If you have been using a Linux distribution, you might have encountered filesystems errors somehow. Filesystems can be identified as a hierarchy of directories (or a directory tree) which determines the way files (more…)
Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo is the latest version of Ubuntu. It was released on April 18th 2019 hence the name 19.04. This new installment in Ubuntu comes with a few major improvements. In this article, we will (more…)
GNOME shell extensions are used to enhance the GNOME desktop experience. It is the best way to tweak GNOME. There is a whole bunch of shell extensions available for free download. OpenWeather, GNO-menu, (more…)
Sometimes system administrators or frequent users on Ubuntu do not want to enter a password when they run some specific commands using sudo command.In this article you will learn how to use sudo on commands without (more…)
The ‘useradd’ command in linux is a popular tool used to create or add user accounts.Much like the command ‘usermod’, the ‘useradd’ command affects many files when it is invoked to create a new user (more…)
The usermod command modifies or alters any attributes of a previously created user account via command line.In some situations, an administrator would need to change the existing attributes of an already created (more…)
In this article, you will learn how to become the almighty root user on Ubuntu. You will therefore be able to carry out various administrative tasks like package installation and removal, system related commands as (more…)
Updated on 7/1/2023 -Services, also known as daemons, are scripts and programs that run in the background and provide various functionalities, such as MySQL, or web server services (like Tomcat). As the number of services increases over (more…)
Updated on 4/1/2023 – You may have noticed as a Linux user (here we will focus on Ubuntu, but this applies to major distros), that your system has rather been slow or sluggish over time despite the powerful hardware of your computer. (more…)
One of the most commonly used commands to compress and extract files is ‘tar’. The tar tool, which stands for ‘tape archive’, is one of the most important utilities for system administrators in the Unix/Linux world. The (more…)
