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How to install and configure VSFTPD
Author: Gurujyot_singh •
Tags: ftp, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 As the name suggest 'Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Deamon' (VSFTPD) is one of the most secure FTP daemons available, vsftpd is used as the default FTP server in the Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NimbleX, Slackware and RHEL Linux distributions.
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How to Install nginx and google pagespeed on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet)
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, nginx, server, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 7 Nginx (engine-x) is a open source and high performance HTTP server, reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server. The outstanding features of Nginx are: stability, rich feature set, simple configuration and low resource consumption. Nginx is being used by some of the largest websites on the internet and is gaining more and more popularity in the webmaster community. This tutorials shows how to build a nginx .deb package for Ubuntu 15.04 from source that has Google pagespeed module compiled in.
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Installing and Configuring Speech Recognition Software on Ubuntu 15.04
Author: David Duarte •
Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 The main motivation for installing voice commands and speech recognition software is to aid in the management of the operating system, in this case, Ubuntu 15.04. For many people with disabilities is also very useful to use the voice as the main enforcer when it comes to the operating system, ie, whether the disabilities were are motor or even visual, software commands via voice is the perfect solution.
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Shell Scripting Part V: Functions in Bash
Author: jonilyn2730 •
Tags: arch linux, debian, fedora, freebsd, linux, mandriva, opensuse, shell, suse, ubuntu •
Comments: 8 Welcome to part 5 of HowToForge's shell scripting tutorial series. In this part, you will learn how to efficiently structure your scripts by creating functions. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to know how to create functions in the Linux Bash Shell, pass parameters to your functions and return some values from a function to your main code.
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How to install Tomcat on CentOS 7.0
Author: Ahmed Qadeer •
Tags: centos, server, web server •
Comments: 2 In this tutorial I will show you how to install Tomcat on CentOS. Before letting you know how to install Tomcat on CentOS we should know what Tomcat is.
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How do I restore a MySQL database from an sql dump?
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: mysql •
Comments: 5 If your MySQL user has a password: mysql -h localhost -u [MySQL user, e.g. root] -p[database password] [name of the database] < [name of your sql dump, e.g. sqldump.sql] Please note: there's no space between -p and the password!If there's no password: mysql -h localhost -u [MySQL user, e.g. root] [name of the database] < [name of your sql dump, e.g. sqldump.sql]
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How to Install a Microscope Camera Imager in Ubuntu 15.04
Author: David Duarte •
Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 8 The camera treated in this tutorial is a Celestron®, model 44421, monocular, to be installed in amicroscope Globe ®, type of binoculars. This camera comes with a universal adapter for the lens holder and a USB 2.0 connector. The camera will beinstalled on a Netbook Lenovo, model S10-3C, running Linux Ubuntu 15.04. Needless to say, this device does not offer manufacturer support of any Linux version,which is the reason for this tutorial.
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How to theme GNOME Shell 3.16 (in five simple steps)
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: arch linux, centos, desktop, fedora, linux, opensuse, ubuntu •
Comments: 9 So, you have installed your brand new GNOME Shell desktop environment and it certainly looks indisputably cool as it is. Using it for quite some time though may make this sexy top panel look dull and your icon set look dusty. These are signs that it is time for a change, so here's a guide on how to quickly (and easily) change the appearance of your GNOME Shell desktop using refreshing theming.
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How to install Asterisk 13 on Debian
Author: Ahmed Qadeer •
Tags: debian, linux, server •
Comments: 7 Asterisk is a Open Source framework for building communication applications. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a VoIP communication server, it powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers and is used by companies, carriers and governments worldwide. This tutorial shows the installation of Asterisk 13 on Debian.
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How to Handle ISO Files on Linux with Mount, AcetoneISO and Furious
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 1 ISO files are basically archive files that represent the contents written in every sector of an optical disk. This way you can have a CD or DVD image handy any time in your hard drive and use it accordingly (either mount it to access the data, or burn it on an actual physical disk). Linux users are very font of ISO files as this is the most common format that Linux distributions come in.
