Linux Distributions for Professionals If you currently work in IT or aspire to work in IT, then use RedHat, CentOS, or Ubuntu. Linux Distributions for Hobbyists If you are using Linux as a hobby or for personal projects, then almost any Linux distro will work. Stick to the most popular distros as you will be … Read more
If you want to turn a polite conversion into a heated debate then start talking about religion, politics, or text editors. Yes, you heard me right. Text editors. Without trying to rekindle the editor wars, let’s look at when you might consider using nano, emacs, or vim. Nano Nano is without a doubt the simplest, … Read more
Vim is an advanced text editor. The name Vim is a contraction of Vi and Improved. So, Vim is vi improved. I’m not going to bore you with an entire history lesson, but quickly, Vi is a text editor that was originally created for the Unix operating system. Vi is actually short for “visual” and … Read more
This video demonstrates how to install WordPress on Ubuntu. WordPress runs on the LAMP stack, which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. This video will cover how to install all of those components as well. If you want to take it a step further and learn how to set up a highly available and … Read more
If you find yourself wanting a desktop environment after you have installed Ubuntu server you can easily add it. Pick your favorite desktop environment from the list below and run the associated command. Remember that installation software requires root privileges so use “sudo” or switch to the root user before you begin the installation. Unity … Read more
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