The Linux Compendium
Vim is a powerful, feature-rich, highly extensible text editor that is used in all Linux OS. It is available in repositories of nearly all major Linux distributions. Because of its performance and low memory consumption, it is the top choice of most Linux users. One another useful feature of the Vim editor is its built-in … Read more
You might get the following error message while executing the command apt-get update on Debian 10: N: Repository ‘http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease’ changed its ‘Version’ value from ” to ’10’ When this happens, execute the following command on the terminal. apt-get update –allow-releaseinfo-change Below is the sample output.
What is FTP? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a client-server network protocol that allows users to exchange files to and from remote computers. FTP uses plain text to transfer data and access data. There are several different open-source FTP servers available for the Linux operating system platform. The most commonly used FTP servers are VSFTPD, … Read more
Java is one of the most widely used high-level programming languages and was originally developed by Sun Microsystems. It is used to create a complete application or systems that can run on a single computer system or in a distributed server environment. In addition, Java is also used to create a small application or applet … Read more
If you spend a lot of time working in Terminal on your Linux system, you probably may not be comfortable with its default font size. Too small font size sometimes can give a burden to your eyes. However, the Terminal application in Linux gives you the flexibility to customize its look and feel to suit … Read more
XRDP is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) that allows you to graphically control your system. With RDP, you can log in to the remote machine the same as you had logged into the local machine. It uses Port 3389 for its connection. In this tutorial, we will look at how to … Read more
Debian and Linux are becoming more and more popular for software developers as an open-source and free operating system. In this article we will explain how to write, compile and run a simple C program in Debian. This will serve as a basis for you to move on to more complicated and useful C programs … Read more
Yarn is the most popular package manager for node JS and also compatible with npm. It provides help to automate the process installation, configuration and easily removes extra npm packages. Yarn is comparatively faster than npm in terms of package installation speed and can simultaneously install various packages. So, it is considered a good choice … Read more
In order to fix problems with slow connections that lead to poor Internet access, we first want to check the Internet speed on our system. E.g. when you have switched to a new internet connection and want to make sure that you are getting what the provider offers, it is useful to check the internet … Read more
A zombie process is a type of process that has been completed, but whose entry still remains in the process table due to lack of communication between the child and parent process. The small program developed in this tutorial can be useful for learning purposes. E.g. when it comes to detecting zombie processes under Linux. … Read more