The RAM usage on a system is good to know for a few reasons. Firstly, it can give you some insight into whether or not it’s necessary to upgrade the amount of memory inside your server or computer. If you see the memory utilization regularly nearing full capacity, it could indicate that your system needs an upgrade. On the other hand, it can also help you track down problems on a system. A spike in memory usage can indicate an issue with a process running on the computer. In this tutorial for...

Everything that’s running on a Linux system – a service, script, or anything else – is considered a “process.” If you need to end a running process on Linux, the kill command is sure to do the job. In this guide for Linux administrators , we’ll go over the kill Linux command and how to use its various options to end, or “kill,” a running process on Linux. In this tutorial you will learn: How does the kill command work? How to see what processes are running How to kill a process by PID How to...

Kodi's support for DRM in version 18 and beyond opened the doors to streaming services like Sling TV. It's simple enough to get it running within Kodi and start watching live TV legally. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Install the Inputstream Packages How to Install the Inputstream Helper Add-on How to Install Sling TV in Kodi How to Sign in and Use Sling

Add-ons and external repositories are essential for getting the most out of Kodi . The media player has everything you need built in to the add-on management interface, making it very simple to enable external repositories. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Add an External File Source How to Install a Repository From a Zip

There are plenty of applications that you can use to create a playlist on Linux, but Clementine is a longstanding favourite media player that plenty of Linux users already rely on to play their music libraries. Clementine makes constructing a new playlist very simple and exporting it for use on another device even easier. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Install Clementine How to Import Your Music Library How to Create a Playlist How to Export a Playlist Clementine Playing. Software...

You can control the Clementine media player on your Linux computer from anywhere on your local network via an official Android remote app. You only need that app and to switch a few settings to get started. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Allow Remote Control in Clementine How to Install The Clementine App How to Connect The App and Control Clementine

As a Linux administrator , it’s important to keep an eye on how your server (or servers) is performing. One way to measure its performance is to track the CPU usage. This will give you insight into the performance of the system as well as show how the hardware resources are being divided up across the various running services. In this guide, we’ll go over a few methods to check and monitor the CPU utilization on a Linux system. Whether you are in charge of a server or just your personal...

The traditional way to schedule tasks on Linux, is to use the cron daemon , specifying time intervals and commands to be executed in crontabs. Systemd , the relatively new init system now adopted by all the major Linux distributions, among the other things, provides the ability to schedule tasks using dedicated units , called timers . In this article we will learn how they are structured and some examples of their usage. In this tutorial you will learn: The basic structure of systemd timers;...

The objective of this article is to provide the reader with an information on how to test microphone on Linux system. In this tutorial you will learn: How to test Microphone How to record audio via microphone How to play recorded audio

Managing a messy music library can be a serious pain. Even if you ripped all of your music yourself, there's still a pretty good chance that your ripping application got at least a few things wrong. Kid3 is a simple graphical meta tag editor for music files that can help you get everything straightened out. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Install Kid3 How to Edit a Song's Tags How to Change Multiple Files at Once How to Get Album Art

In this guide, you will learn how to setup an Nginx reverse proxy with step by step instructions. We will also explain how a reverse proxy server works and what its advantages are. In addition, we also go over various configuration options that Linux administrators commonly employ on their reverse proxy servers. In this tutorial you will learn: How does a reverse proxy work What are the benefits of a reverse proxy How to setup Nginx reverse proxy How to pass headers How to configure load...

The basic concept involved with the use of the osquery application is the "tabular abstraction" of many aspects of the operating system, such as processes, users, etc. The data is stored in tables which can be queried using SQL syntax, directly via the osqueryi shell, or via the osqueryd daemon. In this tutorial we will see how to install the application, how to run basic queries, and how to use FIM (File Integrity Monitoring) as part of your Linux system administration job . In this tutorial...

Apache web servers can generate a lot of logs. These logs contain information such as the HTTP requests that Apache has handled and responded to, and other activities that are specific to Apache. Analyzing the logs is an important part of administering Apache and ensuring that it runs as expected. In this guide, we’ll go over the different logging options present in Apache and how to interpret this log data. You’ll learn how to analyze the logs that Apache produces and how to configure the...

Using a combination of the youtube-dl script and FFMPEG, you can easily rip audio from YouTube videos and instantly convert it to MP3, OGG, or any other audio format that you prefer for your music library. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Install FFMPEG and youtube-dl How to Download and Convert a YouTube Video How to Convert a Video in One Line and Script It

Disney Plus is super popular, and it's not wonder. The service is loaded with Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars streaming content, including original series. There's one problem for Linux users, though. The operating system isn't officially supported. That's alright, though, it's still popular to stream your favorite shows and movies. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Enable DRM Playback on Firefox How to Spoof Google Chrome on Windows 10 How to Watch Disney Plus on Firefox

Apache Bench is a tool used to measure the performance of a web server. Despite having “Apache” in its name, it can actually be used to test any type of web server. In this tutorial, we’ll go over the steps to use Apache Bench and how to interpret its report about a web server’s performance. Apache Bench works by sending varying amounts of HTTP requests to the web server and recording the response times. It can tell you how much congestion the server can handle before it gets overwhelmed and...

VLC is a popular open source media player, and it's earned its reputation as one of the best. Aside from playing your media files and DVDs, it can do other useful things, like streaming video and ripping DVDs for backups. This guide will help you use VLC to make digital backups of your DVDs on Linux. In this tutorial you will learn: How to Install VLC How to Rip a DVD to Your Hard Drive With VLC

In this article we will be installing Arch Linux on ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 Laptop. This tutorial contains installation instructions, basic configuration as well as some post-install tuning of Arch Linux to get you started. Most of the instructions are Arch Linux installation generic hence with a simple modifications this tutorial can be used for any UEFI system installations. However, some points are specific to ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 therefore basic Linux Administration skills are...

Either you have reinstalled your computer or simply wish to make a backup copy of your Chrome/Chromium browser passwords this article will help you to do just that. The Google Chrome/Chromium Import/Export feature is missing by default, mostly due to the security reasons. In this tutorial you will learn: How to export passwords How to import passwords

In a previous article we saw some basic examples of how to use rsync on Linux to transfer data efficiently. As we saw, to synchronize data with a remote machine we can use both a remote shell as ssh or the rsync daemon . In this article we will focus on the latter option, and we will see how to install and configure rsyncd on some of the most used Linux distributions. In this tutorial you will learn: How to install and configure the rsync daemon