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• Linux Basics - Set A Static IP On CentOS

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: linux, centos • Comments: 8

  Linux Basics - Set A Static IP On CentOS This tutorial explains the configuration of a static IP address (IPv4 and IPv6), the hostname and nameservers on CentOS. To be compatible with Desktop and Server Systems, we do the configuration on the shell.

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• How To Install VNC Server On Ubuntu 14.04

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu • Comments: 40

  How To Install VNC Server On Ubuntu 14.04  This guide explains the installation and configuration of a VNC server on Ubuntu 14.04 server. I use a server here to show you a ay to have a remote desktop on a root server in a datacenter. The same steps will work for Ubuntu desktops as well.VNC is a very convinient way of administrating the Ubuntu 14.04 desktops remotely. The GUI can be accessed from anywhere over the internet or local network with a VNC client on any OS. The only requirement is that the connecting OS has a VNC-client installed on it.

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• Samba Server Configuration in CentOS 6.5

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: centos, linux, samba • Comments: 7

  This guide explains how to configure samba server in CentOS 6.5 with anonymous & secured samba servers. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.

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• The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17 (Qiana)

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: desktop, linux • Comments: 5

  The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a securesystem without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 17 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype,Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.

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• Linux Basics: How to Add and Delete Shell Users on Ubuntu

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: linux, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  Linux Basics: How to Add and Delete Shell Users on Ubuntu Linux Adding and removing shell users on a fresh Linux server remain amongst the most fundamental tasks every Linux user/system administrator must know. As a matter of fact, when a user creates a new server, they are simply given the default root account to begin with.

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• How To Install The Latest Git On Ubuntu 14.04

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: linux, other, shell • Comments: 6

  How To Install The Latest Git On Ubuntu 14.04 This tutorial explains the process of installing Git on Ubuntu 14.04. For the uninitiated, Git, the client for the immensely popular GitHub, is a commonly used open source distributed version control system that was originally developed by Linus Torvalds with the objective of supporting Linux Kernel development.

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• How To Install Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.5

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: centos, linux, mysql, nginx, php, web server • Comments: 1

  How To Install Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.5 Nginx(pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a CentOS 6.5 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.

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• Samba Server Configuration in OpenSuSe 13.1

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: linux, suse, samba • Comments: 1

  Samba Server Configuration in OpenSuSe 13.1 This guide explains how to configure samba server in Opensuse 13.1 with anonymous & secured samba servers. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.

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• Cancellation and Refund Policy for Howtoforge Subscription

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