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
If you are looking to gain some experience as a Linux system administrator, check out the list of ideas below. For each project on the list you could do it on multiple Linux distributions. You could also start about by learning the bare minimum necessary to complete one of these projects, then take it to … Read more
GNU Opened the Door That Linux Walked Trhough The free software movement began in 1983 when Richard Stallman launched the GNU Project. GNU, by the way, is a recursive acronym that stands for “GNU’s Not Unix!” His goal was to create a totally free and open source operating system compatible with Unix. He and other software … Read more
We’ve covered four ways to get access to a Linux shell account, but most of those methods do not allow you to run commands as the superuser, also known as root. You can learn a lot with a normal user account, but if you want to start getting into the system administration aspects of Linux … Read more
It’s one thing to read about Linux, but it’s another thing entirely to use it. If you are just getting started or have some newfound Linux knowledge that you would like to put to the test, you’ll need a shell account. Luckily, getting an account on a Linux server is fairly easy. Web Based Command … Read more