System Administration

When installing Rocky Linux in a VMware virtual machine, you will definitely want to install VMware Tools as well. The VMware Tools software will give you better graphics support in the guest operating system, as well as the ability to drag and drop files between the host and guest system, and configure shared folders. In […]

The locale on a Linux system is a set of environment variables. Your terminal and various applications will query these variables to figure out what country, language, and character encoding settings your system is configured to use. The locale on your system should reflect your current country and language for best results. In this tutorial,

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 Linux. Step 1. First, we’ll

If you’re logged into a remote system via SSH and need to disconnect, there are a few different ways to close the SSH session. You can choose from commands, a keyboard shortcut, or escape characters in the case of a hung connection. In this tutorial, you will learn all the ways possible to disconnect from

Symbolic links (also called symlinks or soft links) act as shortcuts to other files or directories on Linux. Usually, they are just used as a matter of convenience. Sometimes, they’re also used to create links to files whose paths frequently change. For example, it’s easier to update a single symlink than it is to update

If you used the certbot utility to obtain your free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt, but now wish to delete it, there’s a very simple way to do it. Follow along with us as we show you how to delete a site’s certificate data with certbot on Linux. Option 1. To delete a site in

Although GNOME is the default GUI, there are many different desktop environments available for Ubuntu. If you want to try a different desktop environment, or need to install a GUI because you don’t have one yet, we’ll show you how in this guide. These instructions will also work for Ubuntu Server, which doesn’t have a

In this tutorial, you will learn how to check the installed version of GNOME desktop environment on your Linux system. This can be accomplished through command line or via GUI as you will see below. Check GNOME Version – Command Line Open the terminal and type in: $ gnome-shell –version Check GNOME Version – GUI

A home directory is a user’s default directory when they log into Linux. It’s normally created automatically inside of the /home directory, such as /home/username. In this tutorial, you will learn how to change the home directory for a user in Linux by using the usermod command. Step 1. First, let’s create a new directory

There are several ways to view your system’s IP address in Linux. In this tutorial, you will learn how to see your IP address from command line and GUI. In case you want to check your system’s external IP address instead: Check External IP From Linux Command Line Commands to View Internal IP Address Method