The Linux Compendium
As Ubuntu users, we may want to know if we are the only ones using our network, especially the WLAN, or if there are other unwanted users exploiting our network bandwidth. This capability and knowledge are also helpful when we want to be sure that no hacker is accessing our system by connecting to our … Read more
Knowing how many packages are installed on your computer is often essential. Often there are many packages installed on your computer that you do not even know about. Many of them are pre-installed when you do a fresh install of your operating system. You may want to see and list these packages. In this article, … Read more
Netplan is the Ubuntu network configuration tool in all recent Ubuntu versions. Netplan is based on a YAML-based configuration system that simplifies the configuration process. It has replaced the old /etc/network/interfaces configuration file we used to configure network interfaces in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure networks … Read more
VNC or Virtual Network Computing is a computer technology that allows you to share your desktop remotely. VNC technology works as a client/server model and uses the RFP (Remote FrameBuffer) protocol to transmit keyboard and mouse events from the VNC client to the VNC server. In this tutorial we will show you how to install … Read more
Gitea is a lightweight, open source and self-hosted code hosting solution, similar to GitHub, Gitlab and BitBucket. It is mainly written in Go and can run on Windows, Linux, macOS, ARM, etc. Gitea was developed as a fork of Gogs and published under the MIT license. Gitea is easy to install and offers several options … Read more
Grafana is a free and open-source monitoring and data visualization software. By default, it supports Graphite, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, and other databases. It is a multi-platform interactive application that provides charts, graphs, and alerts on the web when connected to supported data sources. It is written in Go and TypeScript and supports multiple operating systems such … Read more
BookStack is a self-hosted, open source and easy-to-use platform for organizing and storing information. It can be used for various purposes, such as a wiki, documentation website and note-taking application, to name a few. It was developed with the Laravel PHP framework and uses MySQL to store the data. For editing, you can choose between … Read more
PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce platform that lets you run your own online store or store on the Internet. It is very well known and runs over 300000 online stores around the world. It is programmed in PHP and uses MySQL/MariaDB as its database backend. With Prestashop you can offer your ideas and products and … Read more
Samba is a powerful open-source tool that enables Windows-like sharing of files and printers on a network on Linux systems. It allows Linux and Windows computers to coexist and interact on the same network. It is installed on the Linux server where the files to be shared are located. These shared files can then be … Read more
Suricata is a powerful open-source network analysis and threat detection software developed by the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata can be used for various purposes, such as an intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), and network security monitoring engine. Suricata uses a rule and signature language to detect and prevent threats on … Read more