Category Archives: Linux tutorials

CPIO command to backup and restore in Linux

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The cpio command is one of the most commonly used Linux back up tools. The cpio command has two unusual features. Unlike tar , in which the files to back up are typed in as part of the command, cpio … Continue reading

Start your webcam in debian with camorama

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Camorama is a GNOME 2 Webcam application featuring various image filters, it  allows you to view videos from your webcam and apply various image filters to it, and  can also upload images via ftp. This  methode  was  tested   under  debian … Continue reading

Linux RunLevels

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The idea behind operating different services at different runlevels essentially revolves around the fact that different systems can be used in a different ways. Some services cannot be used until the system is in a particular state, or mode, such … Continue reading

How to create backup with tarball -tar- command

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TAR is usually used to create archive of entires directory and after the tar process we usually compress it in a GZIP file, tar is considered as the easiest and simplest way to make a backup for files and folders … Continue reading

How-to Send an Email from the Terminal using sendEmail

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You can use sendEmail to send emails from the terminal, SendEmail is a lightweight, command line SMTP email client. If you have the need to send email from a command line, this free program is perfect: simple to use and … Continue reading

Install webmin on Redhat, Fedora, CentOS

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Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix/. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and … Continue reading

A nice collection of icons for Ubuntu and Gnome

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Today I chose for you a collection of nice gnome and ubuntu icons. You can use them to change the default icons of Gnome or Ubuntu, so make it looks like you wish to be.  

Basic commands,Part I: Compress and decompress files using rar, bzip, tarball(tar) and gunzip

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This is a serie of lessons of “Basic Commands “ that focuses on command-line usage, in this serie you will learn the tools and tricks of the command line, which are in many cases faster, more powerfull, and more flexible … Continue reading

Basic commands, Part I: Compress and decompress files using rar, bzip, tarball(tar) and gunzip

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

This is a serie of lessons of “Basic Commands “ that focuses on command-line usage, in this serie you will learn the tools and tricks of the command line, which are in many cases faster, more powerfull, and more flexible … Continue reading

Howto : Install vlc 1.0.0 in ubuntu and fedora

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VLC media player is an open source, free software media player written by the VideoLAN project. VLC is a portable multimedia player, encoder, and streamer supporting many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and … Continue reading