The Linux Compendium
A computer system without proper backup is as vulnerable as a piece of software without updates. The problem comes when we want to restore our system to a particular time point and can’t find the right tool to do so. In this guide, I will show you two tools that you can use to back … Read more
Rkhunter stands for “Rootkit Hunter” is a free and open-source vulnerability scanner for Linux operating systems. It scans for rootkits, and other possible vulnerabilities including, hidden files, wrong permissions set on binaries, suspicious strings in kernel etc. It compares the SHA-1 hashes of all files in your local system with the known good hashes in … Read more
Portable Document Format (PDF) files are widely used nowadays. Images in any format are still easier to edit and manipulate than PDF files so it is general practice to convert pdf files to images to edit them. In this article, you will learn different ways to convert PDF files to images. Prerequisites Linux-based system Terminal … Read more
ELK stack consists of a set of applications for retrieving and managing log files. In the software development industry, log files play a vital role to identify the problem and troubleshoot the issue. ELK stack is a collection of different open-source application tools such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash. ELK can be used to collect, … Read more
Apache OpenOffice is an open-source and freely available office software package that is generally known as OpenOffice. As an alternative to Microsoft Office, users can use OpenOffice. Although OpenOffice uses a different file format than Microsoft Office, it can still open MS Office files. Installing the OpenOffice suite gives you access to a variety of … Read more
Spotify is the most popular music streaming service, with millions of free and paid customers worldwide. It includes a collection of millions of songs with high-quality sound. It offers apps for desktop, mobile, and tablet platforms. While you may listen to music on its online interface, it is preferred to utilize a specialized app or … Read more
The drives on any system can either be mounted or unmounted. The mounted drives are the ones that are ready to be accessed at any time whereas the data residing on the unmounted drives can only be accessed after these drives are mounted. In the proceeding section of this article, we want to share with … Read more
LEMP is an acronym that stands for the following software stack: Linux kernel, Nginx web server, MariaDB database (or MySQL), and the PHP server-side programming language. This software is widely used on servers on the Internet today to provide dynamic websites or interactive web applications. Nginx is a modern and resource-efficient web server that is … Read more
What are Linux log files? Log files are simply plain text files that contain the set of records, events, or messages about the server, applications, and services running on your Linux operating system. They are used by system administrators for troubleshooting purposes whenever an issue arises. In Linux, the log files are generally categorized into … Read more
The bash Linux shell provides many customization options for the prompt that you can use not only to incorporate various features in the prompt but also to differentiate them through different colors. In this article, we will use various examples to customize and recolor the prompt of our Terminal application that will enable you to … Read more