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How to Install and Use YouTube-DL on Linux

March 18, 2016May 27, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

youtube-dl is a small and powerful command-line program for downloading videos from YouTube and other sites such as Facebook, Yahoo, Google Video. It supports almost 1150+ websites. This requires the …

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How to Manipulate Images from Linux terminal

February 15, 2016March 26, 2021 - by Prakash Subramanian - 2 Comments.

I often work with images while preparing technical articles for 2DayGeek (this website). I take lots of screenshots as part of the article preparation and edit them before adding them …

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How to Install Nginx Web Server on Linux

February 3, 2016May 16, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

Nginx (pronounced “engine X”). NGINX is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. NGINX …

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How to Change User Password in Linux

October 19, 2015July 12, 2020 - by Ramya Nuvvula - Leave a Comment

You may already know about the password command, which enables users to change their password on a Linux system. Regular users on Linux can only change their password. But the …

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How to Install Apache (HTTP) Web Server on Linux

February 5, 2015May 15, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - 2 Comments.

Apache HTTP Web Server is a free and open source cross-platform web server software. Apache is a web server application that is suitable for all Linux and Unix distribution and …

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How to Manage or Monitor a Linux Computer Lab with Epoptes

October 29, 2014April 27, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - 2 Comments.

It’s very difficult to give instruction or administrate when students are seated in a computer lab. It is not possible to draw attention from everyone because they are too busy …

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How to Install and Configure ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) on Linux

October 13, 2014April 23, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

It is the responsibility of the Linux administrator to keep the system secure and prevent any attacks. To do so, there are hundreds of tweaks that a Linux administrator can …

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How to Block the Access to Certain Websites on Linux

July 18, 2014April 16, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - 2 Comments.

Distractions usually occurs when you are connected to the Internet. The reason for this is social media sites such as Facebook.com and Twitter.com. If you spend too much time on …

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Top 7 Linux File Compression and Archive Tools

September 30, 2013January 2, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

There are many applications on Linux that compress and decompress files. These tools temporarily shrink unused files or directories and save disk space. It is very useful to save files …