In this tutorial, we will learn the steps to install GUI on Ubuntu Server. Ubuntu server is a server operating system which by default comes only with the command-line interface. In cases where you need a graphical interface, we need to have a desktop environment. Installing Complete Desktop Environment We will be looking into various […]
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While updating or installing packages using apt, apt-get, aptitude, or dpkg, on either Ubuntu, Debian or Linux Mint, you might get an error saying ‘unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock‘ or a similar error related to locks. This error is generated when the system is unable to acquire the required permissions to install or upgrade
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In this article, we will be looking at 10 Linux alternative Operating Systems. The obvious two would be Windows and macOS but we will look at other ones than these two. List of Linux Alternative Operating Systems When it comes to open-source Operating Systems, Linux would be, unanimously, the most popular and widely used one.
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Learn How to install and transfer file securely. The scp command in Linux – Securely Copy Data in Linux.
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In this tutorial, we will be looking at the steps to install and set up a VNC Server on a CentOS 8 machine. VNC or Virtual Network Computing is a platform-independent protocol that enables users to connect to and control a remote computer system graphically. It follows a server-client architecture. Steps to Install VNC Server
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The screen command is a terminal multiplexer. It is similar to the Window Manager for a Desktop Environment except that it works inside the terminal. It can create sessions and split windows which are a very powerful way of doing multitasking in the terminal. Installing the screen command The screen command can be installed with
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When it comes to downloading files from the internet, we usually imagine pressing the download button. However, you can also download files directly from your terminal. Wget and Curl are two of the popular tools that let you do that. In this tutorial we will look at these two and see how the two differ.
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Vim and Nano are two of the commonly used editors available on Linux. Both the editors differ a lot in the way they operate. Nano is simple to use and easy to master while Vim is powerful and tough to master. Vim is a mode based text editor while Nano is modeless. Mode based editor
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Emacs editor is one of the oldest and most versatile text editors available for Linux UNIX-based systems. It has been around for over 20 years. It is known for its powerful and rich editing features. Emacs offers amazing editing features like that of Vim editor and is as user-friendly as the nano editor. You won’t have to enter insertion mode to
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In this article, we’ll learn the steps to install VLC on Ubuntu. VLC is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player. It is the go-to media player if you want to play video/audio content on your system. Personally, what I like about VLC is its ability to play files of different formats without any issue.
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