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What's new in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) - an overview
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: desktop, linux, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 The Ubuntu 16.10 operating system was released last month. The new version, which is also called Yakkety Yak, came around six months after Canonical - the company behind Ubuntu - released version 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) of the Linux-based operating system. We've already discussed the changes that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS brought along, so in this article we'll be covering a quick overview of Ubuntu 16.10 desktop, essentially focusing on the major new features/changes it brings to the table when compared to version 16.04 LTS.
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How to install and use profiling tool Gprof on Linux
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 3 If you are a programmer, who writes code in C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programming language and uses Linux as the development platform, you'll be glad to know that there exists a powerful tool through which you can check the performance of your code - the tool in question is Gprof. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the details of how you can download, install, and use this tool.
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Introduction to Audio Workstation Software Tracktion 5 DAW on Linux
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: desktop, linux •
Comments: 0 Tracktion is one of the most popular digital audio workstations and one of the very few that are available for the Linux platform along with the magnificent Ardour. While Tracktion is distributed under proprietary software licenses, its creators felt that they should give back something to the Linux community as they have used open source tools for the building of their product. That is why the fifth version of the software that was released in 2014 is now available for free for all Linux users.
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How to use plugins (add-ons) in ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
Author: Daria •
Tags: desktop, linux, programming •
Comments: 0 ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors allows users to edit text documents, spreadsheets and presentations offline by providing access to the web-based ONLYOFFICE portals for an efficient remote team collaboration. This tutorial describes how to add one of the available plugins to ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors and start using it.
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L2TP over IPsec using OpenSwan with Freeradius authentication on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Ahmad • Tags: linux, security, ubuntu • Comments: 3This article is about the layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP) with IPsec to provide end-to-end encryption in the layer 2 VPN. The open source implementations of IPsec are StrongSwan and OpenSwan, both are supported on all Linux distributions. In this tutorial, OpenSwan is used to provide the security channel for L2TP VPN.
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How to practically use your Linux terminal (part 2)
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 0 Quite a while ago, we had published a post that showcased four examples of how Linux users can utilize their terminal to perform simple daily tasks and fulfill common everyday use needs. Of course, the use case possibilities for the Linux terminal are nearly endless, so we’re naturally back for a second part containing more practical examples.
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How to monitor progress of Linux commands using PV and Progress utilities
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 3 Consider a scenario wherein you have just started copying a very large file from your pen drive to your Linux system through the command line. Given that the file in question is heavy, you know the process will take time, and so you start doing some other work.
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Using drush for Drupal site Backup/Restore and Migration
Author: Aaron Peters •
Tags: linux, server, web server •
Comments: 2 'Drush', or the "Drupal Shell," is one of the Drupal administrator’s best friends. Its many command line tools allow a user to log into a web server and perform routine tasks such as applying updates, block users, or even "bootstrap" a brand new Drupal installation. The drush application provides a useful "archive" utility, as well as a corresponding "restore" command.
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How to Install Seafile with Nginx on CentOS 7
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: centos, linux, server •
Comments: 7 Seafile is a private cloud software to that provides similar features like Dropbox, mega.co.nz, and others, just hosted on your own server. Seafile is based on the python programming language and it is released under an open source license so that you can create your own private cloud and it will be much more secure. In this tutorial, I will install Seafile on CentOS 7 with Nginx web server and MariaDB as the database server.
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How to deploy a fault tolerant cluster with continuous or high availability
Author: Nikita Nesmiyanov •
Tags: commercial, linux, virtualization •
Comments: 3 Some companies cannot allow having their services down. In case of a server outage a cellular operator might experience billing system downtime causing lost connection for all its clients. Admittance of the potential impact of such situations leads to the idea to always have a plan B. In this article, we’re throwing light on different ways of protection against server failures, as well as architectures used for deployment of VMmanager Cloud, a control panel for building a High Availability cluster.
