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• Linux Free Command Explained for Beginners (6 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 25, 2017

  Sometimes, while working on the command line in Linux, you might want to quickly take a look at the total available as well as used memory in the system. If you're a Linux newbie, you'll be glad to know there exists a built-in command - dubbed free - that displays this kind of information. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of the free command as well as some of the important features it provides.

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• How to Install and Configure Askbot with Nginx on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, nginx, server, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 22, 2017

  Askbot is an open source software for creating Q&A forums based on Python Django Framework. It's basically a Q&A system like StackOverflow, Yahoo Answers, and others. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Askbot Python Django application using uWSGI and Nginx web server on CentOS 7 system.

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• How to Install WebERP On Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 21, 2017

  WebERP a complete web based accounting and business management tool that can be used for online shop or a retail management system released under an OpenSource license. In this tutorial, I will show you step by step how to install WebERP on Ubuntu 16.04 server.

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• Linux Groups Command for Beginners (with Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 20, 2017

  In Linux, there's a concept of users (those who use the system), and then there's the concept of groups, which is basically a logical mechanism to manage a collection of users. To give you a basic idea, groups make it easy to manage users with, say, same security and access privileges.

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• How to Setup Automatic Security Updates on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, security • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 19, 2017

  Security updates, as most of you'd agree, are very important. On Linux, it's always advisable to keep the installed packages up to date, especially when it comes to security. In general, users should apply security updates to their Linux systems within 30 days of being released. In this tutorial, we will discuss how you can configure a CentOS 7 server for automatic security updates.

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• Linux Commands - Overview and Examples

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 4 • Updated: Sep 18, 2017

  The command line is one of the most powerful features of Linux. There exists a sea of Linux command line tools, allowing you to do almost everything you can think of doing on your Linux PC. However, this usually creates a problem: with so many commands available to use, you don't know where and how to start learning them, especially when you are beginner.

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• Linux fmt command - usage and examples

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 18, 2017

  Sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where-in the requirement is to format the contents of a text file. Gladly, there exists a command that can cater to at-least some of the text formatting requirements. The tool in question is dubbed fmt. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of fmt, as well as some of main features it provides.

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• How to Install Apache Cassandra NoSQL database on a Single Node Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 15, 2017

  The Apache Cassandra is a distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data. It's free and open source, and provides High-Availability with no single point of failure. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basic Apache Cassandra installation process with single node.

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• Install and Configure ISC DHCP Server in Debian 9

  Author: Matt Vas • Tags: debian, linux, server • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 14, 2017

  In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to install and configure DHCP server in Debian 9. DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol used in networks through which a system can automatically obtain the network settings at boot time.

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• Linux Gzip Command Tutorial for Beginners (7 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 13, 2017

  Linux offers several command line tools for compressing/decompressing files. One of them is Gzip, which uses Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77) for its compression operations. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of gzip, as well as the features it provides using easy to understand examples.

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