Deepin Linux 15.2 Review - A Polished Chinese Made Linux Distro

Deepin Linux is a Chinese-made Linux distribution that caters to the average desktop user. It’s very easy to use. Like Ubuntu, it’s based on Debian unstable branch.
Installing Deepin Linux 15.2
First you need to download the Deepin ISO image which can be found on the official...

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Deepin Linux 15.2 Review - A Polished Chinese Made Linux Distro

Install Yandex Browser on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux

Yandex browser is a Chromium-based Internet browser developed by Russian search engine provider, Yandex, available for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android and iOS.
Yandex browser features:

Sync bookmarks, extensions, browser data across your devices.
Modern and clean user interface
Uses Blink...

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Install Yandex Browser on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux

How to Install Foxit PDF Reader 8.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 or Any Linux Distro

Foxit PDF Reader is a free (as in free beer) and fast PDF reader for Linux, Mac OX and Windows. The latest stable version is 8.0. Linux and Mac OS X support was added in September 15, 2015.
Foxit Reader Linux edition features includes:

Fast and lightweight
Tabbed view for multiple PDF ...

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Install Google Play Music Desktop Player on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE

Previously, we looked at Nuvola cloud music player which supports 16 music streaming services. Now here is a desktop app dedicated to Google play music. Google Play Music Desktop Player, aka GPMDP, is an open source, unofficial Google play music app for Linux desktop released under MIT license, ...

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Install Google Play Music Desktop Player on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE

How to Set up NFS Share on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

NFS stands for Network File System. This tutorial is going to show you how to configure NFS share on Ubuntu 16.04 so that other computes in your local network can access files and directories on the Ubuntu 16.04 system. We will see how to configure the server side and the client side.
NFS allows ...

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How to Set up NFS Share on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Install WordPress 4.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP7

WordPress is the most popular open source content management system. WordPress version 4.6, codenamed “Pepper” was released on August 16, 2016. Existing WordPress users can just push the update button to upgrade to 4.6. If you are going to install WordPress from scratch, you have to...

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How to Install Nuvola Player 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Nuvola Player is a cloud music player for Linux. The latest stable version is Nuvola Player 3.0.3, which was released on June 4th, 2016. It supports 16 music streaming services.

Amazon Cloud Player
Google Player Music
Spotify
YouTube
SoundCloud
8tracks
Bandcamp
Deezer
Groove
Jango
KEXP Live ...

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How to Install Nuvola Player 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

How to Install TeamViewer Server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Starting from TeamViewer 11, you can have easy remote access to headless Linux servers. This tutorial will be showing you how to install teamviewer on a headless Ubuntu 16.04 server or VPS.
Download the TeamViewer deb...

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How to Easily Create RAM Disk in Linux

This tutorial will show you how to quickly create a RAM disk in any Linux distro. Compared to commercial Windows RAM disk software that costs money, Linux can utilize this cool feature 100% free of charge.
What is RAM Disk?
RAM disk is also known as RAM drive. It’s a portion of your RAM...

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How to Easily Create RAM Disk in Linux

Use TLP to Extend Linux Laptop Battery Life on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Are you using a Linux distribution on your laptop? And you want to get more laptop battery life. Well, I have some solutions for you. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to extend battery life with the TLP laptop power manager on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18 and Elementary OS Loki.
I always...

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Use TLP to Extend Linux Laptop Battery Life on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Syncthing 0.14.5 Released, How to Install or Upgrade on Ubuntu 16.04

As you may or may not know, Syncthing is an open source alternative to the proprietary P2P sync tool BitTorrent Sync. Syncthing 0.14.5, codenamed Dysprosium Dragonfly, was released on August 23, 2016. All users are recommended to upgrade ASAP.
Changes in this release includes:

Improved...

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Compile and Install the Latest Pidgin 2.11.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Pidgin is a free and open source chat client that can be used to connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, ICQ and many other chat networks all at once. It’s available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. The latest stable version Pidgin 2.11.0, which fixed many security issues, was released on...

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Compile and Install the Latest Pidgin 2.11.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Install Tor Browser 6.0.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 or Any Linux Distro

The latest Tor browser 6.0.4 was released on August 16th, 2016. It’s a very useful tool for users to stay anonymous and protect their privacy online.
Tor browser 6.0.4 Changes:

Update Tor to 0.2.8.6
Update NoScript to 2.9.0.14
Disable installation of system add ons

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How to Install Facebook Messenger Linux Client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

In this tutorial we are going to look at how to install a third-party Facebook Messenger Linux client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The app in question is called Messenger for Desktop, available for Linux, OS X and Windows.
Messenger for Desktop features:

Make HD voice and video calls anywhere in the ...

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Install WhatsApp Linux Client on Debian 8, Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18

This tutorial will show you how to install a third-party WhatsApp Linux Client called Whatsie on Debian 8, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Linux Mint 18. Whatsie is a simple but beautiful desktop client built on Electron. It’s a wrapper for WhatsApp Web, available for Linux, Mac OS X and...

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Install WhatsApp Linux Client on Debian 8, Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18

Install Wallabag on Ubuntu 16.04 Server with LAMP or LEMP

Wallabag is a free self-hostable application for saving web pages. It’s an open source alternative to other proprietary read later app like Pocket and Instapaper, allowing you to manage a list of articles you stumbled upon on the Internet for later reading.
Wallabag Features:

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Install Open Web Analytics on CentOS 7 Server with Nginx, MariaDB, PHP

Open Web Analytics, aka OWA, is a free and open source alternative to Google Analytics. It’s written in PHP and uses MySQL/MariaDB database. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to install OWA web analytics tool on a CentOS 7 server with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP.
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Install Open Web Analytics on CentOS 7 Server with Nginx, MariaDB, PHP

Install and Configure Kdenlive Video Editor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

For those of you who are not aware of it, Kdenlive is a free and open-source non-linear video editor, available for Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and NetBSD. It relies on multiple open-source project: ffmpeg, MLT video framework, Frei0r special effects and so on.  The latest stable version is ...

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Easy! Compile and Install Shadowsocks-libev on Ubuntu 16.04 Server and Desktop

As you may know, Shadowsocks is a free and open-source Socks5 proxy that can be used to bypass Internet firewall or filtering system. We already covered how to install Shadowsocks python version on Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS server. That’s probably the easiest way to get started with this...

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Easy! Compile and Install Shadowsocks-libev on Ubuntu 16.04 Server and Desktop

How to Install Open Visual Traceroute on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Open visual traceroute is a free and open-source graphical traceroute tool, available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It can also perform packet sniffer and Whois lookup. Data is presented in a 3D map which can be exported to an image file and text file. The gantt view is useful to analyze...

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Build Your Email Server on Ubuntu Part 3: Create DMARC Record

In part 2 of our build your own email server on Ubuntu tutorial series, we implemented SPF and DKIM records to improve email deliverability. In this part, we’re going to look at another email authentication technology: DMARC. We will discuss how dmarc can benefit you, how to create dmarc...

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Build Your Email Server on Ubuntu Part 3: Create DMARC Record

How to Install Pale Moon Browser on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Pale Moon browser is a free and open-source web browser, based on Mozilla Firefox, available for Linux, Windows and Android and it focus on efficiency and ease of use.
Pale Moon features:

Uses an optimized Goanna browser engine which is a fork of the Firefox Gecko engine.
Compatible with most...

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Install qBittorrent on Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop and Server

qBittorrent is a free, open-source and reliable P2P BitTorrent client, available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows. It aims to provide a free software alternative to uTorrent. qBittorrent features a uTorrent-like interface and supports man BitTorrent extensions like DHT, peer exchange,...

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Build Your Email Server on Ubuntu Part 2: Setting up DKIM and SPF

In the 1st part of our build your own email server on ubuntu tutorial series, we have a basic Postfix email server up and running and can send plain text email, read incoming emails using the command line.
I test that tutorial again on my Ubuntu 16.04 server and found that although I set the...

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Build Your Email Server on Ubuntu Part 2: Setting up DKIM and SPF

The Easiest Way to Transfer Files between Android and Ubuntu Desktop

Are you tired of finding and plugging in your USB cable just to transfer files between Android and Ubuntu desktop? In this quick tutorial, we will show you how to easily share files between the two. This is the easiest way.
Transfer Files between Android and Ubuntu Using FTP
First install a FTP...

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Install Latest Wine Devel Package on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04 via PPA

Wine is a compatibility layer that enables you to run Windows programs natively on Linux. The latest Wine devel package, 1.9.16 was released on August 5, 2016.
Changes in this release includes:

Improved 64-bit binary compatibility on Mac OS X.
Enhanced JavaScript and GDI performance
Direct3D...

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How to Update Drupal 8 Core on a Linux Server

Previously we published a post on how to install Drupal 8 on Ubuntu 16.04. Now this tutorial will show you how to properly update Drupal 8 minor version (8.x.x) on a Linux server. It doesn’t matter which Linux distro you are using, you can always use the following method to update Drupal 8...

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How to Update Drupal 8 Core on a Linux Server

Install Atom Text Editor 1.9 on Debian,Ubuntu,Arch,Fedora,OpenSUSE

Atom is a free and open source text editor released by Github under the MIT license. It’s developed mainly with CoffeeScript and JavaScript and use Node.js as the runtime environment. Atom text editor is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
The latest stable version, Atom 1.9, was...

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Install Firefox 48 on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04 and Enable Multi Process

Firefox multi process support, which separate web content and Firefox UI process, was finally added in version 48 which was released on August 2, 2016. This is deemed to bring better responsiveness, stability, and security. Currently, this feature enables one process for all browser tabs and...

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Install Firefox 48 on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04 and Enable Multi Process

How to Set Up Software RAID 1 on an Existing Linux Distribution

In this tutorial, we’ll be talking about RAID, specifically we will set up software RAID 1 on a running Linux distribution.
What is RAID?
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. RAID allows you to turn multiple physical hard drives into a single logical hard drive. There are...

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10 Reasons to Use Linux Instead of Windows

GNU/Linux, or as most people call it Linux, is an operating system that was born in 1991. This post lists 10 reasons why you should use Linux instead of Windows. If you don’t like the direction Window is going, you should definitely give Linux a try.
#10 Linux is Free
If you do a clean...

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10 Reasons to Use Linux Instead of Windows

How To Install and Use HexChat IRC Client on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04

This tutorial shows how to install and use HexChat IRC client on Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04.
What is IRC?
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. Basically it’s used for sending text messages over the Internet, commonly found in the open source community. You can use IRC clients to join IRC ...

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How To Install and Use HexChat IRC Client on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04