Server Monitoring with Munin and Monit on Debian 8 (Jessie)
In this article, I will describe how you can monitor your Debian 8 server with Munin and Monit. munin produces nifty little graphics about nearly every aspect of your server without much configuration,...
View ArticleInstalling Lighttpd with PHP5 (PHP-FPM) and MySQL on Debian 8 (Jessie)
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Debian 8 (Jessie) server with PHP5 support...
View ArticleHydrogen: A software drum machine for Linux
Hydrogen is the best open source drum machine that is available free of charge. It is an advanced piece of software that helps artists and producers compose groovy beats to accompany their music....
View ArticleHow to install ProFTPd with TLS support on Ubuntu 15.04
FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure MongoDB on Ubuntu 14.04
MongoDB is a NoSQL database that offers a high performance, high availability, and automatic scaling enterprise database. Data is stored in a "document" structure in JSON format (in MongoDB called...
View ArticleHow to use the NMAP Security Scanner on Linux
Nmap is a free and open source network discovery and security auditing utility that is widely used in the Linux users community as it is simple to use yet very powerful. Nmap works by sending data...
View ArticleHow to install KVM on Ubuntu 14.04
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a virtualization extension for the Linux Kernel. There are many Operating systems that are supported by KVM, which include Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and others....
View ArticleHow to sync your documents with Google Drive on Ubuntu
Google Drive is a popular online service that allows for the easy sharing and collaborative editing of documents (word files or spreadsheets). Under the most usual day to day circumstances, the GDrive...
View ArticleVector Algebra on Scientific Linux 7.1 with Python Script: Part 1
In this tutorial, we will discuss the vector algebra and corresponding calculations under Scientific Linux. For our purpose, I have chosen Python as the programming language for its simplicity and...
View ArticleHow to monitor your system performance on (Ubuntu) Linux
Monitoring your Linux system is essential in order to be able to improve its performance, locate the source of a problem and take more targeted corrective actions. As is always the case with Linux,...
View ArticleHow to get Oracle Virtual Box 5.0 installed on (Ubuntu) Linux
Oracle's Virtual Box is one of the easiest to use virtual machines that run under Linux. Although we Linux users have reasons not to use Oracle's products, the particular piece of software is maybe the...
View ArticleDocker: Installation and Basic usage on Ubuntu 15.04
Docker is an open-source project that provides an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, package, and run applications anywhere as a lightweight container. This tutorial shows the...
View ArticleHow to prepare for bad weather on Linux
Severely bad weather is one of the few things that can still awe people while causing large-scale catastrophes. Especially if you live in the US, you most likely have witnessed a dangerously large...
View ArticleHow to connect via Bluetooth in GNOME on Linux
Connecting to a Bluetooth device is essential for file transferring, audio sharing (Bluetooth speakers), and shared network connectivity (smartphones). GNOME settings panel is offering a quick way to...
View ArticleUbuntu 15.04 LAMP server tutorial with Apache 2, PHP 5 and MariaDB (instead...
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache 2 webserver on an Ubuntu 15.04 server with PHP 5 support (mod_php) and MySQL / MariaDB. Additionally, I...
View ArticleHow to install a wireless hotspot with captive page on Linux using CoovaChilli
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how you can turn a Linux based computer or laptop into a wireless hotspot where users can be authenticated via a captive portal page. For this task, the...
View ArticleHow to speed up apache with mod_pagespeed and Memcached on Ubuntu 15.04
This tutorial shows how to improve the page load times of your website by using the Google mod_pagespeed module for Apache in conjunction with the fast in-memory cache Memcached. Pagespeed is an Apache...
View ArticleHow to stitch photos into a panorama with Hugin Panorama Creator on Linux
Almost every modern digital camera offers the ability of “on the fly” panorama creation, but often you will find the result of this automated process not to meet expectations. For this reason, it's...
View ArticleHow to install Odoo ERP Software on Ubuntu 15.04
Odoo is an OpenSource enterprise resource planning and customer relationship software that can help you to organize and grow your business. Odoo was formerly named openERP and therefor TinyERP. There...
View ArticleHow to Mount a NTFS Drive on CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux
This tutorial will show you how to mount an NTFS drive in read/write mode on CentOS and other RHEL based Linux operating systems. NTFS-3G is a stable Open Source NTFS driver that supports reading and...
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