Category Archives: Linux

How to compile and install wxWidgets on Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint

By Silver Moon | April 17, 2015

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wxWidgets is a cross platform gui library for developing native desktop apps. This quick tutorial shows you how to compile and install it on Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint

10 quick tar command examples to create/extract archives in Linux

By Silver Moon | February 23, 2015

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The tar command can be used to create compressed archives from the command line on linux, as well as extract files from compressed archives. Here are some quick examples of how to use it.

Install the Gnome Flashback classical desktop on Ubuntu 14.10/Linux Mint 17

By Silver Moon | February 17, 2015

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Gnome Flashback is an alternative desktop environment that gets you the old style desktop interface on Ubuntu. This tutorial shows how to install it on Ubuntu or Linux Mint and customize it.

Install Postfix mail server and Dovecot on Ubuntu or Debian

By Silver Moon | February 18, 2018

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This tutorial shows you how to install and configure a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot on a Ubuntu or Debian based linux server. Postfix is the SMTP server and Dovecot is the IMAP/POP server.

Send mail from command line with external smtp server on Linux

By Silver Moon | December 10, 2014

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This tutorial shows how to specify and use external smtp servers to send emails from command line on Linux using commands like mailx and swaks, along with support for authentication and encryption.

9 mail/mailx command examples to send emails from command line on Linux

By Silver Moon | November 26, 2017

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Quick tutorial with simple examples of how to use the mailx command on Linux to send emails from command line with features like attachments and external smtp servers.

Test read/write speed of usb and ssd drives with dd command on Linux

By Silver Moon | January 25, 2019

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The dd command on Linux can be used to measure the read and write speed of usb/pen drives and solid state drives (ssd), and this tutorial shows you how.