Linux is one of the best operating systems and has provided its services to its users for 30 years now. It is currently rated as the most powerful operating system. This is because it has more users than Windows and the cloud platform for Microsoft. Many users have left windows and are now using Linux […]
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This guide explains a few different ways to find which service is listening on a particular port in Linux.
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We reduced power consumption from the BIOS in the previous article in this series. And we’re using GNOME’s Balanced power saving mode. What else is next? Let’s try PowerTOP, software that displays data about the power use of a Linux system. What piqued our interest is that the software analyzes power issues and offers optimization […]
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Docker is a popular open-source containerization platform that makes it possible for developers to build, ship, and deploy their applications inside isolated environments called containers. Unlike virtual machines, containers are lightweight environments that ship with all the libraries, dependencies, and files required by an application to run. Here’s how to get this platform set up […]
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Podman is a container runtime that provides features similar to Docker. It’s part of the libpod library and can be used to manage pods, containers, container images, and container volumes.
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a desktop sharing protocol that allows you to control a computer remotely using VNC client software. In this tutorial, you will set up the VNC Server with TigerVNC on a Rocky Linux server. You will also learn how to c…
Graylog is a free and open-source log-management platform for capturing, storing, and enabling real-time analysis of your data and logs. It’s written in Java and built on top of other open-source software like MongoDB and Elasticsearch.
This tutorial shows you step-by-step how to create an email account in ISPConfig and which data to use in your email client to access this mailbox. The tutorial also includes instructions as a video at the end of the guide.
Since every process (except the very first one) in a Linux system has a parent, it sometimes makes things easier to understand if all processes are displayed in a tree structure. You’ll be glad to know there exists a command line utility – dubbed pstre…
A Linux system information tool is an essential hack for Linux administration. Any system administrator or super user will appreciate the essence of having a tool that can easily print out system-related info like the Linux distribution being used, the system architecture, system uptime, and total memory to used memory ratio. This article will investigate […]
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Kubernetes or k8s is an open-source platform for container orchestration that automates deployments, management, and scaling of containerized applications. Kubernetes is the solution for the modern container deployment era. It provides service discover…
You’ve probably made significant reductions in the consumption of electricity already. But given that prices are forecast to continue to rise, it’s important to evaluate all electrical appliances to see what savings can be made. This series looks at ways to reduce your electricity consumption from computers and associated devices. While the series focuses on […]
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The UUID refers to a Universally Unique Identifier that consists of 128-bit numbers that have the probability of having duplicates close enough to zero but not zero in the local system. It was originally used in the Networking Computing System and then, later standardized by the Open Software Foundation. In this article, we will see […]
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Swappiness is the kernel parameter that defines how much (and how often) your Linux kernel will copy RAM contents to swap. This parameter’s default value is “60” and it can take anything from “0” to “100”. The higher the value of the swappiness paramet…
A list of basic Linux networking commands that will help you troubleshoot network issues, monitor packets, connect devices, and much more.
Openbox is a lightweight, configurable, stacking window manager. Here are a few distros that provide Openbox preconfigured.
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Rocket.Chat is an open-source chat server developed in JavaScript using the Meteor.js framework. It allows you to communicate securely in real-time across multiple devices. In this tutorial, we will install the free Community edition of Rocket.Chat ser…
Openbox is a lightweight, configurable, stacking window manager. Here are a few distros that provide Openbox preconfigured.
While some don’t recognize August 25th as Linux’s birthday, I do. It was on August 25th, 1991, when 21-year-old Finnish student Linus Benedict Torvalds made his now-famous announcement on the comp.os.minix newsgroup that he’s working on a free operatin…
Here’s what you need to know about the release and update cycle of Linux Mint.