When you are using the VIM editor on Linux and you would like to exit, you just need to follow the tips below. First press the Esc key in order to access the Normal mode. Now to access the Command-line mode, you can just type in : . (more…)
Ubuntu automatically assigns an IP address to the network via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ). It will continue to get such a dynamic IP (keeps changing) address until you decide to change it to (more…)
For a system administrator, monitoring the performance of Ubuntu or any other OS, is very important for day to day activities. Since many performance monitoring tools for linux are available , it is difficult to choose a good and reliable one.
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If you want to work with vector graphics files, you can use a nice utility on Ubuntu called Gravit Designer which is a free and complete vector graphics design application. (more…)
There are many GUI applications on Linux that help optimize and compress images while retaining the original quality. In this article we will use two command-line based utilities , jpegoptim and OptiPNG. Let’s get started. (more…)
Gunzip It is a utility that decompresses already compressed files such as images, documents, audio tracks, etc . Gunzip accepts many file extensions such as .gz, -gz, _z,.z, -z , .Z, .tgz or .taz. After (more…)
Ubuntu allows you easily to hide and show folders and files using the file manager. (more…)
Normal users can acquire administrator privileges which is usually held by the root user, via the sudo command. In this short article, you will find an easy way to create a powerful new user who will have sudo (more…)
When it comes to installing applications and programs on Linux there are several ways to do it. More advanced users can choose to download the source code (more…)
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use two simple and lightweight command line tools to help you analyze the space usage of your files and folders both on your local machine and on a remote system. Let’s get started. (more…)
