Articles by Gurujyot_singh

• How to backup your Ubuntu Desktop with DejaDup

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 3

  Déjà Dup is a nice graphical wrapper around the command line backup tool duplicity. It hides the complexity of backing up the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regular) and uses duplicity as the back end. Déjà Dup does not use cron or similar schedulers. Rather, it starts a program deja-dup-monitor when you log into your session. This keeps track of when you last successfully backed up and will wait until the next scheduled backup.

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• How to install latest Firefox, Chrome and Opera Browser on Ubuntu Linux

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 3

  The article will guide you through the installation process of the latest versions of Mozila Firefox, Chromium and Opera. Throughout the article you will see the download links and the commands needed to perform the installation of the the browser.

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• How to monitor server log files with Logwatch on Debian and Ubuntu

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: linux, debian, ubuntu, monitoring • Comments: 3

  Logwatch is a system log analyzer and reporter. This tutorial covers the installation of Logwtach and explains various config options incl. reporting of notable log events by email.

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• Scripted window actions on Ubuntu with Devilspie 2

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: linux, ubuntu, programming • Comments: 0

  Devilspie 2 is a program that detects windows as they are created, and performs scripted actions on them. The scripts are written in LUA, allowing a great deal of customization. This tutorial will show you the installation of Devilspie 2 on Ubuntu 14.04 and give you a introduction into Devilspie scripting.

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• Node.js - Getting started on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: linux, ubuntu • Comments: 4

  In this article we are going to have look into the installation and basic usage of node.js application. Node is a set of libraries for JavaScript which allows it to be used outside of the browser. It is primarily focused on creating simple, easy to build network clients and servers.

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• Linux Quota - installation and configuration on Ubuntu and Debian

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: linux, debian, ubuntu • Comments: 5

  Quota allows you to specify limits on two aspects of disk storage: the number of inodes a user or a group of users may possess; and the number of disk blocks that may be allocated to a user or a group of users. The idea behind quota is that users are forced to stay under their disk consumption limit, taking away their ability to consume unlimited disk space on a system. Quota is handled on a per user, per file system basis. If there is more than one file system which a user is expected to create files, then quota must be set for each file system separately. Various tools are available for you to administer and automate quota policies on your system.

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• Monitor MySQL connections and queries with mytop

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: linux, debian, ubuntu, centos, suse, mysql • Comments: 2

  This article will explain the installation and usage of mytop, a handy tool for live monitoring of MySQL queries. Also looking into various operations that a user can perform while monitoring the queries on mytop.

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• How to monitor harddisk health with smartmontools on Ubuntu

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: ubuntu • Comments: 7

  In this article I will give you an overveiw on the smartmontools which is a set of applications that can test hard drives and read their hardware SMART statistics to detect harddisk failures early. I will cover installation, usage on the shell and the smartmon gui in this tutorial.

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• How to install Arch Linux with XFCE Desktop

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: linux, desktop, arch linux • Comments: 23

  This tutorial will give you the detailed step by step instructions to install the leightweight OS Arch Linux with XFCE Desktop on your computer. I have skipped all the optional content making it as short and simple as possible.

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• GRUB 2 boot menu basics and how to add a custom splash image

  Author: Gurujyot_singh • Tags: debian, linux, ubuntu • Comments: 4

  GRUB 2 is the boot loader that is used by all current Linux Distributions. In this guide I will explain how to modify the GRUB boot loader menu on your server or desktop, how to add menu entries and add a custom splash screen image.

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