The Linux Compendium
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
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
Ubuntu was originally a terminal-based operating system, but over time Linux slowly introduced the graphical user interface to its operating system. Nowadays, GUI methods are the only way to solve many problems with the operating system. We’ll show you some cool methods to shut down your system in Ubuntu like a pro! Ubuntu, like all … 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
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
A strong password is very important when you authenticate to a service with a username and password. Sometimes you need to protect your account or server and try to keep your data safe. It is often said that a strong password must have at least 14 characters, with variations such as lower and upper case … Read more
If you are a new Ubuntu admin user, you may want to know how to change the password in Ubuntu Linux Server from the bash shell or command line. After all, it is a good security practice to change passwords for every user, especially the SuperUser who can perform all sensitive operations in Ubuntu. Only … Read more
It happens every now and then that we need to format a USB drive to change the file system, delete the data completely or get rid of a virus that has infected it. There are several ways to format a USB drive, and we’ve listed a few of them in this article so you can … Read more