Neofetch is a cool system information tool that gives you all the information about your system by running “neofetch” command in Terminal. It is cool tool to have because it gives you information about desktop environment, kernel version, bash version and GTK theme you are running. The repositories have been added. Run the apt update command to … Read more
SimpleScreenRecorder is available in Ubuntu Software Centre in most of the recent Ubuntu releases. But somehow if you don’t find it there you can run following command in Terminal to install this screen video recorder. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marten-baert/simplescreenrecorder $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder
Franz is your messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram and many many more. Follow the below steps to install Franz Messenger App in Ubuntu 18.04: root@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get update root@mangesh:~$ wget https://github.com/meetfranz/franz-app/releases/download/4.0.4/Franz-linux-x64-4.0.4.tgz root@mangesh:~$ mkdir franz root@mangesh:~$ tar -xzvf Franz-linux-x64–4.0.4.tgz -C franz/ root@mangesh:~$ cd franz/ root@mangesh:~/franz$ ls root@mangesh:~/franz$ ./Franz
linux understands both the Berkely lpr and the System V (lp) set of printer commands. Most distributions include a graphical-based utility allowing people more flexibility in their printing. kprinter allows people to select which printer to use, and which properties to enable, all with the click of a mouse. It is part of the CUPS … Read more
This article is concerned with the creation, deletion, and manipulation of files. By the end of this section, the user should be able to identify all files within a directory, create new ones, remove others, display the contents of some, rename others, and more. ls: Listing The contents of a directory can be displayed using … Read more
Now that the UNIX tree-structured file system has been introduced, it would be useful to know how to find our way through the system and how to create files, delete them and rename them. cd: Change Directory To move from one directory to another the cd command is used. Use as: cd [directory] directory may … Read more
This article will deal with how to log on to the UNIX system, and how to log out. Logging On Initially, a user needs to get a userid and, optionally, a password. The userid is typed in at the login prompt, which usually looks like: login: Following the logon, the password prompt will appear: password: … Read more
Traditionally, UNIX systems allow any host, from anywhere, to connect to its various services (such as telnetd, ftpd, POP/IMAP). Since the majority of NRC’s systems are connected directly off the Internet, it means anyone may have access to the systems and their services. To restrict who has access to which service, TCP wrappers are used … Read more
SSH (Secure SHell) is a protocol used to provide secure connections between two hosts. The secure connection is provided by encrypting the entire session between the two systems. Each system has a pair of keys: a private and a public key. The keys are created at the same time, so they do have a direct … Read more
To system administrators: use the rules. make sure every user uses a password. limit the number of people who know the root password, to at least one more than yourself, but not too many. use the root account only when performing system administration work.