The Linux Compendium
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
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
Sometimes you need to find out which devices are connected to your network. There can be several reasons for this. Maybe your Internet is running slower than usual, you notice suspicious activity that suggests someone is stealing your Wi-Fi, or you’re troubleshooting a problem. Whatever the reason, it’s a good idea to check who else … 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
Every user that is new to the Linux environment must need to know about the directory navigation and file management commands. In Linux, each command is used for a particular purpose that performs well for the specified task. The tool ‘mc’ known as Midnight Commander, is a file manager that is used for Linux terminals. … 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
While working with Linux, you might come across some utilities and apps that only work with file names that do not include spaces. We do not always save files in this “no space” format and might have to look for a workaround that replaces spaces in filenames with underscore characters ‘_’. This way, your filenames … Read more
To test the network quality, the PING facility is used, and hackers quite often use it to spoof the host and destination servers to perform flooding attacks. Users sometimes feel the need to block unwanted server requests to keep their system secure and protect the server from any attack. In this article, we will see … Read more