The Linux Compendium
At times, when we want to experiment with something new, we always prefer to run it on a virtual machine or in a sandbox environment so that it cannot cause any damage to our original machine or its important files. The chroot command allows us to run commands and programs in a safe environment by … 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
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is still a widely used technology to move files over a computer network. It is famous for being lightweight, and easy to set up and use. FTP has a bad reputation as an insecure protocol because it transmits passwords and data in plain text. However, modern FTP servers like ProFTPD … Read more
Snap packages are widely used all across different Linux distributions. These packages are easier to create, install, and manage and they are there to keep all of your applications updated. However, to use these packages, you need to have an API installed which is known as Snapd. This API is responsible for managing snap packages … Read more
Vim is a powerful and highly configurable command line editor that comes installed with most Linux operating systems. It offers many useful features for editing and configuration of files. However, some of its useful features are disabled by default. One of them is line numbering. With Vim line numbering features, you can display line numbering … Read more
Nginx is a free open-source web server with high performance and low weight, used as a load balancer, reverse proxy, HTTP cache and mail proxy. Although Nginx is quite new compared to other web servers, its popularity is increasing due to its high performance. With the default configuration of Nginx, you may get fast performance, … Read more
csplit is a Linux command that can be used to split a large file into several smaller files/parts, depending on the user’s requirements. These parts are determined by the context lines. By default, csplit splits the file into 1000 lines per file and gives users the option to change the number of split lines according … Read more
The Fish shell also known as the Friendly Interactive Shell is one of the richest Linux shells in terms of user experience. It comes with a whole bundle of useful features with the help of which users can use the command line interface very easily and conveniently. In this article, we will show you how … Read more
Whenever a problem occurs with the system, the main solution is to perform a restart or reboot the system. Similarly, if a problem occurs with the network, then its easy treatment is to restart the network. There are many scenarios where you may need to restart the network on Ubuntu like settings of the network … 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