The Linux Compendium
Just as Internet Protocol address or IP address gives an identification to your device, similarly, the hostname is another parameter through which you can recognize your device. It is a string of human understandable characters. Unlike IP address, hostname of a PC is easy to memorize and recall. For this purpose, one should always know … Read more
Whenever you are asked to type a password in Ubuntu terminal, you insert your password without getting any visual display or a feedback from the screen. In such a situation, there are the chances that you may mess up with your password by entering it wrongly. This is the reason why visual feedback is so … Read more
The best thing about an open source operating system, such as Linux, is that you can customize it as much as you want, ranging from default applications such as file managers, music players, web browsers, and text editors etc. to more vital system components such as the kernel, display managers, and terminal consoles. You can … Read more
With the release of Ubuntu’s latest operating system, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, creating a hotspot is easier than ever before. With a wifi hotspot, you can let other wireless devices such as smartphones and televisions etc. make use of your computer’s internet connection. This tutorial describes the simple steps of turning your Ubuntu into a Wireless … Read more
While working with the Terminal, we sometimes require copying a long command, file name or text from the web, a tutorial, or simply from some text file. You might have observed that the simple pasting control, Ctrl+V does not work in the Terminal. We all know that copying a text requires selecting it and then … Read more
In the world of operating systems, monitoring and managing system processes is crucial for maintaining performance and stability. While Windows users might be familiar with the Task Manager, Ubuntu offers a powerful alternative, the htop utility. This guide explores the htop utility in Ubuntu 22.04, detailing how to effectively monitor system processes, manage resource usage, … Read more
As software testers, we sometimes need to know how a zombie process looks like on our system. We can run various tests on it if we know specifically which program and process ID is associated with that zombie process. What is a Zombie Process? A zombie or a defunct process in Linux is a process … Read more
When you are trying to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu, you may receive the following error: Error Message “dpkg: error: need an action option” Solution This may be because of the command you copied from somewhere and you pasted on the terminal. Instead of -, a _ may have been replaced in the command as … Read more
Google Chrome happens to be one of the most powerful web browsers these days and naturally many users attempt to install it on their system. This attempt, however, is not fruitful as this popular web browser is not available through any Linux distributor on Ubuntu Software. So how do we install Google Chrome on our … Read more
Whenever we use new software or a new operating system, the interface and the environment we are used to change as well. Sometimes the new environment is user-friendly and we don’t find it difficult to deal with. But sometimes the new environment is so complex and foreign to us that we are completely clueless. In … Read more