This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to configure Nginx to block certain IPs or IP range from accessing your website, and block all others while only you (and specified IPs) can access the wordpress login pages. This site was under attack a few days ago. Someone made tens of thousands of […]
Read MoreWant to install Kodi home theater software v21.2 “Omega” via native .deb package? Here’s a PPA for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, though unofficial. Kodi has an official Ubuntu PPA, which has not been updated for long time. The official package for Linux now is Flatpak that runs in sandbox environment. For those who don’t like Flatpak […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to search and print which files contain your specified text or string in Ubuntu and other Linux in command line, with examples. Search file or file content is an important skill for Linux administrator. I’ve shown how to use locate command to search files through the keyword in its file-name, path, […]
Read MoreWant to beatify your Steam app window in Ubuntu or other Linux. Here’s a free open-source project to do the job in GNOME. It’s Adwaita for Steam, a skin to make Steam look more like a native GNOME app. With it, the title and tool bars will be merged into a compact GNOME Client-Side Decoration […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step guide shows how to set the priority of certain packages, launchpad PPAs, and/or other apt repositories in Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and their based systems. Besides using the default system repositories, we can also install additional packages from third-party or software’s own repositories. For example, user may update LibreOffice […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to install the most recent Apache NetBeans IDE v24 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Debian 12 Bookworm, and their based systems, such as Linux Mint 22/21. NetBeans is a free open-source (Apache License 2.0) Java IDE, that also supports other languages like PHP, C, C++, HTML5, and JavaScript […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the most recent Arduino IDE (2.3.4 so far) in Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint. Arduino IDE is free open-source AVR development board IDE from Arduino CC. It’s available in Debian and Ubuntu repositories, but stuck at version 1.8.19, probably because the 2.x versions […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step guide shows how to compile the Kdenlive video editor 24.12.0 from source tarball in Ubuntu 24.10. The popular Kdenlive video editor dropped native .deb package support for Ubuntu since version 24.02. It now provides official Flatpak package and AppImage for universal Linux support. If you don’t like running it […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step guide shows how to install Sigil ePub ebook editor (v2.3.1 so far) by either using Flatpak package or building from the source tarball. Sigil is a popular free and open-source ePub ebook editor that works in Windows, Linux, and macOS. However, it does not provide official packages for Linux. […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to share either the Public or certain user folder for local network access in Ubuntu 24.04 or Ubuntu 24.10 with default GNOME desktop. There are quite a few applications designed for local network file sharing/transferring, but for Ubuntu and other Linux with GNOME, there are built-in services to share user specific […]
Read MoreFor those who are waiting for the latest NVIDIA 565.77 driver package, it’s now available in PPA for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10. NVIDIA 565.77 is so far the latest feature branch version graphics driver for Linux. As Ubuntu seems to prefer the production branch version, this new driver release will be less […]
Read MoreFor those who want to try out the new XFCE Desktop 4.20, XUbuntu developer team has made it into experimental PPA for (X)Ubuntu 24.04 and (X)Ubuntu 24.10. XFCE 4.20 is the new major release of the popular lightweight Linux desktop. It features experimental Wayland support, client-side decoration and hamburger menu for Thunar, power profile daemon, […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s tutorial shows how to set the default OS or kernel entry in Grub boot-menu in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian or other Linux. Most Linux today uses Grub2 to provide a menu on start-up, allowing to choose which operating system, which kernel, or recovery mode to boot. It by […]
Read MoreWant to optimize your Linux desktop for responsiveness or gaming? Try the custom Libquorix or XanMod Kernels. Besides the default and mainline Kernels, there are some other kernels available for Debian/Ubuntu users. Liquorix kernel and XanMod Kernel Alternative kernels include Liquorix kernel, Zen kernel sources built with Debian-targeted configuration, designed for desktop, multimedia, and gaming […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows you how to completely remove the old VMWare Workstation player in Ubuntu 24.04 and Linux Mint 22. I was trying to install the new VMWare Workstation Pro 17.6.1 today in my Ubuntu laptop. The official installer however told me to uninstall the old VMWare Player 17.5.0.0 first. The problem was that wmware-installer […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step guide shows how to install and manage virtual machines using qemu/kvm solution in Ubuntu 24.04. KVM, Kernel-based Virtual Machine, is a module in Linux Kernel that can function as a hypervisor. It offers a high performance virtualization environment with hardware virtualization extensions, such as Intel VT or AMD-V that’s […]
Read MorePHP, the popular scripting language for web development, announced new 8.4 release last week. Here’s how to install or upgrade to Php 8.4 in Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04 to work with Apache2 or Nginx web server. PHP 8.4 introduced a number of new features such as property hooks, asymmetric visibility, lazy objects, an object […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to install and play the popular Minecraft sandbox game in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint 21/22, and their based systems. Minecraft has different editions, including Java, Bedrock, Legends, and Dungeons, as well as the discontinued Pi edition. So far, only Minecraft Java edition runs natively in Linux. User can however […]
Read MoreHugin, the popular free open-source panoramic photo stitcher, released version 2024.0.0 last week and 2024.0.1 with quick fix few days ago. One release per year! The new Hugin 2024.0.0 release features: Added browser for project files to Hugin. It can show thumbnails or project details of all project files in a directory. Create GPano tags […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to install the most recent Shotwell photo manager and viewer, so far version 0.32.10, in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 24.10. Shotwell is a free open-source photo manager designed for the GNOME Desktop. It’s pre-installed and default in Ubuntu Desktop, when you installed the system with default or full installation […]
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