The Linux Compendium
The ‘history’ command is used to display the terminal history. It keeps the history of all terminal commands executed on your system. It also allows users to replay or reuse previously executed commands on the terminal without having to type them all again. So the History command is useful in the situation when the user … Read more
Linux users install the majority of the programs from their centralized official repository listed in the sources.list file. However, if the program is not listed in the repository list, you can install it via its PPA (personal package archive). These are unofficial repositories that Launchpad made available to users. Launchpad is a collaboration platform developed … Read more
In this article, I will show you how to set timers, alarms, and stopwatches on your CentOS 8 system. We will perform these actions using two different ways. Using: The graphical user interface The terminal On the GUI, we will use the GNOME Clocks Utility, on the command line, we will use the timer and … Read more
Arduino IDE stands for the “Arduino Integrated Development Environment”. Arduino is used to create electronic devices that communicate with their environment using actuators and sensors. Arduino IDE contains an editor that is used for writing and uploading programs to the Arduino board. Before start to create projects through Arduino, the user needs to set up … Read more
PHP is a general-purpose open-source scripting language that can be embedded in HTML. It stands for HypertextProcessor and is widely used in web development. A scripting language is used to write ready-made programs that are later used to automate tasks. PHP scripts are often used on Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS, and other operating systems. … Read more
CentOS is a widely used Linux distribution based on RedHat Linux. In this guide, I am going to show you step-by-step how to install CentOS 8 in a VirtualBox virtual machine. The host OS is Windows 10. The tutorial consists of two parts: Setting up a virtual machine in VirtualBox. Installing CentOS itself into that virtual … Read more
Startup applications are those applications that are configured to launch automatically when you boot your system. You can add your favorite and commonly used programs to the startup list so that they launch automatically when the system boots. It is often convenient as it saves time and effort of daily launching the everyday use programs. … Read more
In today’s article, we will try to learn the different methods of running the commands with a time limit in Ubuntu 20.04. Running Linux Commands with a Time Limit For running the commands with a specified time limit in Ubuntu, you can follow any of the two methods described below: Method # 1: By using … Read more
If you have ever used dark mode on your mobile phone, then you would be surprised to know that it is also available on your Linux desktop. Basically, the dark mode changes the color scheme of your programs and shell UI to dark colors and make it displays less light that is also easier on … Read more
Rescue mode in the Linux operating system is used in situations where your system is damaged due to malware or you have forgotten your password, which prevents you from accessing your system. Basically, this mode allows you to troubleshoot and fix these problems so that you can usually boot in standard mode afterwards. On the … Read more