The Linux Compendium
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RAM, short for Random Access Memory, can be considered the workspace of your computer system. Whenever you open a file for viewing or editing, your system creates a temporary instance of that file in your RAM so that you can work on it. When you save the file, your system copies it to a more … Read more
Before we explain how to run .bin and .run files on your Ubuntu system, let’s first define what exactly these file extensions are: Bin file: A binary or BIN file in Ubuntu refers to installation packages, which are mostly self-extracting executable files used to install software on your system. You can install most software packages … Read more
The world of Ubuntu welcomes you and it is ready to grant you all the power over your system. However, being a newbie, you might find its Command Line Interface (CLI) a little intimidating. A lot of people find Linux more challenging as an operating system especially when they are coming from the comfort of … Read more
This article describes how to install GNU Octave, an interpreted high-level language intended mainly for numerical computations. It provides facilities for numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for visualizing and manipulating data. Octave is normally used through the interactive command line interface, … Read more
What is a Shell Script? A shell script is a Linux-based script in which commands are written. When a user executes the script, all the commands that are in the script are executed one after another. Think of it like this: You have a task for which you need to write a certain number of … Read more
Certain applications in Ubuntu require that Java Runtime Library is installed on your system. It does not come by default with most Ubuntu versions, as security is a concern when Java is installed on your system. Time and again, a regular Ubuntu user might need to verify if Java is installed on the system at … Read more
You may have several web browsers installed on our Ubuntu that we want to use for different browsing preferences. However, there is always one favorite browser that we want to use for regular Internet usage 90% of the time. It is best to set this browser as the default browser for your Ubuntu system. This … Read more
What is the mtr command? Mtr (my traceroute) is a command-line network diagnostic tool that provides the functions of the ping and traceroute commands. It is a simple and cross-platform tool that outputs information about the entire route that network packets take from the host system to the specified destination system. The mtr command is … Read more
PHP is a recursive acronym for Hypertext Processor. It is an open-source general-purpose scripting language that is widely used in web development because of its ability to be embedded in HTML. A scripting language is used to write pre-written programs that are later used to automate tasks. PHP scripts are commonly used on Linux, Unix, … Read more
The Linux bash, also known as the shell or just the command line, lets you perform both basic and complex arithmetic and boolean operations without the need to start a calculator app. The commands like expr, jot, bc and, factor etc, help you in finding optimal mathematical solutions to complex problems. In this article, I … Read more