Linux for beginners: essential commands, file system basics, installation guides, and first steps with Ubuntu explained simply.
Mozilla Firefox is the preferred web browser for many Linux users. It is free and open source software, which as we all know, goes hand in hand with any Linux system. One important aspect of system security is to keep your Firefox web browser up to date, since malicious websites can potentially take advantage of…
If you are having trouble booting into your Ubuntu 22.04 system, there is a tool called Boot Repair that can remedy a broad range of frequent issues. Usually trouble with booting can be due to the GRUB boot menu or a corrupt file in the /boot directory. Whatever the case may be, Boot Repair is an excellent software to…
After installing NGINX on Ubuntu Linux, either as a web server or reverse proxy server, you’ll need to learn the basics of administrating the service. In this tutorial, we’ll show how to check the status of NGINX on Ubuntu. This will give you information about the state of the NGINX service, to help you determine if it’s running, accepting…
SSH (Secure Shell) is used to handle network services securely over an unsecured network. Some examples include: remote command-line, login, and remote command execution. Normally to log into SSH, it must be done as a normal user, and then you can elevate to the root user after logging in. But it is possible to bypass this…
GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is a compiler system developed to support various programming languages. It is a standard compiler used in most projects related to GNU and Linux, for example, the Linux kernel. The objective of this tutorial is to install GCC, the C compiler, on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. Installation of GCC can be achieved…
Checking for open ports on Ubuntu Linux is an essential part of security administration. Some Linux software works by listening for incoming connections. A simple example would be a web server, which handles user requests on HTTP port 80 or HTTPS port 443 whenever someone navigates to a website. As a Linux administrator or user, it’s important…
Wasabi is a free and open source Bitcoin wallet that can be installed on Linux distros like Debian and Ubuntu. One of the biggest benefits of using Wasabi wallet is its privacy driven focus, such as allowing users to take advantage of trustless coinjoin over the Tor anonymity network. In this tutorial, we will cover…
BitPay wallet is a popular choice among cryptocurrency users because it supports a wide variety of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a slew of others. The wallet also provides services to merchants in order to accept online payments. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install BitPay wallet on Debian Linux and Ubuntu Linux….
The Nvidia CUDA toolkit is an extension of the GPU parallel computing platform and programming model. The Nvidia CUDA installation consists of inclusion of the official Nvidia CUDA repository followed by the installation of relevant meta package and configuring path the the executable CUDA binaries. In this tutorial, you will see how to install CUDA…
Electrum is a wallet for Bitcoin cryptocurrency. It has been around since 2011 and has remained a popular choice among users thanks to its advantages like being free, decentralized, redundant, and safe. It is possible to get started with using the Electrum Bitcoin wallet on Linux by installing it on distributions like Debian Linux and Ubuntu Linux. In…