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Systemd has nowadays become the de facto standard init system for all the major Linux distributions. Superseding SysV and upstart, it also replaced the classical way of defining system runlevels, using system targets, a special type of unit. In this tutorial we will see how to boot an Ubuntu 18.04 system into the emergency and rescue systemd targets, and what kind of environment they provide to the users.

The pwd command is one of the most basic commands in Linux. Here we will learn how to use pwd to output the full path name of your current directory.

You probably know the feeling: You ask for data and get a positive response, only to open the email and find a whole bunch of PDFs attached. Data, interrupted. We understand your frustration, and we’ve done something about it: Introducing Textricator, our first open source product. read more

How to migrate repositories from GitHub, configure the software and get started with hosting Git repositories on your own Linux server... In this article, I show how to migrate repositories from GitHub, configure the necessary software and perform some basic operations.

Open source is the new normal in tech today, with open components and platforms driving mission-critical processes at organizations everywhere. As open source has become more pervasive, it has also profoundly impacted the job market. Across industries the skills gap is widening, making it ever more difficult to hire people with much needed job skills.

Freedom can have different meanings for different people at different times. Sometimes, it's the smallest freedoms that make the biggest difference.

Vsftpd also known as a very secure FTP daemon is an FTP server for Unix-like systems. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Vsftpd with SSL/TLS support on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) server.

The “Khadas Edge” SBC runs Linux or Android on a Rockchip RK3399 and offers WiFi/BT, HDMI 2.0, USB 3.0 and 2.0, and dual USB Type-C ports, as well as an MXM3 connector to plug into an upcoming “Khadas Captain” carrier. Shenzhen Wesion’s Khadas project has posted specs for a “Khadas Edge” board that combines attributes of both a single board computer and a computer-on-module.

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Apache Virtual Hosts allows you to run more than one website on a single machine. With Virtual Hosts, you can specify the site document root (the directory which contains the website files), create a separate security policy for each site, use different SSL certificates and much more.

Acrosser announced a rugged, Linux-ready “AIV-Q170V1FL” in-vehicle PC with a 6th Gen Core CPU, CAN support, 4x GbE with PoE, 2x swappable SATA III bays, 8x USB 3.0, and 3x mini-PCIe slots. The AIV-Q170V1FL, which follows earlier AIV-branded in-vehicle computers like the Intel 5th Gen Core based AIV-APL1V1FL and Apollo Lake driven AIV-APL1V1FL, is Acrosser’s […]

In this tutorial we will show you how to set up MyWebSQL on Ubuntu 16.04 server. MyWebSQL is a free and open source web based WYSIWYG client for managing the databases on your server. It provides a simple and intuitive interface with the look and feel of a desktop application. This PHP based application offers rich features amd plenty of tools for database management and it can work with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases.

While compression is helpful in general as it allows you to save space on your system, command line users need to uncompress the file for several small tasks, like viewing what all the file contains. However, there exists a command line utility - dubbed zcat - that lets you take a peek inside compressed files without any additional effort.

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In this three-part series, I'll explain how to set up a simple, useful NAS (network attached storage) system. I use this kind of setup to store my files on a central system, creating incremental backups automatically every night. To mount the disk on devices that are located in the same network, NFS is installed. To access files offline and share them with friends, I use Nextcloud. read more

Open-source Windows wannabe ReactOS took another tentative step towards usability with a 0.4.9 release aimed at stability and self-hosting.

There may be times where logging into a computer remotely is necessary. You may require access to a file, need to assist a friend with a problem, or even transfer files between computers. Whatever it is Secure Shell (SSH) lets you connect to another computer running Linux (or indeed another Unix system like BSD or Solaris) over an encrypted connection. For a remote host to receive SSH connections, it must have the daemon running (sshd) and you must have it accept incoming packets to port 22 if a firewall is used.

World of Warcraft is still easily the most popular MMORPG. Learn how to install and play World of Warcraft on Ubuntu.

NetBSD has a new major release in its 25th year. NetBSD 8.0 release brings several new features and improvements.

Since I left Facebook for good, I realized how much I liked a simple yet nice feature. Every day, Facebook would show me photos I took on this day a year ago. Although I wasn’t sharing a lot of photos on Facebook, I enjoyed receiving these small greetings from the past.