The Linux Compendium
Opera may not be as famous as Google Chrome and like other today’s browsers, but it offers fast browsing and many other useful features. You can install Opera on all major operating systems like Windows, Mac, and Linux. The main features of Opera are including browser based-VPN, built-in ad blocker, enhanced battery life, pop-up blocking, … Read more
The “sleep” command in Linux helps in adding a specified delay in the execution of shell (bash) scripts. The command is very easy to use and has various powerful features. In this article, we will explain in detail how to use the sleep command in your shell scripts. The examples are based on Debian 10, … Read more
Webmin is a web-based remote management application for system administration that simplifies the process of managing Unix like systems. It is much easier and simpler than the traditional method in which you have to manually modify the configuration files, execute commands for user accounts creation, setting up servers, and much more. It let you handle … Read more
Unused and unwanted programs should be removed from the system as they take up a large amount of disk space. This article is about removing the programs that are no longer required in a Debian system. We will explain the removal of the program via both the Graphical user interface and the command line Terminal … Read more
When do you need Virtualization Technology (VT) in the CPU? Virtualization Technology enables your processor to act as a number of independent computer systems. This enables several operating systems to be running on the same machine at the same time. Whenever you want to install virtualization applications on your Debian system such as VMware Workstation, … Read more
When you click a link to open any website, it will open in a default browser set by the operating system. Most Linux distributions ships with a Mozilla Firefox browser installed and set by default. So if you have never changed the default settings, then all your links or URLs will always be open in … Read more
If you’re a developer looking for a reliable, open-source, cross-platform web development framework for Linux, Ruby on Rails is a great choice for you. It helps them build applications and websites by abstracting and simplifying the repetitive tasks that occur during development. It is called Ruby on Rails because Rails is written in the Ruby … Read more
Like all UNIX-type operating systems, Linux stores the initial/default settings and configuration parameters for its programs in the form of configuration files. These files are used to configure software applications, server processes and operating system settings for your system. As a Linux administrator, you can edit these files in several ways; one of them is … Read more
Some users do not prefer Linux for the reason that they do not find their favorite Windows applications within the Linux software center and repositories. Although the solution exists for this problem that is Wine – the Windows-compatibility environment that lets you install Windows programs on Linux. But the problem with the Wine is that … Read more
Most of the Windows users know the basic use of the Task Manager. Task manager is a Windows utility through which users can monitor the currently running processes. Similarly in Ubuntu, the htop utility provides the same functionality with more advanced features. Htop is the improved version of the top command-line utility. Using the htop … Read more