The Linux Compendium
It is a good idea to keep your confidential data in an encrypted location to prevent unauthorized access. It becomes more important when you share your computer with others. Encryption encrypts the information so that it is unreadable to anyone. It, therefore, prevents others from accessing your data and seeing what’s inside. It can only … Read more
Swap space (which is known as paging in Windows) is part of the hard disk but it used as RAM for faster processing. It is utilized when a physical RAM is full. In this article, I am going to show you seven commands that can be used to check memory usage and swap space in … Read more
WildFly, formerly known as JBoss, is a free, open-source, and cross-platform application server which is now developed by Red Hat. WildFly is written in Java and helps you in building great applications. With its pluggable subsystems, you can configure the application as and when you need it. In this article, we will explain how a … Read more
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 more stable … Read more
Copying files from one location to another is a pretty basic task and can be easily achieved by using the cp command. However, sometimes, you have to do a little more. This is where the rsync command comes especially when you are transferring the larger files. Rsync (Remote Sync) is a Linux based command-line tool … Read more
Oracle’s open-source and cross-platform VirtualBox is a free and user-friendly virtualization platform especially for the desktop OS that allows you to create, run and manage guest OS on a single hardware. You can run several guest OS at the same time depending upon your system resources. In this article, we will explain how you can … Read more
As Linux users, we sometimes need to change the MAC address of our network adapters. This process is also called spoofing or faking a MAC address. This article explains how to change a MAC address on a Debian 10 Buster system. What is a MAC Address MAC, that stands for Media Access Control, is a … Read more
Adobe Flash Player is a Lightweight plug-in that is integrated with your browser and allows the user to stream audio, video, flash-based games and other media content on Flash-based sites and platforms. For the Google Chrome browser, flash player is not required as it comes with its own version of flash NPAPI pre-installed. On the … Read more
While using Linux, there might arise a need to know about the system you are on or the hardware specifications you are using. As a normal Linux user or a software developer, it is important for you to check the compatibility of a software or hardware system that you want to install. Linux command line … Read more
With the release of Debian’s latest operating system, Debian Buster 10, 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 Debian into a Wireless … Read more