3 Ways to Find PC’s Hostname Using Linux Terminal

Get Linux hostname

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

How to Make Your Ubuntu PC a Wireless Access Point

Ubuntu Wi-Fi Hotspot

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

Copying and Pasting Text onto the Linux Terminal

Copy and paste text to Linux terminal

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

Manage Processes on Ubuntu Command-Line using htop

Ubuntu htop Command

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

[SOLVED] “dpkg: error: need an action option”

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

How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu

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

8 Ways To Get Help On The Linux Shell

8 ways to get help on the Linux shell

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