Discover seven visually striking Linux distributions—elementary OS, Deepin, Pop!_OS, Manjaro, KDE Neon, Zorin OS, and Nitrux OS—each offering unique aesthetics, user‑friendly interfaces, and strong Ubuntu or Arch foundations for an enhanced desktop experience.
This guide introduces Multipass, a lightweight cross‑platform VM manager, walks through installation on Windows, demonstrates how to list, launch, and configure Ubuntu instances, shows essential commands for inspecting, pausing, restarting, deleting, and automating setups with cloud‑init, and compares it to paid tools like VMware Workstation.
This tutorial introduces Multipass, a lightweight cross‑platform VM manager, and walks through downloading, installing, checking the version, listing available Ubuntu images, launching a VM, inspecting and controlling it, and automating setup with cloud‑init configuration.
This article reviews the five most notable Linux desktop distributions released in 2022—Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Fedora Workstation 37, Manjaro 22.0 “Sikaris”, Linux Mint 21, and Ubuntu 22.10—highlighting their key features, stability, and why they matter to programmers and system administrators.
Learn how to install and configure the latest Linux Kernel 6.0 on Ubuntu 22.04, covering prerequisites, system updates, downloading source, configuring modules, compiling, installing, updating GRUB, and verifying the new kernel with detailed commands and screenshots.
This guide reviews the top free remote‑desktop clients for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, explains their protocol support, provides simple installation commands (including Flatpak), and highlights both open‑source and commercial options for various use cases.
This article provides a detailed, step‑by‑step tutorial on installing and configuring an OceanBase 4.0 cluster on Ubuntu 22.04 using the OBD (ob‑deploy) tool, covering prerequisite hardware, required commands, configuration file creation, deployment, startup, and basic verification.
Canonical now lets Ubuntu users pause or stop snap package auto‑updates via the terminal, offering commands to hold updates for a set period or disable them forever, which can prevent incompatibility issues caused by automatic refreshes.
This guide reviews the top Linux distributions for programmers in 2022, comparing their development tools, package managers, and suitability for various workflows, and offers recommendations for beginners, power users, and specialized scientific or security tasks.
This article showcases seven visually impressive Linux distributions—elementary OS, Deepin, Pop!_OS, Manjaro, KDE Neon, Zorin OS, and Nitrux OS—highlighting their design focus, underlying bases, key features, and providing their official website links for readers seeking an attractive desktop experience.
This guide lists popular Linux text editors and IDEs—including Vim, Nano, Geany, Emacs, Sublime Text, Atom, Brackets, Komodo Edit, gedit, and Qt Creator—provides brief feature overviews, official website links, and step‑by‑step installation commands for both Ubuntu/Mint (apt) and CentOS (yum).
Mist is a command‑line helper for Debian‑based systems that brings AUR‑style package discovery and management to Ubuntu and Debian, allowing users to search, install, update, and remove packages from the makedeb Package Repository with simple commands.
Linux Lite is a free, beginner‑oriented Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS with an XFCE desktop, offering familiar Windows‑style navigation, essential office and multimedia apps, built‑in security features, and easy installation to help users transition smoothly to Linux.
This article reviews the Ubuntu 22.04.1 releases of three official flavors—Unity, Cinnamon, and the China‑focused Kylin—detailing their desktop features, resource usage, and how they differ from the main Ubuntu distribution.
This guide provides step‑by‑step instructions for installing Docker on CentOS and Ubuntu, configuring image accelerators for faster pulls, and using Docker commands to pull, run, list, and clean up images and containers, including tips for handling dangling and intermediate layers.
Learn how to securely self‑host a GitLab instance on an Ubuntu server using Docker, covering dependency installation, SSH port configuration, Docker volume setup, compose file creation, container deployment, and accessing the web interface, with alternative deployment methods for troubleshooting.
This article walks through preparing an old Windows 7 laptop for a dual‑boot setup, covering disk partitioning, downloading Ubuntu, creating a bootable USB with Rufus, configuring BIOS/UEFI, and completing the Ubuntu installation with detailed screenshots and troubleshooting tips.
This guide provides step‑by‑step instructions for installing Docker on CentOS and Ubuntu, configuring accelerated image mirrors, managing Docker images—including listing, tagging, and removing—while covering essential commands, storage considerations, and best practices for both systemd and upstart environments.
This article walks you through preparing hardware, partitioning the disk, downloading an Ubuntu ISO, creating a bootable USB with UltraISO or Rufus, configuring BIOS/UEFI settings, and completing the Ubuntu installation alongside an existing Windows 7/10 system.
This guide lists ten indispensable Ubuntu desktop applications—from GNOME Tweaks and Steam to VLC and Kdenlive—explaining their key features, typical use cases, and providing exact terminal commands for quick installation via apt, Flatpak or Snap.
Phoronix benchmarked OpenJDK versions 8 through 19 alongside OpenJ9 and GraalVM CE on an Intel Core i5‑12600K Ubuntu 22.04 system, revealing varied performance across SciMark, matrix multiplication, LU decomposition, DaCapo, Renaissance, and other tests, with OpenJDK 18/19 often leading in overall scores.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS enables systemd‑oomd by default, but many users report that it unexpectedly kills applications like Firefox, Chrome, and VS Code even without visible memory pressure; Canonical explains the termination conditions, highlights the swap‑size issue, and outlines planned fixes for the upcoming 22.04.1 release.
The May 2022 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows Linux's overall share slipping slightly to 1.12% while Windows dominates at 96.68%, and reveals Arch Linux surpassing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as the most popular Linux distribution among Steam users, with typical hardware configurations of 16 GB RAM and 4‑core CPUs.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS introduces twenty major desktop enhancements—including Wayland as the default display server, a lighter default theme, a more compact UI, improved icons, horizontal workspaces, updated app launcher, dock changes, accent colours, new touch‑pad gestures, password‑protected archives, microphone mute alerts, calendar events in the notification area, refined power options, battery‑percentage display, a prominent restart option, revamped keyboard shortcuts, extensive multitasking settings, a new screenshot tool, proper dark mode, and Firefox being delivered exclusively as a Snap package.
This article explains why CentOS 8 reached end‑of‑life, introduces CentOS Stream, and reviews seven server‑grade Linux distributions—including Ubuntu, Oracle Linux, openSUSE, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, VzLinux, and Springdale Linux—as viable replacements for CentOS 8 in 2022.
Learn how to install and configure Samba on Ubuntu 16.04, create a shared directory, set up a Samba user, edit the smb.conf file, restart the service, and map the share from Windows, with full command‑line examples and screenshots.
This guide details step‑by‑step instructions for setting up Ubuntu 18.04 with ROS Melodic, installing required packages, compiling cv_bridge using both the native Python 3.6 environment and a Conda‑based Python 3.x environment, troubleshooting common build errors, and verifying the installation.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" introduces twenty notable updates—including Wayland as the default display server, a light‑by‑default theme, a more compact desktop UI, improved icons, horizontal workspaces, revamped app launcher, dock tweaks, new accent colours, touch‑pad gestures, password‑protected zip handling, mic mute alerts, calendar events in the notification area, enhanced power options, battery‑percentage display, a clear restart option, refined keyboard shortcuts, multitasking settings, an interactive screenshot tool, a true dark mode, and Firefox now delivered as a Snap package—all aimed at a smoother, more modern user experience.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ‘Jammy Jellyfish’ desktop adds twenty enhancements over 20.04, such as Wayland as the default server, a lighter theme, a more compact UI, improved icons, horizontal workspaces, a revamped app launcher, dock tweaks, microphone mute alerts, calendar events in the notification area, restart button, better keyboard shortcut settings, an interactive screenshot tool, and Firefox now shipped exclusively as a Snap package.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS introduces a default Wayland display server, a lighter Yaru theme, a more compact GNOME desktop, enhanced desktop icons, horizontal workspaces, revamped app launcher, dock refinements, new accent colours, touch‑pad gestures, password‑protected zip handling, microphone mute alerts, calendar events in the notification area, expanded power‑management modes, visible restart option, improved keyboard shortcuts, extensive multitasking settings, a new interactive screenshot tool, proper dark mode, and Firefox distributed as a Snap package.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ‘Jammy Jellyfish’ introduces 20 desktop enhancements—from Wayland as the default display server and a lighter Yaru theme to revamped workspaces, dock, power options, and a native Snap‑based Firefox—making the desktop more intuitive, compact, and feature‑rich.
This article provides a comprehensive, hands‑on tutorial for installing and configuring the ELK Stack—including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Filebeat—using Docker on an Ubuntu VM, covering architecture, command‑line steps, sample configurations, common pitfalls, and troubleshooting tips.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS introduces 20 notable updates—including default Wayland, a lighter Yaru theme, a more compact desktop UI, enhanced workspaces, new dock behavior, password‑protected archives, microphone mute alerts, calendar events in the notification shade, improved power options, a proper dark mode, and the shift to a Snap‑based Firefox—providing a comprehensive overview for users upgrading from earlier LTS releases.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, codenamed Jammy Jellyfish, introduces five distinctive capabilities—including optimized data‑driven workloads, enhanced Active Directory integration, a real‑time kernel option, updated packages and drivers, and performance boosts—that together position it as arguably the strongest long‑term support Ubuntu version to date.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS introduces 20 notable updates—including default Wayland, a lighter default theme, a more compact desktop UI, enhanced workspace management, revamped app launcher, new accent colors, improved screenshot tool, proper dark mode, and Snap‑only Firefox—providing users with a refined, modern desktop experience.
This guide explains how to create a repeatable development environment by installing Docker on Ubuntu 20.04, building a template container with common front‑end tools, committing and tagging the image, and optionally using VirtualBox for GUI‑based workflows.
Mark Shuttleworth, the South African entrepreneur who became the first African in space, later founded Canonical and created the Ubuntu Linux distribution, blending his idealistic Ubuntu philosophy with open‑source development to make free software accessible worldwide.
This guide provides step‑by‑step shell commands to upgrade Ubuntu 16’s OpenSSH to version 8.8, including installing required packages, compiling OpenSSL, zlib, and OpenSSH from source, and updating configuration files to enhance system security on the server.
Choosing between Ubuntu Desktop and Server can be confusing; this guide explains their fundamental differences—including UI, installation, default applications, hardware needs, and ideal use cases—so you can select the right edition for personal computing or hosting services.
This guide shows how to install Multipass on Windows, Linux, or macOS, use its commands to list, launch, inspect, and manage Ubuntu virtual machines, and automate setup with cloud‑init, offering a free, lightweight alternative to paid VM solutions.
This article introduces Multipass, a lightweight cross‑platform virtual‑machine tool, and provides step‑by‑step instructions for installing it, locating Ubuntu images, launching and managing VMs, executing commands, pausing, deleting, and automating setup with cloud‑init, highlighting its convenience and Ubuntu‑only limitation.
This guide walks you through installing Multipass, launching Ubuntu virtual machines, managing them with commands, and automating setup via cloud‑init, providing a lightweight, cross‑platform solution for developers and ops engineers.
This guide walks you through installing Multipass on macOS, creating and configuring lightweight Ubuntu virtual machines, managing them via the CLI, mounting data volumes, and automating setup with cloud‑init, providing a fast, Docker‑like development environment.
This guide introduces Linux, explains why its open‑source nature leads to many flavors, and reviews five developer‑friendly distributions—Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, and Fedora—highlighting their key features, use cases, and community support.
This guide walks you through installing GNOME Shell extensions using the official extensions website, adding the required browser integration and native host connector, and configuring extensions on Ubuntu, providing clear step‑by‑step instructions and command examples.
This article explains why MySQL fails to start on Ubuntu due to AppArmor restrictions and provides two practical solutions: editing the AppArmor profile to grant MySQL directory access or switching AppArmor to complain mode, with full command examples and configuration snippets.
This tutorial explains why kernel modules are needed, walks through preparing a Linux environment, installing required headers, creating and compiling a simple "Hello, World" module, extending it to a character device driver, and shows how to load, test, and unload the module safely.
This guide walks through creating an offline installation package, caching required Debian packages and Docker images, installing Docker and cephadm, bootstrapping a Ceph cluster, and deploying OSD, MDS, and RGW services on Ubuntu nodes without internet access.
This guide walks you through installing Apache OpenWhisk on an Ubuntu 18.04 desktop, configuring its limits and CouchDB storage, deploying the platform with Ansible, setting up the wsk CLI, and creating and invoking a simple Fibonacci action to verify the deployment.
Canonical has announced that the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS releases will receive extended support for a total of ten years, pushing their end‑of‑life dates to April 2024 and April 2026, giving enterprise users more time for stable, secure infrastructure upgrades.
This step‑by‑step guide explains how to set up the open‑source ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) on an Ubuntu machine, configure Logstash as shipper and indexer, integrate Spring Boot and Nginx logs, and run the whole platform as a background service using Supervisor.
This tutorial walks you through installing and configuring the ELK stack—Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana—on Ubuntu, then shows how to integrate Spring Boot Logback and Nginx logs for centralized, real‑time log analysis and visualization.
CutefishOS, a Chinese‑led Linux distribution built on Ubuntu, offers a modern, macOS‑inspired desktop environment using KDE frameworks, Qt, and Plasma, with multilingual support, open‑source code, and a suite of pre‑installed applications for everyday use.
This step‑by‑step tutorial shows how to install Windows 10, enable WSL2, set up an Ubuntu subsystem, install Docker and Portainer, and configure a convenient development environment on Windows within half an hour.
This guide walks through checking the current kernel version, adding the ELRepo repository, listing and installing newer kernels on CentOS 7, configuring GRUB to boot the new kernel, and then provides a parallel step‑by‑step process for upgrading the kernel on Ubuntu 16.04, including troubleshooting dependency issues.
This tutorial explains how to install and use the curl and wget command‑line tools on Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) to download single or multiple files, rename them, handle FTP sources, and pause or resume transfers efficiently.
This guide walks through setting up a LAMP environment on Ubuntu 14.04, cloning the PHP source, configuring and building it, and provides a comprehensive list of compilation errors with step‑by‑step commands to resolve each dependency issue.
This guide presents a curated list of ten notable Linux terminal emulators, highlighting their unique features, providing installation commands for Ubuntu‑based distributions, and offering brief usage tips, helping users choose the best terminal experience for their workflow.
This article introduces the five most popular Linux distributions—Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Linux Mint, and Arch Linux—explaining their origins, key features, and suitability for developers, while also noting the broader impact of Linux across devices and recommending alternatives for newcomers.
This article introduces SysMonTask, an open‑source Linux system monitor that mimics the Windows Task Manager, outlines its key features, shares hands‑on usage impressions, and provides step‑by‑step installation and removal instructions for Ubuntu‑based distributions.
This article explains the differences between the traditional apt-get command and the newer apt command on Ubuntu and Debian‑based systems, covering their histories, command syntax, functional distinctions, new features, and practical recommendations for regular users on which tool to adopt.
This guide explains how to install the open‑source Zeit tool on Ubuntu 20.04, launch its graphical interface, and use it to create both one‑time and recurring scheduled tasks via the at and crontab back‑ends, complete with command examples and screenshots.
This guide shows how to manually install and configure systemd-timesyncd on Ubuntu or Debian, choose reachable NTP servers for China, restart the service, verify synchronization, and provides a list of domestic Alibaba Cloud NTP servers.
A 16‑year‑old developer repurposed a non‑functional iPhone 7 with a dead NAND chip by installing Ubuntu 20.04 using checkra1n, linux‑sandcastle and custom udev scripts, turning the device into a functional server that offloads load from his main machine.
Teen developer Daniel Rodriguez repurposes a non‑functional iPhone 7 by jailbreaking it, building a custom Ubuntu 20.04 root filesystem, compiling a tailored kernel, and using projectsandcastle and PongoOS to boot Linux, effectively turning the device into a networked ARM64 server.
This guide walks through using macOS Big Sur's Virtualization Kit together with the open‑source vftool to compile, sign, and run a minimal Ubuntu virtual machine, covering image preparation, network configuration, launchctl auto‑start, and essential post‑creation tweaks.
Ansible is a simple, powerful, agent‑less automation language that uses YAML‑based playbooks to manage configurations, install software, and orchestrate tasks across Linux, Windows, Unix, and network devices; this guide explains its architecture, installation on Ubuntu, configuration files, inventory setup, and common ad‑hoc commands.
Learn step‑by‑step how to install Miniconda on Ubuntu, transfer the installer via WinSCP, configure the base environment, avoid common pitfalls, and use essential conda commands to create, activate, deactivate, and manage Python virtual environments and packages.
Using QEMU, developers have managed to run Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 on Apple M1 Macs, but native Linux support remains elusive, prompting a seasoned porting engineer to launch a Patreon campaign seeking $4,000 monthly to overcome GPU and driver challenges.
This guide walks you through installing the Rust‑based Dog DNS client on Ubuntu, configuring faster crate mirrors, building the binary, and using its rich query features—including A, NS, MX lookups, custom DNS servers, JSON output, and command‑completion support.
This tutorial explains how to update an Ubuntu server, add the ondrej/php PPA, install PHP 8 and its extensions, configure php.ini for both Apache and Nginx, adjust performance settings, and restart services to fully enable PHP 8 on a Linux VPS or cloud instance.
This guide explains how to install the free cross‑platform tool FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 18.04, create a desktop launcher, configure language and settings, and perform bidirectional file synchronization with customizable comparison methods, filters, and sync modes.
This article explains a critical Ubuntu flaw that lets a standard user create a new sudo account and gain root privileges without a system password, details the step‑by‑step exploitation process, and outlines the official patches released to fix the issue.
This guide explains how to build a private npm registry on Ubuntu using cnpmjs, covering MySQL installation, server configuration, repository setup, package publishing, and synchronization options, providing step‑by‑step commands and troubleshooting tips for a stable internal package management solution.
This article explains a critical Ubuntu vulnerability that lets a standard user create a new sudo account and obtain root privileges without a system password, detailing the exploitation steps, required commands, and the underlying flaw in accounts‑daemon and GNOME Display Manager, plus mitigation advice.
This guide walks through installing Zsh on Ubuntu 20.04, setting it as the default shell, configuring initial options, and reverting to Bash, providing step‑by‑step commands and screenshots for each stage.
Security researcher Kevin Backhouse revealed a local‑privilege‑escalation flaw in Ubuntu desktop that lets a standard user create a sudo‑enabled account without a password by abusing a .pam_environment symlink, crashing accounts‑daemon, and forcing GNOME’s initial‑setup wizard, with patches now available.
This guide explains how to activate PHP short open tags by editing the php.ini file on an Ubuntu server with Apache, shows the syntax differences between full and short tags, and provides the necessary commands to reload Apache after the change.
This guide walks you through installing Windows Terminal, adding the Ubuntu subsystem via WSL, customizing the terminal with oh‑my‑zsh, and accessing Linux files from Windows, providing a unified development environment that blends Windows and Linux tools.
This guide explains how to install the Linux version of Sogou Input Method on Ubuntu 20.04, covering the download from the official site, required terminal commands, configuration with fcitx‑configtool, and final activation steps, while noting the QT4 dependency issue that prompted the update.
This guide explains how to install and configure systemd-timesyncd for reliable NTP time synchronization on Ubuntu or Debian systems, especially in isolated environments, including selecting domestic NTP servers, restarting the service, and verifying synchronization status with timedatectl.
Learn to uncover concealed Wi‑Fi networks by capturing router signals with a wireless adapter, using Ubuntu’s airodump-ng and Python’s Scapy library to monitor packets, identify hidden SSIDs, and display them when a client connects, complete with step‑by‑step setup and screenshots.
This guide walks you through installing Windows Terminal, enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux, adding Ubuntu, customizing the shell with oh‑my‑zsh, and accessing Linux files from Windows, turning a standard Windows PC into a versatile development workstation.
Learn step‑by‑step how to activate the root user on Ubuntu, assign a password, configure sudo for password‑less access, and later lock or disable the root account by expiring its password, with clear command examples and safety tips.
This guide explains multiple ways to copy and paste text and commands in Linux terminals, covering keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+Shift+C/V, right‑click context menus, mouse middle‑click pasting, terminal‑specific key bindings, and special cases such as Putty and flow‑control keys.
This article introduces seven visually impressive Linux distributions—elementary OS, Deepin, Pop!_OS, Manjaro, KDE Neon, Zorin OS, and Nitrux—highlighting their unique designs, underlying bases, key features, and where to download them, helping developers choose a beautiful desktop environment.
This guide walks through installing the Hack TrueType font on Ubuntu 18.04, covering downloading from GitHub, extracting the archive, creating a local fonts directory, moving files, rebuilding the font cache, verifying the installation, and optionally removing the font, with all commands provided.
This guide walks you through accessing the GRUB menu, editing boot parameters, gaining a root shell, and safely resetting the root password on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or 20.04 LTS without needing the original credentials.
This article shares the author's personal experience transitioning from Windows to Linux, discusses motivations like learning and freedom, outlines Linux's advantages and drawbacks, and provides detailed troubleshooting steps for common issues on Debian/Ubuntu such as graphics, Wi‑Fi, IDE rendering, and input method bugs.
This guide shows how to compile Flameshot on Ubuntu 16.04, integrate the qxtglobalshortcut5 library, register a custom global shortcut (e.g., Ctrl+F5), and use the enhanced tool while noting remaining limitations such as focus‑loss windows and input‑method support.
This tutorial lists twelve practical Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts—from opening the search bar with the Super key to creating custom shortcuts—explaining how each shortcut works and how it can speed up everyday tasks and improve overall workflow efficiency.
This tutorial explains why a changing desktop IP can disrupt mouse‑sharing tools and walks you through checking the current network settings, recording the IPv4 address, gateway, mask and DNS, and then configuring a static IP (e.g., 192.168.0.210) in Ubuntu’s Network settings, ending with applying the changes and rebooting.
This step‑by‑step tutorial shows how to set up a highly available MongoDB cluster with sharding and replica sets on Ubuntu 18.04, covering key concepts, environment preparation, configuration of config servers, shard replica sets, the mongos router, enabling sharding, testing data distribution, and final deployment tips.
This tutorial walks through installing Java (JRE/JDK), setting JAVA_HOME, installing Jenkins via apt or Docker, configuring Jenkins service and Nginx reverse proxy, handling common timezone and permission errors, and resetting the admin password, providing complete commands and configuration snippets for a functional CI/CD setup on Ubuntu.
This guide walks you through enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux, installing Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store, configuring your user, updating packages, and adding the Go programming language, providing clear screenshots and command examples for a smooth cross‑platform development setup.
This article explains how an expired AddTrust External CA Root caused HTTPS requests to Sentry to fail, shows how to reproduce the error with curl and OpenSSL, and provides step‑by‑step fixes for Ubuntu, Docker‑Alpine, and macOS environments.
Learn how to set up a Python environment on an Ubuntu ECS, install the presto‑python‑client and PyHive libraries, configure Kerberos and SSL credentials, run sample queries against a Presto coordinator, and avoid typical errors such as NTP, SSL and authentication issues.
Linux Lite 5.0 Final, codenamed Emerald, is a lightweight Ubuntu‑based distribution featuring Xfce, out‑of‑the‑box UEFI support, boot‑time integrity checks, an updated WhiskerMenu, and enhanced HiDPI settings, aimed at helping Windows users transition smoothly to Linux.
This guide walks you through installing Ubuntu 20.04, configuring root and sudo passwords, speeding up package management with apt‑fast, switching software sources, installing essential browsers, input methods, terminal tools, Zsh, Vim, Git tweaks, proxychains, desktop shortcuts, and a curated list of useful applications, all with concrete commands and examples.
Discover eleven free and open‑source image viewers for Linux, each with key features, screenshots, and simple terminal commands, so you can choose the best tool for quick browsing, editing, or advanced photo management on your desktop environment.
