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Transferring files with scp In [Ubuntu]
I recently wrote a basic guide on transferring files with rsync, and I outlined some examples, while rsync is really powerful, the major problem I have with it is that it doesn't support the transfer
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Transferring files with rsync In [Ubuntu]
If you are coming from a GUI world, then you know transferring files from one location or folder to another is as easy as doing a few mouse clicks, the way it works in GNU/Linux is a bit different, a
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Beginners Guide To Using (htop) In Ubuntu
In your server, there are lots of ways you could view a system resource usage, as well as the ability to kill a misbehaving or resource hog processes, for example, you can use the kill command to gra
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Understanding Load Average In GNU/Linux
Load average is the average number of processes that is calculated over a period of time, they can either be in a runnable or uninterrupted‐able state. When a process is in a runnable state, it is
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Understanding & Displaying Running Processes In Ubuntu
Processes are tasks or program that is running, these processes might as well be a daemon (background task). In this guide, you will learn how to determine the process running on your system, as wel
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Managing Jobs In Ubuntu (Minimize Processes)
In this guide, you will learn how to minimize processes, and work on other stuff while the process is still going on, this is similar to the way you would...
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Dealing With Misbehaving Processes in Ubuntu
If you are used to the Windows system, you would have likely come across a misbehaving application, which can most likely be killed using the Task Manager. This is similar in GNU/Linux, the only diff
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Installing and Using (Zip & Unzip) In Ubuntu
Zip is a compression and file packaging utility, this is useful for packaging a set of files for distribution; for archiving files; and for saving disk space by temporarily compressing unused files
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Understanding & Scheduling Tasks With Cron [Ubuntu]
I previously wrote a tutorial about managing system processes in ubuntu, where we walked through starting, stopping programs, and the likes. In some cases, you may need an application to perform a ta
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Managing System Processes (Daemons) In Ubuntu
System processes or Mr. daemons are processes that run in the background on your server, most of the time, they start automatically when your server boots. An example is the OpenSSH Daemon (sshd) whi
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Monitoring Memory Usage [Ubuntu]
Understanding how GNU/Linux manages memory is not quite that black and white, but it's really straightforward if you can get the concept. free command is one of the useful utility for monitoring mem
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Installing, Removing & Searching Software Packages In [Ubuntu]
There are several ways to install, remove and search software packages in Ubuntu, and the way you would install, remove and search software packages...
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Understanding & Managing Network Interfaces In Ubuntu
In this guide, you will learn how to manage network interfaces in Ubuntu with some tidbit you shouldn't ignore while managing interfaces in ubuntu...
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Beginners Guide To SSH Key Management
When you connect to a server via SSH from the client (the machine you want to use to establish the connection to the server), you will be asked to authenticate using the password of the user trying t
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Finding & Removing Orphaned Apt Packages in Ubuntu
When you install software packages (e.g Nginx) in Ubuntu or Debian, the software would most likely depend on other packages to run, so, if the packages that it depends on aren't installed, it is goin
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Understanding The Differences Between Debian & Snap Packages [Ubuntu]
There's generally two different types of package format available in Ubuntu, one is Debian package and the other is a snap package. But before we understand the difference between the two, what are p
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Understanding Permissions on Files & Directories In Linux [Easy Way]
In this guide, we will learn the concepts of permissions using an analogical approach and we dive straight into settings permission, removing permissions...
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Getting Started With OpenSSH
OpenSSH allows you to connect remotely to other GNU/Linux servers/machines securely. It isn't just a tool for a secure network connection, it also provides a large suite of tools such as a powerful a
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Understanding & Assigning a Static IP addresses in Ubuntu
In this guide, you will learn and understand differnt ways of assigning Static IP addresses in Ubuntu, I would also outline the reason you should assign and...
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Easy Guide To Setting A Hostname In Linux/Ubuntu
In this guide, you would learn what a hostname means, how to view a hostname and how to properly set up a hostname on your Linux system...