CDs are long gone and if you want to reinstall an operating system, a bootable flash drive is required. You can use tools like Ventoy and Balena Etcher to do this task from a GUI, however, what’s the fun in that? Let’s learn how to create a bootable USB drive from an ISO on Ubuntu […]
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As a system admin, you need to be able to communicate with other systems on a network to share data. You can do so using the ssh command in Linux. It is a command-line utility in Linux systems which connects your system to a remote host. What is SSH? The ssh utility stands for ‘Secure
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Linux users love automation, and the OS also provides a lot of opportunities to automate tasks easily. The bind command is a keyboard short that you can create to run specific macros or commands quickly without having to type them out. Let’s go over the bind command and understand the use here. What’s the bind
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The bg command in Linux helps in managing services by allowing us to put existing processes in the background. Let’s understand the basics of the command and dive right into the usage. What’s the bg Command in Linux? The bg command in Linux, better known as the ‘background’ command, is a job control command in
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Networking is crucial for any Linux user. As a system admin, you need to be able to communicate with other systems on a network to share and receive data. Linux provides us with a wide range of tools to interact, get information and troubleshoot our networks. Two powerful utilities for this purpose come in the
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Let’s understand how you can work with, compress, and extract 7zip Files on Ubuntu. Compressing your files is a common practice nowadays. Compression saves space while storing files on your system. It also reduces the time which you need to spend when transferring your files over the network. 7zip archiver is one of the most
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Working with archives in Linux is easy. There are a few commands that take care of almost all the archive types for you. The gzip command in Linux is one such command. Without any arguments, the gzip command will automatically compress the files that you specify right after the command. Compression is a common practice
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In our last article, we learned how to list packages in Ubuntu with the apt command. Today, let’s learn to use the apt command to search for a package in Ubuntu. Linux relies on packages to deliver or install applications on a system. These packages are essentially compressed file archives. These archives are used when
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Let’s find out how we can use the apt command to list installed packages on Ubuntu/Debian. Packages help in delivering or installing any application on a Linux running system. Essentially, packages are nothing but a compressed archive of the files and dependencies required to install a program or service. These packages are used when a
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How can you shutdown Linux from the command line? Let’s learn to use the shutdown command in Linux for the same purpose! A Linux system admin is in charge of keeping a system and running and maintaining updates on the machine. But for core kernel updates, your system needs to be shut down safely and
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