This minHour teaches you how to download and install an Apache web server on any computer running a Linux-based system. You can use your Linux machine’s Terminal (Command Prompt) to easily download and install Apache on your computer. Steps Open the Terminal (Command Prompt) window on your Linux machine. You can use the Terminal window … Read more
NetBeans is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) application mainly used by developers to create applications using Java and other programming architectures like PHP and C++. NetBeans can be installed and run on three different operating systems: Windows, OS X, and Linux. To install the NetBeans application on a computer running on Linux requires a bit … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to compile your C program in Windows and macOS. If you’re using Linux, check out How to Compile a C Program Using the GNU Compiler. Using Cygwin for Windows Go to https://cygwin.com/install.html. Cygwin is a free Windows tool that allows you to use the GCC C compiler from a Unix … Read more
In a multi-server Linux environment, many tasks involve moving one or more files from one server to another. Depending on the number of files you need to move, there are several commands that may help you out….Let’s assume for these discussions that our servers are Alice and Madhat, and that our user on Alice is … Read more
Windows operating system and Linux execute best on their specific file systems. It is a known fact that Linux executes better on hard disks that are formatted using the ext3 file format system, whereas Windows executes well in a disk that has been formatted on NTFS file system. If you are running Linux as your … Read more
Have you ever wondered how to view web pages in a command line in Linux? Start with step one to learn how to do it, using two different tools. Using W3M Go to the terminal and type this command sudo apt-get install w3m w3m-img. Type Y when asked to confirm. Now wait; it’s just a … Read more
Installing Linux on your Chromebook will allow you to access and use Linux-based programs that aren’t readily available on Chrome OS. On your Chromebook, you can install a Ubuntu distribution of Linux using a tool called crouton, which will allow you to run Linux on top of Chrome and switch back and forth between the … Read more
Want to install Ubuntu on your Windows computer, but don’t have a DVD or CD drive? There are a couple of different ways that you can install Ubuntu on computers that don’t have disc drives. The most common way is to create a bootable USB drive and install Ubuntu from it. You can also use … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to install the latest version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on a computer running Linux. Installing on Non-RPM Linux Open the Java for Linux download page. You’ll see several options listed here. Click Linux. It’s a link in the middle of the page. Doing so will prompt the Java … Read more
A suggestive guide on how to move from Windows to Linux. Get a taste of Linux without disrupting your Windows installation. Steps Choose a Linux Distribution Research is key. Look into what distribution of GNU/Linux would be best for you. Everyone is different, and all Linux distributions are different, but there will probably be one … Read more
If you need a certain Linux script, command, or program to regularly run at a certain time, you can schedule the event (called a “job”) using cron. We’ll show you how to open your cron configuration file and schedule your first cron job. Setting up the File Using your favourite editor, create a cron file … Read more
Operating systems commonly use environment variables to define various global settings for parts of your operating system or to control how applications run. The PATH variable is one of these environment variables and is constantly used without the user realizing it. The variable stores a list of directories where applications (most commonly, your shell) should … Read more
Text to speech software isn’t just for blind or partially sighted people. It can be useful for converting text to speech on the fly or to audio files to listen on your portable audio player. You can even set up instant messaging software to turn your messages into speech. Steps Download festival, espeak or freetts. … Read more
It’s easy to create your own welcome message for remote users who log in to your Ubuntu Linux machine. We’ll show you how to create your own custom banner in no time! Adding a Welcome Message Sudo to root. You will need to modify superuser file. Open the config file for the banner. Type vim … Read more
CentOS is free server distribution for Linux that provides users with a free enterprise-class computing platform, and is currently one of the top Linux distributions in the hosting industry. To install CentOS, you must first burn the CentOS ISO installation file to CD or DVD, then follow the on-screen prompts to install the platform on … Read more
NVidia is an industry leader in the gaming industry. Their graphics cards increase the ability for computers to render thousands of triangles on a screen that translate into 3D graphics. This is how to get these devices working on Linux. Steps Buy an NVidia graphics card, if you do not already have one. Go to … Read more
Changing a password on Linux can be confusing for those who are unfamiliar with it. This guide will show you how to change your account’s password for most Linux systems. Open a terminal window. Open the Terminal if using a desktop environment. The keyboard shortcut to do this is Ctrl+Alt+T. Type “passwd” at the prompt … Read more
Zip files are one of the primary file types for archiving and compressing multiple files into one directory. All operating systems have the ability to make Zip files, and you can easily do this in Linux as well. This minHour article teaches you how to make and unzip a zip file in Linux/UNIX/Mac. Using the … Read more
This will detail step-by-step how to add non-Steam games to your steam library in the Linux Steam client. This will also include launching WINE games like WoW/D3/EvE etc. Steps Download and Install the Linux version of Steam, if you have not done so already. You can download the .deb file here or the .rpm/unpackaged file … Read more
RPM stands for Red Hat package manager and is one of the components used in Linux . It is being used widely in many Linux distributions such as Fedora , Mandriva and so on . Well it is quite easy to install an rpm but for extracting it you need to have access to a … Read more