The Linux Compendium
Bash scripts are very popular and one of the simplest scripting languages. As with any programming or scripting language, you will sometimes output text to the terminal. This can happen in many scenarios, for example, when you want to print the contents of a file or check the value of a variable. Programmers also debug … Read more
Are you using the latest version of Ubuntu and looking for a way to clear your DNS cache? Then you’ve come to the right place. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to clear the DNS cache in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04. We’ll also explain why you should clear your DNS cache from … Read more
GNU Octave is an interpreted high-level programming language with numerous software features intended mainly for numerical computations. It provides solutions for numerical linear and nonlinear problems and for performing various other numerical experiments with compatible languages such as MATLAB. Octave provides extensive graphical features for visualization and data manipulation. Typically it is used through its … Read more
Every computer, whether server or client, connected to the Internet has an assigned IP address and communicates with other services using the TCP/IP protocol. In this tutorial, we will learn how to find out public and private IP addresses on Rocky Linux. You can find out your IP address either through the terminal or through … Read more
Android Studio is the most widely used Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android mobile application development. Android Studio is developed by Google and can run on various operating systems such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. Most of the currently popular Android applications are developed using Android Studio. This tool has several built-in features that provide … Read more
As with all other operating systems, Linux has services and other processes that run in the background to perform certain important functions while the system is running. When the system is booted, the services start automatically and continue to run in the background until the system is shut down. However, you can also start, stop … Read more
Java is the most widely used programming language. It can be used to create server and desktop applications, and Java runs on almost all operating systems, including Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. Java applications are also used on game consoles and cell phones, for example, the Android operating system uses Java as an app programming … Read more
Samba is a powerful open-source tool that enables Windows-like sharing of files and printers on a network on Linux systems. It allows Linux and Windows computers to coexist and interact on the same network. It is installed on the Linux server where the files to be shared are located. These shared files can then be … Read more
As Linux administrators, we always need to look at the partition table of our hard drive. This helps us reorganize old drives by making room for more partitions, and also make room for new drives if needed. You can create a maximum of four primary partitions on a hard disk, but a number of logical … Read more
It is very important that your installed operating system has the correct date and time settings because many programs that run in the background (cronjobs) are executed at certain times and also log entries contain timestamps so that system events can be traced in case of an error. And of course, if you’re working on … Read more