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Vifm – A Simple and Powerful Text Based File Manager for GNU/Linux

Vifm What is Vifm (Vi File Manager)? Vifm is a ncurses library based file manager for Linux which allows you to perform almost every file related task (like viewing, moving, deleting etc) right from the shell. It has no GUI, so each task needs to be performed using the keyboard. This might seem odd to some […]

GNOME 3.16 Released With New and Improved Features, Download Now

Here is today’s best news for the Linux and open-source enthusiasts. The popular open-source desktop environment GNOME has released the latest stable update- GNOME 3.16. Over the years, GNOME desktop has seen its share of ups and downs evolving to become one of the most loved open-source environments. Each GNOME release continues to make it […]

Ubuntu 15.04 Beta 2 Released, Download Now

After the release of Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Beta 2, Ubuntu 15.04 Final Beta, Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 Beta 2 and Kubuntu 15.04 Beta 2, its time to greet the final beta release of Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vernet). Ubuntu 15.04 Beta 2 has been released and you can download it to test and use. This Ubuntu release is […]

Mozilla, Linux and Tor Not Accepted for Google Summer of Code 2015

The list of organizations mentoring this year’s GSoC- Google Summer of Code 2015 – has been released and this list is having some unexpected surprises. The biggest surprises are the omissions of Linux Foundation, Mozilla, and Tor. This year’s Google Summer of Code has just 137 organizations, which is lesser than 190 in 2014 and […]

Linux Tutorial – How To Host Your Website On Linux

Today I am going to show you on “How to host your website on Linux VPS (WordPress).” The reason why we are going to host your website on Linux VPS is because they have more stability and reliability for basic web hosting needs, more control compared to shared hosting, cost effective solutions for small website, assured […]

Ubuntu MATE Now an Official Flavor, Download Ubuntu 15.04 Beta Here

After garnering praise from the users and two acclaimed releases, the Ubuntu Mate Linux distribution has now become an official Ubuntu flavor just like Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, and Xubuntu. This is the first addition to Ubuntu family since 2013 with Ubuntu Kylin. Ubuntu MATE is stable and this official build release on Ubuntu MATE Alpha2 […]

Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Released with 3.16 Kernel and Updated Hardware Support

Yesterday Canonical released Ubuntu 14.04.2 which is the second point release of the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS series. Just like every other point release, Ubuntu 14.04.2 brings more hardware supports updates and a number of security updates. This enables you to continue the Ubuntu 14.04 installs on new PCs and leave behind the worries of post-installation […]

Linux Distributions at Risk due to Ghost Vulnerability

Security vendor Qualys announced on Tuesday that a flaw in the popular component of many Linux distributions which would ultimately allow hackers to control a system remotely through just sending an email that contains malware. This vulnerability, named “Ghost”, is in the GNU C Library called glibc. This is a C library that basically defines […]

9 Linux Commands To Be Known To Secure Your Linux From Danger

Linux shell or terminal commands are very powerful and just a simple command could lead one to delete a folder, files or root folder, etc. Linux never asks for confirmation rather it will execute the command right away causing you to lose useful data and information stored in these files and folders. Take a look at the 9 commands and […]

Linux Basic Commands

mkdir – make directories Usage: mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY… eg. mkdir lhn ls – list directory contents Usage: ls [OPTION]… [FILE]… eg. ls, ls ­l, ls lhn cd – changes directories Usage: cd [DIRECTORY] eg. cd lhn pwd ­-  print name of current working directory Usage: pwd vim – Vi Improved, a programmers text editor Usage: vim [OPTION] [file]… eg. vim lhn.txt cp – copy files and directories Usage: cp [OPTION]… SOURCE DEST eg. cp sample.txt sample_copy.txt cp sample_copy.txt target_dir mv – move (rename) files Usage: mv [OPTION]… SOURCE DEST eg. mv source.txt target_dir mv old.txt new.txt rm ­ remove files or directories Usage: rm [OPTION]… FILE… eg. rm file1.txt , rm ­rf some_dir find – search for files in a directory hierarchy Usage: find [OPTION] [path] [pattern] eg. find file1.txt, find ­name file1.txt history – prints recently used commands Usage: history cat – concatenate files and print on the standard output Usage: cat [OPTION] [FILE]… eg. cat file1.txt file2.txt cat ­n file1.txt echo – display a line of text Usage: echo [OPTION] [string] … eg. echo I love India echo $HOME grep ­- print lines matching a pattern Usage: grep [OPTION] PATTERN [FILE]… eg. grep ­i apple sample.txt  wc ­- print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files Usage: wc [OPTION]… [FILE]… eg.  wc file1.txt wc ­L file1.txt sort – sort lines of text files Usage: sort [OPTION]… [FILE]… eg. sort file1.txt sort ­r file1.txt tar – to archive a file Usage: tar [OPTION] DEST SOURCE eg. tar ­cvf /home/archive.tar /home/original tar ­xvf /home/archive.tar […]

Shellshock Bash Bug Leaves Almost Every User on The Internet Vulnerable

They call it Shellshock bug, they say it is way more dangerous than the previous Heartbleed bug which left all the secure SSL system vulnerable, but this bug has power to compromise any system and run commands to install malicious softwares on your device or computer. Hackers may already be accessing people’s personal data by exploiting […]

How to Install a Screensaver in Ubuntu ?

You know the time when LCD, LED screens were not common and CRT monitors were mostly used for video output? it was a time when screensavers were very popular and you must have tried it on your Windows PC. But these days you don’t see them much the reason being that 15 years back they […]

How to Install Cinnamon on Ubuntu 14.04?

Cinnamon is a popular Linux desktop based on GTK+ that got its start as a fork of GNOME Shell . It is an official desktop environment of Linux Mint . But it is also available for other leading distros like Arch Linux , Open Suse , Fedora etc . If you are using one of […]

Backtrack to be Reborn as Kali Linux

Backtrack development team has announced that Backtrack  is in process of a major change and the operating system will replaced by the name of Kali. Initially Backtrack was born for personal use by its developers now known as the world number one Pantesing Platform with new tools and options, which is a great news for everyone. […]