Let’s understand what Windows Subsystem for Linux is and how we can implement it. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is the perfect solution for you if you want to use Linux on your Windows machine, but don’t want to indulge in the complicated process of setting up the virtual machine or the dual boot mode …
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In this article, we’ll be talking about the Nix package manager. If you are reading this on any Linux distribution, you probably know what a package manager is. But for starters, a is package manager is software that is used to install, remove, upgrade the packages on a device. However traditional package managers like apt …
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Browsh is a fully interactive, real-time, and purely text-based browser for your terminal. While you might have heard or even used some popular terminal-based browsers like Lynx or ELinks before, Browsh is unlike any of them. Browsh can render everything that a modern browser can. This includes images, animations, gifs, and even videos. It is …
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Btrfs on Ubuntu is a modern copy-on-write (CoW) filesystem for Linux with an aim to implement advanced features while being easy to repair, maintain, and easy administration. Like ZFS, the Btrfs file system features advanced features like Snapshots, RAID, self-healing, and more. You can find the whole list of features at btrfs Wiki. Btrfs project …
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We all are aware, that the beauty of Linux operating systems are so varied that there is one for every use and matching preferences of every person. For everyone, there is surely one Linux distribution they will love. In this article, we will discuss eXtern OS and why you should give it a try and …
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traceroute command is a network diagnostic tool that is used to follow the path taken by data packets on their way to the final destination. One of its use is to find the cause of the lag in the connection. It was originally written by Van Jacobson. Almost all the modern operating systems have one …
The udevadm command is a device management tool in Linux which manages all the device events and controls the udevd daemon. udev rules are defined with the .rules file in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d In this article, we’ll learn about the basics of udevadm in Linux with the help of examples. Syntax of udevadm command The syntax for …
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The strace command is a powerful debugging and diagnostic tool in Linux. It records every system call and the response it receives by a particular process. It is similar to the truss tool in other Unix-like operating systems. So, you can debug a program without needing to read its code. It is also a great …
In this article, we’ll learn about the usage of the mke2fs command in Linux. mke2fs command is part of the e2fsprogs package, which provides the filesystem utilities for use with the ext2/3/4 file systems, and the mkfs command, which is the part of the util-linux package calls mke2fs when it is requested to create an …
Let’s install Minecraft on Linux in this article. If we talk about games, you might have surely heard of Minecraft. It is one of the most epic and popular games since its first launch in 2009. Minecraft has been the most selling game with more than 150 million users worldwide. Minecraft is also supported for …