Linux

In this tutorial we’ll teach you how to install GIMP on Linux! GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, which is a cross-platform powerful image editor. It is a great if not the best image editor in the Linux world. It is a free software, and it’s source code is available to make changes and […]

In this module, we’ll learn to use the VIM plug to install plugins. Vim is one of the best text editors out there. It is very mature, efficient, and extensible. It offers a wide range of editing options and commands but lacks some of the features of a modern text editor. This is because Vim

Let’s learn to use the Libcurl module to fetch web pages. C is a very complicated language and if you have ever worked with Sockets in C, you know that dealing with network connection can sometimes be a nightmare. In this context, fetching webpages using C seems like a nightmare. However, in this module, we’ll

The vim text editor is one of the most popular terminal-based editors. Its richness of commands and flexibility allows users to code at the speed of thought. Vim provides many commands that sometimes have overlapping functionalities. These functionalities are not in any sense redundant, instead, they give the user more freedom in choosing how to

In this article we discuss the function and usage of the chroot command in Linux with examples. What is the chroot command? The chroot command changes the apparent root directory of the current process as well as its child processes. In a Unix based system, the root refers to the base directory(/). Chroot creates a

Sometimes, we need a quick HTTP server, either for testing purposes or transferring files. Setting up an Apache server might prove to be too much work for something trivial. Thus it is really handy to have a bunch of one liners which can quickly spawn a HTTP server for us. In this module we have

A zip bomb, also known as a decompression bomb or zip of death is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. It is one of the oldest “malicious files” going around on the internet. In this module, we’ll create learn to create a zip bomb in

In this tutorial, we see how we connect to GitHub with SSH on your server, for transferring data securely over GitHub. SSH or Secure Shell Protocol provides a secure way of accessing to another client/host. It encrypts the data transferred over the network, giving an additional layer of security. Steps to Connect to GitHub using

In this tutorial we walk through the steps to install Docker on Arch and Arch based systems( Manjaro, Garuda etc.). We’ll also go over the complete setup steps for Docker so you’re ready to go. Btw, if you’re using Debian, we also have a guide to install Docker on Debian. Let’s get started! What is

When you care about security, it is necessary to password protect files in Linux. In this module, we’ll learn how to use the GnuPG command to password protect files for improved privacy and security. What is GnuPG? GnuPG , aka The GNU Privacy Guard, is a set of programs for public key encryption and digital