out the default port number of specific services/protocols or services listening on certain ports on Linux. A number of command line tools are available to help you...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure DHCP on Ubuntu 18.04
A DHCP server configuration properties include Host Name, Domain Name, Time Server and Print Server. The server can allocate IP using client MAC address, using address pool and using automatic method....
View ArticleHow to List Users using Linux Command Line
The main job of a system admin is configuring and managing users and groups. In this article, I will show you how to list users in Linux using the command line. Commands that I show would work on all...
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