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How to Install Microsoft Teams on Ubuntu 20.04

How to Install Microsoft Teams on Ubuntu 20.04

Microsoft Teams is a great collaborative software with features such as persistent workplace chat, video meetings and file storage. Teams is going to replace Skype for business as Microsoft is planning to end support for it on July 31, 2021. Microsoft Teams is officially available on Linux Distributions and it

How to Install Wordpress with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

How to Install Wordpress with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

WordPress is without doubt the most popular content management software in the world at the moment. It is estimated that more than 27 million live websites on the Internet have been created using WordPress. Even Allthings.how is created using WordPress! As you might know, WordPress needs a web server

How to Save a File in Vim or Vi and Quit the Editor on Linux

How to Save a File in Vim or Vi and Quit the Editor on Linux

vim is one of the most popular file editors in Linux. Part of the popularity is due to the command line mode of vim, which enables users, especially software developers and advanced users to optimize time for file modification operations. In this article, we will see how to save and

How to Find and Replace Text in Vim on Linux

How to Find and Replace Text in Vim on Linux

vim is one of the most popular file editors in Linux. Part of the popularity is due to the command line mode of vim, which enables users, especially software developers and advanced users to optimize time for file modification operations. In this article, we will see how to find and

How to Delete Files and Folders from Linux Command Line

How to Delete Files and Folders from Linux Command Line

Linux has many commands for the removal of files and directories. These programs use different kinds of algorithms to delete files from different file systems. In this article, we will see how to delete files and folders from Linux command line using rm and rmdir commands. Delete Files using rm

How to Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive in Linux

How to Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive in Linux

Traditionally, Operating Systems used to install from CDs or DVDs, including Linux distributions. However, now we have USB flash drives, which are much faster and easier to use than CDs/DVDs. Hence they are being used extensively as boot devices for operating system installations. Let us see how to create

How to Use GNU Debugger in Linux

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How to Use GNU Debugger in Linux

GNU Debugger is used to debug a program, to analyze crash, or to see what the program does at a particular point. It was developed by the GNU Project in the 1980s and has been one of the most widely used command line debuggers as well as one of the

How to Create a Linux Man Page

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How to Create a Linux Man Page

The command man on Linux is embedded in the muscle memory of every Linux developer and user. It is used by literally everyone; from amateur and novice developers to Linux professionals and experts. It is used for reading the command line manual page for a Linux command, configuration file, or

How to use Linux Screen

How to use Linux Screen

GNU Screen, a.k.a, Linux Screen or Screen is a Linux tool for efficient management of command line terminals. It creates virtual terminals so that the same actual terminal is used simultaneously for multiple processes. Installing screen To install screen on Ubuntu and Debian, run: sudo apt install screen

How to Fix UFW Deny Rule when it is not Blocking an IP Address

How to Fix UFW Deny Rule when it is not Blocking an IP Address

ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) is a Linux command line tool for managing Linux iptables firewall easily. It enables users to manage firewall rules on a machine with simple commands like ufw allow and ufw deny to allow or block access from an IP/subnet. If you’ve been trying to block

How to Use 'Pkexec' (a sudo alternative) to Run Commands as Root on Linux

How to Use 'Pkexec' (a sudo alternative) to Run Commands as Root on Linux

sudo is the commonly used program for tasks requiring administrator access in Linux. But in case there is an error with the sudo command or if the sudoers file is invalid, or certain programs are blocked by sudo access, users can make use of a similar command line tool — pkexec.

How to Add a Sudo User in Ubuntu

How to Add a Sudo User in Ubuntu

sudo is one of the most commonly used command in Linux systems. It allows a user to run a particular program as another user, who, by default, is the super user. It is mostly used for administrative purposes; providing limited admin access to non administrative users on a Linux PC.

How to Permanently Delete Files in Linux using Command Line and GUI Tools

How to Permanently Delete Files in Linux using Command Line and GUI Tools

The deletion of files is quite a prevalent task for users of any operating system on any device. Whether you want to delete unused files on your PC, or you want to free up space by deleting older log files on your server, it is handy to know various options

How to Update Firefox from Terminal on Ubuntu Linux PCs

How to Update Firefox from Terminal on Ubuntu Linux PCs

Mozilla Firefox has a popular feature for background updates. It automatically downloads updates and installs them without requiring a fresh install of Firefox, similar to app updates on your iOS and Android devices. However, the automatic updates feature in Firefox isn’t as convenient as it sounds. Most of the

How to Find and Remove Duplicate Files in Linux using 'fdupes' Command Line Tool

How to Find and Remove Duplicate Files in Linux using 'fdupes' Command Line Tool

Have you ever downloaded a PDF document from the Internet, moved it to some folder, and ten months later downloaded it again, because you could not find the first one? Do you have ‘Document’, ‘Document(1)’, Document(2), all clustered in the same Downloads folder? Increased availability of the Internet