How To Enable Minimize and Move Windows Buttons in Elementary OS ‘Luna’
Hey Guys, As the title of the post says, am going to show you how to do the three items listed below in Elementary OS ‘Luna’: 1. Enable Minimize Button 2. Move Windows Button to Left OR Right 3. Reset...
View ArticleHow To Execute bin Files In Linux
Hi linux geeks, In this short tutorial I will teach you how to install .bin files in your Linux machine. Not scary terminal commands, I promise! But I will also show how to do it from the terminal....
View ArticleHow To Fix “Error: database disk image is malformed” On CentOS / Fedora
Today I have been trying to update my CentOS 6.5 virtual machine using command “yum update”. # yum update Sample output: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security Loading mirror speeds from cached...
View ArticleLearn How To Take Screenshots And Edit Them With Shutter In Ubuntu
Dear ubuntu geeks, In this tutorial I will teach you how to use a feature-rich app for taking screenshots and editing them in your Ubuntu machine. This program is very useful when you want to take...
View ArticleLearn apt-get Package Handling Utility In Ubuntu
Dear unixmen reader, In this tutorial you will learn about the apt-get command-line tool which is considered the user’s “back-end” to other tools using the APT library for handling packages. It has...
View ArticleInstall LEMP Server (Nginx, MariaDB, And PHP) On Fedora 20/19
LEMP is a combination of the operating system and open-source software stack. The acronym LEMP is derived from first letters of Linux, Nginx HTTP Server, MySQL/MariaDB database, and PHP, Perl or...
View ArticleLearn dpkg, the package manager for Debian – Part One
Dear linux geek, In this tutorial I will try to teach you how to use the the dpkg package manager for Debian, a tool that is used to install, build, remove and manage packages in debian or debian based...
View ArticleLinux Basics: ‘tree’ Command Usage
Hello Unixmen Readers, In this article we will look at how to list contents in a directory as the the title implies in a tree format. You might be thinking why will you want to list the contents of a...
View ArticleInstall Hotshots 2.1.0 in Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Ubuntu
HotShots is an application for capturing screens and saving them in a variety of image formats as well as adding annotations and graphical data (arrows, lines, texts,…). You can also upload your...
View ArticleLinux Basics: Add Users From Terminal
Of course, adding users can also be done using Graphical User Interface (GUI) but doing things from the Terminal in Linux is always fun, powerful, fast and interesting. You only need to sit back and...
View ArticleInstall Puppet Enterprise Server On CentOS 6
Puppet Enterprise is IT automation software that gives system administrators the power to easily automate repetitive tasks, quickly deploy critical applications, and proactively manage infrastructure,...
View ArticleLinux Basics: colordiff, An Alternative To The diff Command
Dear Linux geeks, In this article I will teach you how to use a very useful tool that can be used to compare files line by line. I find it easy to use and recommend it to Linux geeks that want to move...
View ArticleInstall LAMP Server (Apache, MariaDB, And PHP) On Mageia 4
LAMP is a combination of operating system and open-source software stack. The acronym LAMP is derived from the first letters of Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL/MariaDB database, and PHP/Perl/Python....
View ArticleLinux Basics: du Command Usage
Today we will discuss about how to find or summarize the disk usage on Unix/Linux systems using the du command. du stands for Disk Usage. In this handy tutorial, let us see how to use du command in...
View ArticleHow to enable 32-bit support for 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10 or greater
Most of you who use Ubuntu/Debian based distributions prefer the 64-bit mode, right? That’s because 64-bit architecture utilizes the full capabilities of your hardware. It enables you to use...
View ArticleLinux Basics: Zypper Usage On openSUSE
What is Zypper? As you may know already, Zypper is most powerful command line package manager for installing, updating and removing packages as well as for managing repositories. Zypper is an open...
View ArticleHow to surf using Tor Browser Bundle
Tor (The Onion Router) is a free software that allows users to browse the web anonymously through onion routing. It refers to encryptions on multiple levels and through multiple relays that obscure...
View ArticleInstall Corosync and Pacemaker On CentOS 6.5
I will show you in this tutorial how to install your first cluster Corosync and the Linux Cluster Manager Pacemaker. Let me give small definitions about Corosync and Pacemaker. The Corosync Cluster...
View ArticlePuppet agent Install Using Script
With this script, you can install puppet agents in few minutes on Red Hat or Debian based systems. Make a puppet script file, # vi puppetscript.sh Add the following contents:...
View ArticleInstall Power Commands 0.1.5 On Ubuntu 14.04/13.10/12.10/12.04
Power Commands, power management application created by the Atareao team , this app helps users to perform the following via the Unity Dash: - turn off - reboot -suspend - hibernate - log out - block...
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