Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) released and its time to upgrade
Ubuntu 14.04 codenamed Trust Tahr has been released and here are the instructions to upgrade your desktop and servers.
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How to install the latest Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint 16 Petra
Install the latest Nvidia graphics drivers on Linux Mint 16 (Petra) to get the best performance of Nvidia graphics cards and GPUs.
QMMP – A winamp style music player for Linux
QMMP The number of multimedia applications on Linux is constantly increasing over time and there is already an abundance. If you are looking for a winamp style mp3 player for your desktop, then try out this app called Qmmp. It provides a look n feel akin to Winamp of windows and is same way easy… Read More »
16 Commands to Check Hardware Information on Linux
Quick look at various commands that can be used to gather hardware information related to cpu, disks, memory, peripherals etc on Linux based systems
lshw command examples to get hardware information on Linux
Quick tutorial on how to use the lshw (list hardware) command to get hardware information on Linux systems like Ubuntu, Fedora etc.
Check hardware information on Linux with “hwinfo” command
The hwinfo command can be used to check hardware information about various devices on Linux systems like Ubuntu, Fedora and CentOS, and this post shows some examples.
How to Install Hwinfo on Fedora 19/20 and CentOS 5/6
How to install hwinfo (hardware information tool) on Fedora 19/20 and CentOS 5/6 based linux systems.
18 Commands to Monitor Network Bandwidth on Linux server
Here are some command line tools that can be used to analyse and monitor network bandwidth usage on your Linux server.
10 Examples of Linux ss Command – Monitor Network Connections
Tutorial on how to monitor network and socket connections on linux with ss command ( socket statistics )
8 Examples of findmnt Command to Check Mounted File Systems on Linux
How to use the findmnt command to check mounted file systems and devices on linux system.
Setup mail forwarding in postfix on Ubuntu or Debian
How to setup and configure Postfix mail server to forward emails on Ubuntu or Debian based Linux servers.
6 quick Tools to monitor system resources on Linux
Here is a list of command line tools that can be used to monitor system resources on your Linux server like cpu, memory, network and processes
9 Commands to Check CPU Information on Linux
Here is a list of Linux commands to check CPU or processor information such as architecture, vendor, model, speed, cache on your server
12 “scp” Command Examples to Transfer Files on Linux
A quick tutorial with simple examples on how to use the scp (secure copy) command to transfer files securely on Linux.
20 amusing Linux commands to have fun with the terminal
Check out these funny linux commands that can do interesting things on the command line.
Saidar – A Simple System Monitoring Tool for Linux – How to Use
Use the saidar command to monitor system resources and statistics like cpu, memory, network, disk on your Linux server
Glances gives a quick overview of system usage on Linux
Glances is a little yet powerful command line utility to monitor system resources like cpu, ram, disk usage, network usage on Linux systems
How to Install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Fedora 20
Fedora 20 (Heisenbug) is currently the latest release and if you want to try it on VirtualBox then install the guest additions for full functionality. Installation is simple and takes a few steps, but involves download and updates which would require some bandwidth. The Guest Additions are compiled from source and loaded as a module…. Read More »
Top 18 Things to do after installing Fedora 20, the Xfce spin
List of things to do on Fedora 20 (Heisenbug) Xfce to improve the looks, optimise performance and install useful software
How to use Collectl to monitor system resources on Linux / Ubuntu
Tutorial on how to use collectl command to monitor system resources like cpu, disk io, network on a linux system.