How to create a systemd service unit file in Linux
systemd is a system and service manager for Linux operating systems. When you install any application from a repository, it will drop a service unit file into the systemd directory …
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How to manage systemd units with systemctl
In this article, we’ll show you how to manage the systemd units using systemctl command. What’s systemd? systemd is a system and service manager for modern Linux operating systems, which …
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How to monitor Socket connections using ss command
ss (socket statistics) is a command line tool that monitors socket connections and displays the socket statistics of the Linux system. It can display stats for PACKET sockets, TCP sockets, …
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How to install Multimedia Codecs in Linux
By default, the Linux system cannot play most video files that are in encrypted formats (proprietary media formats) if you do not have the required Media Codecs installed on your …
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How to configure firewalld rules in Linux
The firewall is essential for controlling the flow of network traffic in and out of the Linux server. It enables users to control incoming network traffic on host machines by …
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How to use journalctl to analyze logs in Linux
systemd is the default system manager in most of the major Linux distributions, which comes with a new logging daemon called ‘journald’. For many years, system and kernel logs in …
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How to Configure Static IP Address in Ubuntu
Typically, the default setting of Ubuntu is to obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP server, which is good for desktop system, because it does not require any changes. However, …
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13 Best PDF editors for Linux
PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It is widely used for exchanging electronic documents. Documents, forms, and web pages encoded in PDF can be correctly displayed on any device, including …
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6 best tools to monitor disk IO performance in Linux
Disk IO issues (input/output) are one of the most common causes of poor performance on Linux system. This occurs when applications try to quickly read or write too much data …
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The simplest way to edit PDF files in Linux
PDF stands for Portable Document Format which is widely used among general users for documentation purpose and its usage is primarily for printing, sharing and for large documents. By default, …
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