The Linux Compendium
The kernel is the most important central core of an operating system. Most Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian or CentOS 8 install a stable kernel version, but not the latest ones. And the kernel is not updated to a new major release unless you update the entire operating system. The Linux distributions maintain security … Read more
VirtualBox is a free, cross-platform and open-source software used for virtualization. It allows users to run multiple virtual machines of different flavors simultaneously on a single PC. It is mainly used at the desktop level and supports various guest operating systems that include Linux and Windows. Virtualbox comes in handy for example when you are … Read more
Python is one of the most popular programming languages today. It has a simple syntax that is easy for beginners to understand. Python is a good choice for developing simple as well as complex applications. By default, Python is not installed on CentOS 8, but this tutorial guides you through the installation process. The two … Read more
If you have a problem reading text on your Debian screen, you can easily adjust the text size. In some situations, the font is too small to see it properly, and there are different options to change the font size on a Debian GNOME Desktop. In this article, we will explain how to change the … Read more
CentOS is a widely used Linux distribution based on RedHat Linux. In this guide, I am going to show you step-by-step how to install CentOS 8 in a VirtualBox virtual machine. The host OS is Windows 10. The tutorial consists of two parts: Setting up a virtual machine in VirtualBox. Installing CentOS itself into that virtual … Read more
Sublime text 3.0 is a popular, cross-platform, lightweight source code editor with an amazing working environment. It has many built-in multifunction and Vim mode features. This editor offers support for various plugins, snippets, programming languages, APIs and markup languages like Html, PHP, C, Java, C#, asp, Latex and many others. Users can install new plugins … Read more
Opera is a stable web browser built with the Webkit engine. It is easy to install most of the Google Chrome extensions on the Opera browser. This browser runs on various operating systems such as Linux, Microsoft Windows and macOS. Opera browser has a built-in plugin to block ads and also saves battery life. Moreover, … Read more
We know about the most popular text editor notepad++ which is used on the Windows operating system. Notepad++ is the best text editor for programmers, developers, writers, and researchers also. Users who are working on the Linux operating environment like Ubunto, CentOS, Debian, etc. they also want to use notepad++ editor on their operating system. … Read more
The ‘history’ command is used to display the terminal history. It keeps the history of all terminal commands executed on your system. It also allows users to replay or reuse previously executed commands on the terminal without having to type them all again. So the History command is useful in the situation when the user … Read more
MTR is known as Matt’s traceroute. It is a simple and cross-platform utility for network diagnostic that is used for most of the command-line systems. This tool is not so popular but provides the features of both traceroute and ping programs. As similar to the traceroute program, the Mtr tool is also used to print … Read more