The Linux Compendium
Adobe Flash Player is still an essential browser plug-in used to play audio, streaming video, and other miscellaneous multimedia content on Adobe Flash sites or platforms. It supports various web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. Adobe Flash Player can also be installed on various types of operating systems, including Windows, MacOS, Linux/UNIX, … Read more
Sometimes you may require multiple IP addresses on your machine, e.g. when testing things or when you run a server that is connected to multiple networks. It is often impractical to buy multiple network cards, plug them into your server and separately assign them IP addresses. However, with the help of this tutorial, you can … Read more
The kernel is the most important central core of an operating system. Most Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian or CentOS 8 install a stable kernel version, but not the latest ones. And the kernel is not updated to a new major release unless you update the entire operating system. The Linux distributions maintain security … Read more
VirtualBox is a free, cross-platform and open-source software used for virtualization. It allows users to run multiple virtual machines of different flavors simultaneously on a single PC. It is mainly used at the desktop level and supports various guest operating systems that include Linux and Windows. Virtualbox comes in handy for example when you are … Read more
Sublime text 3.0 is a popular, cross-platform, lightweight source code editor with an amazing working environment. It has many built-in multifunction and Vim mode features. This editor offers support for various plugins, snippets, programming languages, APIs and markup languages like Html, PHP, C, Java, C#, asp, Latex and many others. Users can install new plugins … Read more
Python is one of the most popular programming languages today. It has a simple syntax that is easy for beginners to understand. Python is a good choice for developing simple as well as complex applications. By default, Python is not installed on CentOS 8, but this tutorial guides you through the installation process. The two … Read more
If you have a problem reading text on your Debian screen, you can easily adjust the text size. In some situations, the font is too small to see it properly, and there are different options to change the font size on a Debian GNOME Desktop. In this article, we will explain how to change the … Read more
If you are unfamiliar with Java programming in the Debian operating system, this article will guide you towards writing and compiling the first Java program. For this purpose, you will require the Java Runtime Environment and the Java Development Kit. We will explain the installation of these programs through the command line. The steps to … Read more
If you are like me who likes to perform all tasks on Debian through the command line, you would also be on a lookout for how to play audio, especially mp3, through it. In this article, we will explain how you can install and use the famous Sox command-line utility in order to listen to … Read more
If you have ever used FTP before, you might know it offers a very useful way of transferring files and information from one system to another. FTP, short for File Transfer Protocol, is a common network protocol that can be used to upload and download files depending upon the permissions the user is assigned. For … Read more