Posts in Linux
As I experienced in past Ubuntuās default startup disk creator is buggy and sometimes itās doesnāt work , If you are struggling with Ubuntu 15.10ās startup disk creator ( default USB disk creatorā¦
If you want to monitor bandwidth of your Linux server , here are some awesome tools for monitoring network bandwidth . some of these tools allow monitoring on process level so you can actually seeā¦
Vector is on host performance Monitoring tool from Netflix , you can use vector to monitor server performance right from your browser . now itās not very stable but it works most of the time ( atā¦
If you are using nginx as your main web server with SPDY protocol , Then its time to upgrade to HTTP2 ( not fully but partially without Server Push feature ) . Few Days ago nginx team announced aboutā¦
If you use ssh a lot and do login daily in many servers or virtual machines , with different usernames and different passwords , then let me show you easy way of doing that using ssh configurationā¦
Kali Linux is Debian based well-known penetration testing distribution , loaded with tons of most popular tools for penetration testing and digital forensics . Today kali linux development teamā¦
Setup Now Install After Install You can use to setup virtual environment then activate the virtual environment Before using virtualenv freeze pip and pipe that to requirements.txt file then afterā¦
Sometimes reinstalling Ubuntu is way to go for fixing some graphics or other system related software problems for example after upgrade or graphics driver messed up , just do a reinstall it will beā¦
After Messing up with ATI or NVIDIA graphics drivers , if you want to switch back to Xorgās default configuration then follow this simple guide to completely reinstall and reconfigure xorg server inā¦
Yesterday Linux mint development team announced release of Linux mint 17.2 āRafaelaā Cinnamon which is based on Ubuntu 14.04 . Itās available for download or upgrade . Linux Mint 17.2 is a long-termā¦
We all know about utorrent , its lightweght torrent downloader , utorrent is available as native app for windows , mac and android as well but not for Linux . There are many other option are availableā¦
What is SystemD Systemd is a system and service manager for Linux , Compatible with SysV and LSB scripts , systemd uses socket and Dbus for activating and deactivation of services . systemd providesā¦
Whats new Linux 3.16.7-ctk9 Apache 2.4.10 Asterisk 11.13.1 GIMP 2.8.14 GNOME desktop environment 3.14 GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2 KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.11.13 LibreOffice 4.3.ā¦
As Scheduled Today canonical released Ubuntu 15.04 code-name Vivid Vervet , Now its available for download or upgrade . Some application is now polished , unity is updated but overall Itās justā¦
Steps ssh into mac enable screen sharing using ( for all users ) 3 . If you are on ubuntu then open connect using protocol * vnc virtual network computing * fill and set to save and connectā¦
PCI is a connection bus for connecting or attaching hardware devices to pc , PCI stand for Peripheral Component Interconnect . some devices directly attached to motherboard some devices get attachedā¦
OwnCloud is well-known and very popular free and open source self hosted file sync and sharing application, which offer great security and alternative of many paid services . you can store sync andā¦
Recently critical security vulnerability has been discovered in glibc library , CVE ID: CVE-2015-0235 , according redhat security advisory ā gethostbyname function can be exploited by using craftedā¦
Quick and easy way to install cinnamon desktop environment on fedora 21 , I like Gnome but I like cinnamon lot more , so I switched to cinnamon on my brand new installation of Fedora 21 which isā¦
Fedora Project announced release of Fedora 21 , Yesterday according to fedora project blog post this is going to be a game changer . fedora 21 comes with 3 flavors for your desktop/laptopā¦
Today , I am going to show you how to Install and setup PostgreSQL on Ubuntu/Dabian , and In future Post I will show you how you can use PostgreSQL with Ruby On Rails App . First Introduction and thenā¦
Lets see how to install Ruby On Rails On Linux mint and completely setting up development environment from editor to databases . for newbies ruby on rails is web framework written in Ruby languageā¦
Good News for Linux mint fans ( I am one of them ) , Linux Mint development team released Linux mint 17 Codename ā Rebeccaā , this is LTS ( Long Term Support ) release of Linux mint and it will beā¦
There are many ways ,and apps to monitor Linux system performance , but many of them require huge configuration , like monit and nagios etc . here are some quick and easy to set up light-weight systemā¦
Many Ubuntu users like unity desktop environment , and inversely many users donāt like that at all , most of the time they switch to classic mode or install some other desktop Environment like GNOMEā¦
As scheduled , Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn is released and now available to download via official ubuntu website . Nothing notable is in this release, except better support for containers ( lxc andā¦
Automatic Backup Plan with Backup Gem , Setting up automatic schedules backup plan for a single server using backup ruby gem and local storage or you can use amazon was s3 buckets there are manyā¦
Dnsmasq is small lightweight DNS server for small network such as home and and small office . Its lightweight and leaves small footprint . overall its great dns tool for local and small network. Itā¦
This is third part of this series , where I am going to show you setup of MySQL database , First I will show you how you can setup and install MySQL using official UBUNTU repositories . second I willā¦
This is second tutorial of LAMP installation series Ā , In this guide I will show you how to setup PHP with Apache2 , You can see first part here where I described How to install Apache web serverā¦
This is first tutorial of this series , In this series I will showing you how to setup Apache PHP and MySQL Database on ubuntu 14.04 trusty step by step . this is just beginner level seriesā¦
Nginx is well-known, tiny and fast web server , Nginx is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web serverā¦
CentOS 7 is released , CentOS is derived from RHEL is it has most best features of RHEL 7 . with this release CentOS team announced new version numbering system they are going to use Month and Yearā¦
MoonLight Alfa is released , is so much is alfa release but it looks quite good and lightweight as they say . development team tweeted and posted a link to download . MoonLight is designed of low-endā¦
Xiki is awesome new shell from Craig Muth , xiki has some features that going to change the way we think about shell , its has some exciting and new features like built-in file browser in shell andā¦
Gnome development team today posted on blog about new GNOME 3.13.3 , From the blog and post and some screenshots we can its a improved and polished , There are many new features are added in gnomeā¦
In this tutorial , I am going to show you how to setup Nginx,HHVM,MySQL stack in Ubuntu Trusty , Nginx is light weight , open-source, high-performance HTTP server as all we know its great in servingā¦
Atom is text editor from Github its currently in beta . you can build atom for ubuntu by just following steps . Please Note that its only support 64bit ARCH if you are running 32 System then it mightā¦
In this tutorial I am going to show you , how to install Fail2Ban in your ubuntu server and how to setup and configure fail2ban service to protect ssh against brute force attacks. Install Fail2Ban Itā¦
In this tutorial I am going to show you , How you can Install Ruby via two different methods First by using source and Second Via RVM . why we are using these two methods : Simple we want to installā¦
Ubuntu comes with an awesome installer , you just have to follow simple steps to get installed and running Ubuntu desktop there is nothing fancy , but if you want some security features like encryptedā¦
Its here , Ubuntu 14.04 āTrustyā is available for download , you can now download from ubuntu.com via official release page . Ā Link to Download Page : http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/](httpā¦
As you might know about āheartbeat ā ( CVE-2014-0160) bug of openssl is discovered by security researchers . The vulnerability occurs in what is known as the heartbeat extension to this protocol, andā¦
ZSH ( zee shell ) is awesome and its works super awesome with oh my zsh .by default Linux mint use bash as default shell most of the *nix systems use bash as default shell but you can change defaultā¦
There is nothing so fancy about installing vmware tools in linux distribution but on some friends demand here we go again . I am using vmware fusion to show you how to install for vmware workstationā¦
LoadBalancer Loadbancing is a technique of load distribution , means load balancer distribute all incoming traffic to all available upstream servers . Nginx is small but smart web server which isā¦
Yes, Right Download and store your data somewhere else from ubuntu one . Ubuntu one is cloud based storage service that is about shut down very soon. And Yes this is not a joke or April foolā¦
Okay , You want to play 2048 on your little CLI based terminal . there is awesome Github project Bash2048 . okay follow these simple steps to get it working in your ubuntu or any *nix based env. justā¦
Quick Guide about how to forward port to lxc container using , very quickly without using network bridging etc . see how to setup LXC container . Ā I use that to forward port 80 to LXC containerā¦
In this tutorial i will show you how to setup user based web directory setup . so you can have website files in your home directory . and instead of ālocalhost ā you will have to visit new addressā¦
Good new for developers who want to develop apps for ubuntu touch , if you donāt know about ubuntu touch , well its Ubuntu Platform for smart phone and tablets . Ubuntu touch is available forā¦
Introduction QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a differentā¦
In this tutorial i will show you how to create bootable USB of Linux Mint ( 16 Petra Ā , Ā but it works for other versions also ) in Windows, Ā Linux and Mac OSX Ā . Linux Mint 16 Is released few days agoā¦
Today Linux mint team released its Linux Mint 16 codename (Petra ) after 6 month of development , with many new improvements and features . Whatās New : along with all of new feature i like the mostā¦
popular open-source virtualization platform virtual-box dev team released virtualbox 4.3 with one of the major features of video capturing and support for touch support and OS that support full touchā¦
Kali is based on Debian , thatās why I titled kali(debian ) anyway , if you are trying to use whether new network card or trying to connect to physical network this problem happens after looking atā¦
Kali development team released upgraded version of Kali , 1.0.5 . Iāve been using kail since first released , Ā best thing about Kali Linux is now itās based on Debian (with stability in mind ) andā¦
Ubuntu 13.10 is upcoming major release of ubuntu , today ubuntu development team released beta 1 of upcoming ubuntu 13.10 (Ā Saucy salamander ) Ā . which is now available for download and test . xubuntuā¦
I wrote a shell script that can automate ruby on rails framework installation or Ubuntu , You have to just Download and execute that script . this script will check and download all require componentsā¦
Ruby is awesome , for getting up running with latest ruby development environment is not that easy, well RVM ( ruby version manager ) comes handy for getting latest ruby . rvm is awesome but when youā¦
After servers and cloud now canonicals diving in smartphone market .Ā Canonical announced ubuntu edge smart phone , and company aiming to $32 billion crowdfund in just 31 days Ā to build that smartā¦
What is LXC Linux Containers (LXC) are lightweight virtualization technology and provide a free software virtualization system for computers running GNU/Linux, This is accomplished through kernelā¦
Ubuntu use ābashā as your default shell even most of the *nix use bash as default shell but there is many other option you can choose from . on of them is zsh ā z shell āĀ . its light weight andā¦
There are many tools available for downloading video from sites like youtube and metacafe etc. but small command line downloading tool fulfilĀ most of the requirements .Ā It requires Python interpreterā¦
āThe Fedora Development team Ā announced the release of Fedora 19 āSchrƶdingerās Catā There are many new features in fedora 19 some of them are developerās assistant Ā samples and toolchains for aā¦
Linux kernel 3.10 released with some major improvements and supports . kernel 3.10 is now supports ARM big.LITTLE architecture .ARMS big.LITTLE arch its about pairing lowĀ processors cores with highā¦
Quick and Dirty guide to installing Ubuntu touch SDK in brand new launched Ubuntu 13.04 , setup and start developing for Ubuntu touch platform . Ubuntu Touch Requirements : Ubuntu 13.04 Workingā¦
Debian development team released Debian 7.0 code name wheezy today , with many new updated software and many performance boost . now its using Linux kernel 3.2 and X.Org 7.7 img credit : softpediaā¦
you can kill processes running in your unix box by just simply using āKILLā and killall methods some of these listed below. First Find process id then use command and provide process id to killā¦
Installing kali linux( backtrack 6 ) is not much harder as it was in down 1,2,3 versions of backtrack but anyway if you are stuck some where this step by step guide to install kali linux under virtualā¦
The new version of Ubuntu is in beta stage now and ready for the testers to download and test it.Ubuntu 13.04 or the Raring Ringtail is the latest version of Ubuntu OS for desktop PCs and beta testersā¦
Backtrack developers released kali linux version 1.0 download from Ā kali.org kali linux Kali Linux Features Kali is a complete re-build of BackTrack Linux, adhering completely to Debian developmentā¦
In This tutorial i will show you how to install rbenve ā ruby version manager Ā ruby binary Ā ruby-on-rails ā frameworkĀ Install Required Components For Ruby and other dependencies Ā Clone rbenvā¦
Today canonicalĀ reviled ubuntu for tablets , it will support many screen sizes 6ā³-20ā³ as canonical wanted to cover all screen sizes from desktop to smartphone and tables , ubuntu for tablets OS willā¦
With the recent announcement of Ubuntu Phone at the CES 2013 every developer is excited to develop for this new platform but where to start fromā¦.well Ubuntu has also introduced a Get Started Tutorialā¦
We all use computer and came across terms like bits,bytes,KB,MB,GB in terms of storageā¦..what are these and where do they come from?? Starting from the Number Forms : Binary Form (only 2 digits) ā 0,ā¦
Redhat community managed linux distribution fedora 18 is released , Fedora 18 has some advance features such as dual booting support with windows 8 , and GUI menu and cloud based features , Fedora 1ā¦
If your ubuntu installation started throwing errors like unmet dependencies while installing packages then let me show youĀ how to solve that ,Ā solve using these two methods first :Ā open softwareā¦
After Fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.10 , you have to install graphics driver to get the most of Ubuntu , Ā Installing graphics Driver ( ATI AMD Radeon ) is really easy you can install graphic driverā¦
git bash completion mac and git brach listing in terminalĀ Demonstrated under mac terminal and login shell enabledĀ this will also install Ā git bash completion git bash completion mac will work withā¦
In this tutorial Iāll explain you how to Install , Complete Linux distribution in USB drive step by step using virtualbox alternatively you can use any virtualization software , Iāll using Ubuntu asā¦
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mount : block device /dev/sr0 is write-protectedā¦
or manually download fonts package from this link and copy it .fonts ( if donāt have then create .fonts directory in home folder) directory inside your home folder use myunity or your preferred toolā¦
SSH or secure shell is best and secured way to connect and remotely manage your computer from anywhere but most of the time peopleĀ use it from terminal which is text-based CLI . Its really difficultā¦
okay , so you have installed backtrack on vmware workstation successfully , now install vmware tools to get most of backtrack virtual machine , okay so lets see install vmware tools in backtrackā¦
Tutorial about , How to Install Backtrack in Vmware Workstation Step y step guide . PrerequisitesĀ : 1 : Vmware workstation or Vmplayer Ā Download Workstation Download VMplayer 2 : Backtrack ISOā¦
Tasksel is small and useful Debian utility that install many common useful packages and dependencies . then simple open as administrator and you can install whatever it support , like LAMP server etcā¦