The Linux Compendium
What is vi Editor Vi or the Visual Editor is the default text editor that comes with most Linux systems. It is a Terminal-based text editor that users need to learn, essentially when more user-friendly text editors are not available on the system. Some other reasons to use Vi include: Vi is available on almost … Read more
As a Linux user, you might be pretty familiar with the drumbeat startup sound that Ubuntu plays when you boot your system. Its purpose is to greet you and tell you that the system is ready for use. It also assures you that the sound hardware is installed and working properly. Initially, operating systems took … Read more
Google Chrome happens to be one of the most powerful web browsers these days and naturally many users attempt to install it on their system. This attempt, however, is not fruitful as this popular web browser is not available through any Linux distributor on Ubuntu Software. So how do we install Google Chrome on our … Read more
When you are trying to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu, you may receive the following error: Error Message “dpkg: error: need an action option” Solution This may be because of the command you copied from somewhere and you pasted on the terminal. Instead of -, a _ may have been replaced in the command as … Read more
Ubuntu is a popular operating system which is open source and has easy installation. It is quite flexible thanks to its unlimited customization options and it highly secure in nature. For many developers, journey on Linux begins at Ubuntu which is why today we will give you a tutorial on how to install Ubuntu 18.04 along … Read more
Every program that is running at the end of the server is able to generate one or more processes. A single server may have several users that execute many commands that will make processes. These processes may run the foreground as well as the background. If a program is running in the foreground it can … Read more
VNC or Virtual Network Computing is a graphical desktop sharing tool that allows you to control a computer (server) remotely from another computer (client). A VNC server transmits all keyboard and mouse events from the client computer to the server computer. If you’re not yet comfortable with the CLI things like terminal etc, you can … Read more
ONLYOFFICE Community Server is a multifunctional office suite with a web-based interface that can be installed on any Linux server. It’s an open source office and productivity suite, integrated with a CRM system, document server, project management tools and email aggregator. The ONLYOFFICE Document Server is an open source online office suite like ‘Office Online’ … Read more