The Linux Compendium
Since Linux users are more comfortable working with command-line interfaces, Amazon Web Services introduced the AWS CLI to manage all these services from a single platform. AWS CLI is the AWS command line interface to the AWS services, and Amazon also provides an AWS CLI python module. With this tool, you can manage multiple services … Read more
Knowing how many packages are installed on your computer is often essential. Often there are many packages installed on your computer that you do not even know about. Many of them are pre-installed when you do a fresh install of your operating system. You may want to see and list these packages. In this article, … Read more
Just as Internet Protocol address or IP address gives an identification to your device, similarly, the hostname is another parameter through which you can recognize your device. It is a string of human understandable characters. Unlike IP address, hostname of a PC is easy to memorize and recall. For this purpose, one should always know … Read more
When installing an Ubuntu server or desktop, it is important to know how to configure and view network settings. It’s also useful for troubleshooting problems with your Internet connection. Basic network configuration includes setting the IP address, the subnet mask for internal communication, and a gateway for connecting to external networks. In this article, I’ll … Read more
As Ubuntu users, we may want to know if we are the only ones using our network, especially the WLAN, or if there are other unwanted users exploiting our network bandwidth. This capability and knowledge are also helpful when we want to be sure that no hacker is accessing our system by connecting to our … Read more
All operating systems with network support have a hosts file to translate hostnames to IP addresses. Whenever you open a website by typing its hostname, your system will read through the hosts file to check for the corresponding IP and then open it. The hosts file is a simple text file located in the /etc … Read more
Dealing with pictures on your computer, you might have come across EXIF data without knowing what it is. Images with EXIF data reveal all the details about a photo, such as where and when it was taken as well as with what device, amongst a host of many other things. While this is commonly a … Read more
It’s quite common to end up with many copies of the same file on your computer while working with huge volumes of media and documents. Eventually, you’ll end up with a mess of files and an additional storage shortage due to duplicate files, prompting you to run a duplicate file check on your system. Checking … Read more
As we all know Linux is an operating system mostly used by Geeks and developers who are mostly keyboard people and love to write commands instead of using a Graphical user Interface (GUI). Unlike the Windows operating system, where most of the work done is with few clicks while in Linux, we have commands for … Read more
What is a Shell Script? A shell script is a Linux-based script in which commands are written. When a user executes the script, all the commands that are in the script are executed one after another. Think of it like this: You have a task for which you need to write a certain number of … Read more