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Recently, I installed a VMware workstation on a fresh Debian installation. After that, when I ran the VMware workstation to create a new virtual machine, I got the error message: Build environment error! A required application is missing, and Modconfig can not continue. XZ Check the log for more details.

The first impression of the new logo makes me wonder why Ubuntu needed to change the logo, which was looking far better in terms of visual appeal.

Once in a while, you will encounter the above error after making changes to /etc/hostname. And the resolution of this error is pretty simple.

No offense, but are you still using the same old standard FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to exchange files from a remote system? It’s been a five-decade since FTP came, now we have a more appropriate alternative with good security algorithms without compromising the speed.

Before moving on to the installation step, check out the feature that is no less than other BitTorrent clients.

qBittorrent is an open-source peer-to-peer Bittorrent client which is available for all platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and OS/2. You can use this as an alternative to µTorrent.

Typically, we use arrow keys to control shell behaviors like moving the cursor from one point to another point. Also, it’s quite common to make mistakes while writing commands and to correct these you may use arrow keys + backspace, which is not optimal at all.

What would you do if someone asked you to create a file size of 1 GB or more in Linux?

Regular permission can be overridden by special permissions like SUID, SGID, and sticky bit. When you use the special permissions on a file, then only the owner of the file or group owner can manipulate the file.

Traditionally, when people consider PC gaming, the overwhelming majority have only really considered Microsoft Windows as the operating system of choice. However, those thoughts are slowly changing, with Linux becoming more accepted.

We have recently covered an article on the UUID of disk storage, where we discussed why we need UUID, how to retrieve it, and all. It is important to have a UUID when you want to automount your drive.

Zig is an open-source, imperative, statically typed, compiled programming language designed by Andrew Kelley in 2016. Zig’s programming language has made some big claims by its designer that Zig utilizes C libraries better than C itself.

In this article, you will see what sticky bit is and how to set and remove sticky bits from directories and files.

Whenever you do a login, logout, or attempt to log in, everything gets recorded on your system, and there is a specific command that you can use to find out who has logged into your Linux system. In this article, you will see a binary file that is responsible for maintaining records and how to read the binary file using the “utmpdump“ utility.

What is Nim Programming Language? Nim is an open-source, imperative, statically typed compiled programming language. Nim combines the concepts from mature programming languages such as Python, Ada, and Modula.

Why to use Nim?

Obviously, you might wonder, why extract VMLinuz? What is the use of it? Extraction of assembly code may be helpful when you want to debug where the problem occurred and how the specific function is executed. And in this article, you will see how to extract the vmlinuz file and disassemble (read) the vmlinuz file in Linux.

There may be a couple of reasons why you need to extract initramfs or initrd images. As of now, I want to fix my computer, which was not allowing me to use my laptop with the following error: “Failed to start VirtualBox Linux kernel modul

Nano isn’t good as it should be, while vim seems quite complex for the beginner. There are many Text Editor for Linux users, and choosing the best one is quite debatable. Suppose you do not want to leave nano because other editors are too complex and require a learning curve. Then you didn’t try till now micro terminal-based text editor.

We can use multiple tools to monitor system statistics, but if you are looking for virtual memory, use vmstat, which support numerous options and parameters.

Telnet can perform a few things that can be very helpful for Linux network administrators, like testing the open port over the remote system for troubleshooting, which is not possible in SSH protocol.