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How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian
VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your Debian virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian Linux.
How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS
VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your CentOS virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS Linux.
How to Put Password in SSH Command
It's possible to supply a password in an SSH command with the sshpass utility on Linux. This guide will show how to install sshpass and then go over the correct command syntax for putting a password into the SSH command.
How to SSH Without Password Using RSA Keys
This article will go over the step by step instructions for generating RSA keys on Linux and then transferring them to a remote system. Afterwards, you'll be able to SSH to the remote machine without needing to enter a password.
How to Disable (or Enable) SELinux in AlmaLinux
Just like RHEL and the rest of its derivatives, AlmaLinux comes with SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) installed and enabled by default. In this guide, we'll see how to disable SELinux temporarily or permanently. You'll also learn how to re-enable it later in case you need to turn it back on.
How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu
VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your Ubuntu virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu.
Using the ps Command in Linux to List Processes
The ps command in Linux is our best asset for listing running processes on a system. But do you know how to use it effectively? ps comes with a small learning curve, thanks to its varying syntax and plethora of (overlapping) options. In this guide, we'll go over the most useful ps commands that Linux users should know.
Losslessly Compress PNG Images via Linux Command Line
PNG files are losslessly compressed images. It's a great format to use when you're concerned about retaining all the quality of your image. Otherwise, opting for the JPG format can yield a better file size at the cost of some quality. PNG files take up quite a bit more storage space, but we can use the optipng tool on Linux to optimize the compression of our PNG files, resulting in a smaller file size and zero quality loss.
How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on openSUSE
VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your openSUSE virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on openSUSE.
Install WordPress With Apache, MySQL, and SSL on Ubuntu 20.04
This guide shows the step by step instructions to install WordPress on Ubuntu 20.04 with Apache HTTP server, MySQL database, and an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt.
How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on AlmaLinux
VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your AlmaLinux virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on AlmaLinux.
Losslessly Compress JPG Images via Linux Command Line
Although JPG images already utilize lossy compression to reduce file size, this compression is rarely optimized. jpegoptim is a Linux command line utility that can optimize JPG photos, yielding a smaller file size and zero quality loss. The resulting image data is bit-for-bit the exact same as the original, but the files can enjoy a significant reduction in size.
How to Remove Exif Data via Linux Command Line
Images that contain Exif metadata may reveal when and where a photo was taken and with what device, among other things. While this is usually a desirable feature, it can also be a privacy concern if the images are going to be shared or published online. Exif data also helps inflate file size. In this guide, we'll see how to remove EXIF data from JPG, JPEG, PNG, and other image files from the Linux command line.
How to Install GNOME GUI on AlmaLinux
The GNOME desktop environment is the default GUI for AlmaLinux, but it doesn't always come pre-installed, for example if you opted for a minimal install. In this guide, we'll give you the commands you need in order to install GNOME on AlmaLinux.
Mount and Access Hard Drives in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
You can access all your Windows PC's files in WSL by mounting hard drives, flash drives, and other removable disks. In this guide, we'll see how to mount our file systems in Windows Subsystem for Linux in order to access our files, as well as how to automate the process.
How to Download a Website From the Wayback Machine
This article will go over the step by step instructions to download an entire website from the Wayback Machine at archive.org. This can be done from the Linux command line, with a lot of options that enable us to download a certain snapshot/timestamp of the website, or all captures available on the Wayback Machine.
How to Disable Automatic Updates in Ubuntu
Ubuntu has automatic updates enabled by default. Ordinarily, this is a convenient feature that helps our system stay up to date with the latest features, and protected with the newest security patches. However, on test systems or in edge cases, it can just be plain annoying.
What is the Best Compression Tool in Linux?
In this article, we will compare all the best and most popular Linux compression tools. This will include benchmark tests to see which compression method performs the best, and we'll also weigh the pros and cons of compatibility and other areas. Compression methods covered will be gzip, xz, bzip2, 7zip, zip, rar, and zstd (Zstandard).
How to Migrate From CentOS to AlmaLinux
This article will go over the step by step instructions for migrating from CentOS Linux to AlmaLinux. These are the official instructions as released by the AlmaLinux developers on their GitHub page.