It is the end of April 2023 and it means that it’s time for a new Ubuntu release. It is Ubuntu 23.04. This release does not have long-term support, so it may not be as stable. However, it ships several long-awaited improvements, such as the … Read more
Sometimes, you may need to find a file containing a specific string or find a line in a text file where a particular word is present. This can be useful for searching logs, locating configuration files if you don’t know where they are, or find … Read more
File copying is one of the most common tasks for PC users. Of course, you can use a file manager, navigate to a directory with your file, and copy files using a graphical interface. It is pretty simple. But in this article I will show … Read more
Each computer connected to the Internet must have an identifier. In the past, every computer had a unique address that could be used to connect to it. This address is called IP address. Nowadays, most home computers are hidden behind Network Address Translation (NAT), and … Read more
Google Chrome or Chrome it is a free web-browser, developed by Google on WebKit engine. In 2022 almost 61% users of the Internet use Google Chrome. It is 8% less than in 2020. This browser is available for Linux, Windows, Android, IOS, and MacOS. In … Read more
MySQL is one of the most used open-source database management systems. Despite the significant popularity gain of PostgreSQL and MariaDB nowadays, the original MySQL is still popular. I will explain how to install MySQL in Ubuntu 22.04 in this article. Also, I show how to … Read more
Maybe you have already read a lot of articles on the Internet and are interested in the open-source operating system that is called Linux. Maybe you even have installed it on VirtualBox or run in Live mode and learned how it looks and works. But … Read more
If you want to use Windows in dual booting with Linux, sometimes you will need to copy files from one operating system to another. There are no problems with opening Windows partitions on Linux because it has excellent support for the NTFS file system. But … Read more
Sometimes you may want to run your shell script on the system startup or when the user logs in. For example when you need to run any desktop application, change screen resolution settings, start the remote desktop service, etc. You can do this in a … Read more
Linux operating system as well as Windows supports not only regular applications but also services that work in the background. Services are very important, they monitor the state of the system, connect external devices and networks automatically, and allow processes to interact with hardware (dbus) … Read more