The Linux Compendium
What is a computer name (hostname)? Your computer name, in technical terms, is also referred to as the hostname of your computer system. A hostname is how other computers recognize your computer over a local network. Like on the Internet, we have URLs instead of hostnames. These URLs contain regular words like google.com that we … Read more
This tutorial is about installing and configuring the well known and secure VsFTPD (Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon) server on your Ubuntu system. FTP or File Transfer Protocol by far is a common network protocol that is used to transfer files between two computers or to transfer files from your desktop to your website … Read more
The graphical Calendar tool available on your Ubuntu system is pretty useful. However, if you are more Terminal-savvy, you can use the powerful command line utilities like cal and ncal in order to customize the way you want to view calendars for a specific month or year. This article explains the cal and ncal commands … Read more
The Webmin console is your answer to on-the-fly management of Linux as an administrator. You can use any web browser to setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing, and much more. In this article, we will describe a step-by-step installation of Webmin on your Ubuntu system. We will also explain how to configure Webmin so … Read more
Specifying a profile picture for your user account is a great way of customizing your account in Ubuntu. You can then identify your account through your unique profile picture on the login screen as well as everywhere else. Giving your user account a profile picture is very simple in Ubuntu. In this article, we will … Read more
Remember the days when the web was as simple as searchable text. The terminals and low powered personal computers were enough to access the text-based web over snail-paced internet connections. Of course, people then used the command-line web browsers to visit the web; these included the famous Lynx browser as well. Times have changed now, … Read more
If you have set up your Ubuntu system to fetch Automatic Time Zone, it will sync your system through the internet so that it will have the time zone of your closest location. If you want to change the time zone according to your own preference, Ubuntu provides you with two ways to do so; … Read more
As Linux users, we sometimes need to change the MAC address of our network adapters. This process is also called spoofing or faking a MAC address. This article explains how to change a MAC address through an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. What is a MAC Address MAC, that stands for Media Access Control, is a … Read more
All UI oriented operating systems have a certain look and feel to them depending on the theme they are using. You may or may not like the default theme of an OS and might want to customize the entire user experience by initiating a new look of almost all desktop features. The Ubuntu desktop offers … Read more
You can customize your Ubuntu desktop in various ways depending on your preferences. One of these customization options is changing the way your Launcher or taskbar behaves when you expand an application window. By default, when you expand an application, the Launcher retains its place and you are left with lesser screen space for your … Read more