Category: Linux

Logical Volume Management: A Practical Illustration

# Runas root kim@kimlinux:~$ sudo su - # List all disks fdisk -l | grep…

Installing Linux Kernel on Windows 10 Machines

# installLinuxOnWindows10.ps1 # Please don't try to run this on target OS Windoze XP or…

CentOS & Redhat Linux VS Exfat

Have you ever encountered this error: "Unable to access $$$ GB Volume" Error mounting /dev/mmcblk0…

Administering CentOS 8 with Cockpit

CentOS 8 default installation already has this utility installed. To render it active, one only…

How to install RetroArch on CentOS 8

RetroArch is a nice front-end GUI to enable a computer to emulate various console systems…

Installing Kubernetes on CentOS 8.1

Step 1: Preparing All Nodes # Installing prerequisites # Update before installation sudo su yum…

Linux Swap File Operations

Example: create, increase, or decrease existing swap file size swapoff -a # turn off swapping…

Disable Screensaver on CentOS 8

Here are a couple of tricks that worked in the past. I don't think they…

Linux: How to Set Startup Script

In previous Linux versions, startup scripts can simply be enabled by linking a script into…

CentOS 8: How to Only Apply Security Updates

[cuilo@test-box ~]# sudo yum --security update CentOS-8 - AppStream 12 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00…

Linux: How to Use Tar and Gunzip

Tar is an archival system. It helps bundling many directories and files into a single…

Linux: How to Migrate Users to a New Host

Overview: Linux systems are mostly compatible with one another, even when their kernel versions are…

Linux: How to Install ProFTPd on CentOS 8 as an SFTP Server

Introduction: While this article focuses on the installation and configuration aspects of SFTP via the…

BASH: Basic SED Training

Do you know Sed? If you ask 'who is he', then this little article if…

Unix / Linux File Permissions Cheat Sheet

General Permissions Overview: Permissions (base) 1 – execute2 – write4 – read Permissions (octal) 3…

Linux: How to Change IP Address of CentOS 8 Machine

# Check the network interface config files ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts [cuilo@web02 ~]$ ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ifcfg-ens192 #…

Linux: How to Change Hostname

There are 3 methods:1. hostnamectl command : using systemctl (recommended and shown at the bottom…

Useful Ubuntu Settings for VNC

# Disable screensaver Ubuntu (Gnome) gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false # Purge screensaver and update…

How to Install Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu and its variants are pre-packaged with Mozilla's Firefox Web Browser. Although that is a…

Linux: Use Lubuntu 20.04, TightVNC Server, NoVNC, WebSockify to Create a Terminal Server Accessible via Any Browser!

Use Case:Imagine a virtual classroom with students using Chromebooks, iPads, and other types of computers,…