How to check and monitor a hard drive in Linux
SMART (Acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) can be found on all modern hard drives, allowing for the detection...
BASH SHELL personalization of the prompt from the Linux terminal
Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is a superset of the Shell Command Language (SH) that allows for a lighter, more legible...
Systemback – Restoring a Ubuntu Server to a previous state in a few steps
I think I discovered the simplest backup method for a Ubuntu server which is Systemback. Sure, there is rsync, which does...
How To Search Google using The Linux Terminal
Let’s suppose you are working in the terminal (change permissions, edit configuration files, etc.) and, to save time, you can...
How to test the speed of the internet connection in the Linux terminal
Speedtest is the most widely used internet speed test tool. In graphic mode, it’s very simple to use. But Speedtest...
How to delete files older than a certain number days in Linux
Once we have automated a VPS server backup, it is unavoidable the fact that we will have to delete older...
What is LaTeX
TeX is considered by some to be the best solution for gathering text containing mathematical formulas, especially in the form...
What is the Standard Query Language
Standard Query Language (SQL) is at the base of any relational database, including DB2 from IBM, Oracle, SQL Server from...
What is GRUB
The boot loader or boot manager is a program that aims to load the computer’s operating system memory when the...
What is wget
Wget (also called GNU Wget Linux) is a non-interactive application for the Linux terminal helping us work with files and...
How to create swap partition in Linux
Swap is a dedicated partition on the hard drive and used by Linux when the total amount of RAM installed...
What is XFCE
Xfce is a free desktop environment and an open-source (under GPL) for UNIX-compliant operating systems. Thus, it runs on Linux,...
