Linux tutorials

How To Configure FreeIPA server On CentOS 7

FreeIPA stands for Free Identity Policy Audit. FreeIPA is a solution for managing users, groups, hosts, services, and much, much more. It uses open source solutions with some Python glue...

Fix Firefox Not Displaying Webpage Characters ‘Icons’ Properly

Mozilla Firefox is one of the common browsers that almost everyone on the web knows about. Here is a problem I have to help...

Linux Troubleshooting: How To Fix ‘lsb_release’ Command Not Found In CentOS?

Recently, I came through an error called "You must install lsb_release binary before launching this install script." while testing "Shinken" network monitoring tool. After...

Linux Basics: How To Use The ‘free’ Command In Linux

We have covered many useful linux utilities in our website and this time I will explain to you guys how to check the total amount...

Install RepoForge (RPMForge) Repository On RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux 7/6.x/5.x/4.x

Like EPEL, REMI, RPM Fusion repositories, RepoForge, formerly known as RPMForge, is a third party repository that has collection of over 5000 software packages...

How To Setup MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0 On CentOS

MariaDB is a relational database management system (RDBMS) and  MariaDB Galera Cluster is a synchronous multi-master cluster for MariaDB. It is available on Linux only, and...

How To Drop Database In Oracle 11 Without Using DBCA

In this small tutorial, I want to show you how to drop the database without using the GUI tool DBCA 1- Export database SID if...

How To Install Apache Ant, Maven And Tomcat On CentOS 7/6.5

In this tutorial, let me show you how to install Apache siblings such as Ant, Maven, and Tomcat on CentOS 7 and 6.5 server....

How To Fix Double Google Chrome Icon In Plank

Having two Google Chrome icons in Plank is mostly as a result of installing Google Chrome by downloading the .DEB file form Google's website...

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...

IPFire Fixes ShellShock Bug In Bash Shell

IPFire, the linux-based firewall distribution, has been updated with the intention of fixing the GNU Bash vulnerability, a very serious security bug that allows...

IPFire – An Open Source, And Free Firewall Distribution

IPFire is an open-source Linux distribution with many useful features such as web based GUI, web proxy, intrusion detection, VPN, virus scanner, and many....

How To Change Runlevels In Centos7

This Maybe be useful for the users familiar with Centos 6. Because on 7, the way is totally different to switch between run-levels. Method 1 Check Runlevel: #...

How To Install MongoDB On CentOS 7

From Wikipedia, MongoDB (from "humongous") is a cross-platform document-oriented database. Classified as a NoSQL database, MongoDB eschews the traditional table-based relational database structure in favor...

How To Add ‘Open folder as Root’ In Elementary OS Right...

Question: How can I create right menu context that open folders as root in Elementary OS. Answer: To create 'Open folder as root' context menu...

How To Recover Default Openbox Config Files On Crunchbang

CrunchBang is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. Using the nimble Openbox window manager, it is...

[Quick Tip] How To List All Installed Packages On Linux Distributions

To list all installed package on a Linux system depends on which distribution you are running and the package management mode used. In this tutorial,...

Install And Configure WordPress 4.0 “Benny” On CentOS 7

As you may know, WordPress is the most popular free and open source Content management system that can be used to create single or...