The Linux Compendium
Android Studio is a well-known software tool for Android application development. It is developed by Google and available for installation on many different operating systems like Linux, Windows, and macOS. Android Studio is a feature-rich tool to develop mobile applications and user interfaces. In this article, I will explain the installation of Android Studio on … Read more
When working with Ubuntu, you may have noticed that there is not just one, but several ways to complete a task, allowing users to choose one depending on their preference. Shutting down your system is also one such process that can be done in several ways; these include using the command line or Ubuntu’s graphical … Read more
LAMP is an acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It is a free and open-source stack used by developers and website administrators to test and host their Web applications. It comes up with 4 components which are Apache (used for hosting a website), MySQL or MariaDB, and PHP – a popular scripting language used … Read more
Chromecast is a device that allows you to seamlessly cast content like audio, video on television over your home network. It is plugged into your Televisions’ HDMI port. You can use Chromecast to cast media from your mobile devices or from your computer to your TV. It is the best and affordable way of casting … Read more
In one of our previous articles, we have explained how to use apt package manager in order to perform different operations like searching for available packages, installing or upgrading packages, removing packages, etc. But today, we will discuss another utility that can improve the download speed of apt packages and that is known as apt-fast. … Read more
MySQL is one of the most commonly used relational database management systems (DBMS). It allows you to work very efficiently with large bulks of data. The most important entity of any database is a table. There are multiple different operations associated with this entity with which you can manipulate your data. Therefore, today we will … Read more
New Linux users are often faced with problems due to accidental changes in their system that eventually result in unstable system performance. But what about resetting the entire operating system to its factory default settings without re-installing it using a Live CD/DVD image. That means to return your system back to the original state when … Read more
The hostname is also known as a computer, device, or domain name that is given to a computer when it connects with the internet. The hostname has to be unique in the network and is assigned during the operating system installation. It may also assigned dynamically when a virtual machine is created. In CentOS 8, … Read more
Terraform is a well-known Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC) platform. Terraform makes it easy to create and provision full-fledged data center infrastructures by using the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). This article shows you how to install Terraform on Ubuntu 20.04. Installing Terraform on Ubuntu 20.04 For installing Terraform on Ubuntu 20.04, you need to perform … Read more
Taking screenshots in Debian is super easy. You will definitely know how to use the built-in screenshot utility or PrtScr key on your keyboard in order to take a screenshot of your system. There are other many open-source screenshots utilities that allow you to take screenshots of your system but they lack some functions. But … Read more