Frequently Asked Questions

How to upgrade or update kernel of the CentOS to Latest...

The kernel is the core of the operating system, and runs the CPU, manages system memory, controls access to disk drives, and contains device...

How To Add An Up Button To Elementary OS Window

The windows manager in Elementary OS is called Pantheon-files. By default, it does include an Up button as seen in some other Linux distributions. Below is...

Bash Alias: How It Works and Why You Need One

The bash shell incorporates some of the best features of the C and Korn shells, such as job control, directory manipulation, and aliases.  Aliases are...

How to upgrade from Fedora 13 & 14 to Fedora 15

Question :  How to upgrade from Fedora 13 & 14 to Fedora 15?   Answer: Fedora 15  will be out in few  days , to upgrade from...

How To Install OpenCart On CentOS 7 Linux

Today, we will learn how we can install OpenCart on our CentOS 7 Linux distribution. Why CentOS? CentOS Linux is a community-supported distribution derived from sources freely...

Things to Do after install fedora 24

Update Your System In Linux Operating system all the packages and libraries are updated on regular basis, Even we  install latest operating system(fedora 24), There...

Suspend VS hibernate in Linux, what is the difference?

Question: Suspend VS hibernate in Linux, what is the difference? Answer: Suspend stops operation of all applications and system state is saved in RAM, the machine...

Opensuse11.4 – Apache – Access Forbidden 404| FAQs

Question: I installed apache  from yast  manager in opensuse and i started apache, everything went ok. Now  when i type in the browser http://ip i...

How to avoid sudo password prompt?

Question : How  to avoid sudo password prompt ? Answer  : First Assign the permissions to the sudoers file, by running the following command: chmod 740 /etc/sudoers Second: Edit file ...

How To Find The Public IP Address Your Network Is Sending

You know that the IP address visible within your network may be not the same with the public IP your network is sending. If...

Install Emoji Smileys In Pidgin

Pidgin is a graphical modular messaging client based on libpurple which is capable of connecting to AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, XMPP, ICQ, IRC and others. You have...

Update Centos 6.5/6.4 Behind Proxy – Solved

Today i was struggling with CentOS yum updating behind a proxy in my Office. The proxy server is Windows 2003 with authentication (Domainuserpassword). I referred...

How to Secure Your Home Network with OpenDNS

OpenDNS is a free DNS alternative to your ISP DNS. It helps you to get faster and as well as safer browsing at absolutely...

Rdesktop: Access Windows Desktops Remotely From Linux [Quick Tip]

Introduction Most of you know about rdesktop which is used to view and access Windows desktops remotely from any GNU Linux systems. rdesktop is an...

How to Protect Your Linux Server Using IPTABLES

Unfortunately, there are many instances of server hacking. Due to this fact, utilizing a firewall is essential to enhance network security. You can increase...

Comparative Introduction To FreeBSD For Linux Users

Introduction BSD was originally derived from UNIX and currently, there are various number of Unix-like operating systems descended from the BSD. While, FreeBSD is the...