With smartphones becoming more popular and cellular data speeds becoming faster everyday there are a lot of people out there that have been tethering their Android smartphones with their Linux computers. What is tethering? Tethering is where you share your smartphone’s internet service with your desktop or laptop computer. Most of today’s smartphones have this capability […]
Many beginner Linux users get Linux installed on their computer or run a live Linux USB and get Linux running then can’t figure out how to connect to the internet and configure their IP address. Most Linux distributions will have this feature setup automatically to use DHCP to setup Linux IP address. Not everyone will […]
Your files, credit card information, photos, videos, and all your other personal or professional data stored on your hard drive or some online account is yours and you don’t want others to gain access to your information. The first step to prevent others from accessing any of your accounts is creating a good password to […]
So you’ve been searching the internet on how to change your Linux password, how to change password in Linux terminal, or some other phrase related to changing your Linux password. Well changing your Linux password is easy to do. You can change your Linux password either using a GUI (Graphical User Interface) or a CLI […]
I’ve seen many people searching the internet looking for “run a .sh file” or “how to run a .sh file”. I’ve also had many Linux users ask me what do I do with a .sh file? Well a .sh file is a script file that you can run in bash. How to Run a .sh […]
In this Linux guide you will learn how to setup and install Linux on a USB thumb drive. This how to will teach you to create a live Linux USB stick using Linux, Windows, and Mac. You will obviously need a USB stick to install the live Linux onto. I’d recommend using at least a […]
There is identity theft, credit card fraud, and many other things that can happen to you and your money if someone steals your information. Windows computers can have trojan viruses, key loggers, and other security holes on it that thieves can use to steal your information from your computer. You can purchase all kinds of […]
There are many speed tweaks you can do in the Linux operating system to make your Linux computer perform faster. Some of these speed tweaks are as easy as editing a configuration file. In this guide we are going to disable the atime attribute. This will increase your disk performance in Linux. What is atime […]
After adding the information about lightweight Linux apps, I figured I should write about some of the lightweight Linux distros. There are many distributions that can be installed on on your slower computers to make them run faster. You can even install them on your fast computers to make them even faster! Remember that almost […]
In Linux you can set permissions on your files and folders. This is useful when you have a Linux computer with multiple users. This way you can specify which users can access what files and folders as well as what they can do with the files and folders. You can also setup groups and set […]
Many Linux users out there are running Linux just because it is a faster operating system. The most bloated distribution of Linux is still probably faster than any Windows version. Although, there are also a lot of Linux users that are running Linux on slower computers, old hardware, or netbooks. These Linux computers are still […]
There are many of you out there always looking for another way to tweak your Linux computer to make it even faster. Well this is just one of my tips that will help speed up your overall system slightly. Most of you out there are probably using bash as your Linux shell. This is fine, […]
The Linux chown command is used to change the owner and group of a file or directory. If you have a directory and you are not the owner and would like to be the owner of that directory, you can use the Linux chown command to change the owner to your username. Some of you […]
The Linux commands more and less are similar to cat, but with more and less you can scroll the file instead of showing the enter file at once. So if you have larger files you want to view that are longer than your screen or terminal then you can use more or less commands instead […]
If you are wanting to build a website, you are probably wondering web hosting, Linux or Windows? I’m going to tell you right now, you want a Linux web hosting service! Here are some reasons why you want to have a Linux web hosting service instead of a Windows web hosting service. The Linux operating […]
The Linux grep command is used to extract lines of data from files or extract data from other Linux commands by using a pipe. When using the Linux grep command, there are many ways you can extract or print lines. You can use standard text to grep or you can use regex patterns. When using […]
In this Linux tutorial you will learn how to use the Linux cat command. The Linux cat command is the Unix command to list a file’s contents onto your screen, or pass via pipeline to use with other Linux commands. The cat command comes from the word concatenate. The usage of the Linux cat command […]
Many Linux users get confused when they are in a Linux terminal and trying to delete files of folders. So in this Linux tutorial, I will cover how to delete files in Linux terminal! The Linux delete command is another basic command that is used everyday while in a Linux terminal. There are only 2 […]
If you are wanting to know how to move files in Linux, you will need to use the Linux mv command. There are a few different options you can use with the Linux mv command, but I normally don’t use them. I do use the Linux mv command along with other commands to accomplish some […]
The Linux copy command is cp! Pretty simple right? There are many ways to use the Linux cp command. There are also many options for the cp command, but I usually only use 2 of them daily. The other options for Unix cp command I hardly use because there are other commands or programs in […]
In this Linux tutorial for beginners, you will learn how to change directories in Linux using the cd command. The Linux cd command is very easy to use. There are a couple options you can use with the cd command, but I won’t cover them as I hardly ever use them. I will show you […]
For those of you wanting to know how to create a directory in Linux using the command line interface or Linux shell, you will want to read this Linux beginner tutorial on how to use the Linux mkdir command. The Linux command mkdir is used to make directories in Linux. There aren’t many options I […]
The Linux file command is a pretty basic command in Linux that will output the file type information onto your screen. There are quite a few options for the Linux file info command, but I only use maybe 2 of the options on a regular basis. With Microsoft Windows it will always think that the […]
The Linux ls command is used to list files and folders in a directory. There are tons of options to use on the ls command. I will not cover every single option that you can use with the linux ls command. I will cover the most common options for the ls command. If you don’t […]
There are many common Linux commands that will be helpful to you, if you ever even use the command line interface in Linux. Most average users just use the graphical user interface instead which usually has many tools and front-ends to Linux common commands. This Linux tutorial on command commands will help even the average […]