The objective is to help reader to get started with system monitoring basics with Conky on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux.
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
This article will explain how to create a sudo user on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux. First, we will look at creation of new sudo user using command line and later we will create a sudo user from Ubuntu’s graphical interface.
The sudo user can execute any command with administrative privileges, hence execute commands as root.
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
Learn how to install and configure the Nginx web server on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
sudo command
The Nginx web server, together with Apache, is one of the most known and used web servers in the world. It is generally less resource-hungry than Apache, and can be also used as a reverse-proxy.
In this tutorial we will see how to install and configure the Nginx web server on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.
Upgrade an existing Ubuntu installation to 18.04 Bionic Beaver
You need an existing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or 17.10 install.
An existing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or 17.10 install with root privileges.
sudo commandThe latest Ubuntu release, 18.04, marks an opportunity for both LTS users and people on the previous 17.10 release to update Ubuntu and take advantage of the latest features. Thanks to Debian’s upgrade process, it should be relatively simple to either upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 (both LTS) or to upgrade Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver.
The objective is to install DEB file on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux. Files with deb extentions are simply Debian packages.
Since Ubuntu is also in its core using Debian Package management to install or uninstall software it is a relatively easy task to install DEB file on Ubuntu.
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
In this article we will be installing Stacer as an alternative system monitoring tool for Ubuntu 18.04 Linux Desktop.
Stacer allows Ubuntu users to monitor and optimize multiple aspects of their operating system. Stacer monitoring includes but is not limited to CPU load monitoring, disk performance and usage. Stacer also allows for number of system configurations as well as it is capable to perform disk clean up.
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
The objective of this article is to provide an Ubuntu user with information on how to list installed packages on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command may be required.
The objective of this article is to provide the reader with a basic instructions on how to customize the dock panel on the default Gnome Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver desktop.
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
The objective is to enable UFW firewall, deny all incoming ports however only allow SSH port 22 on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Privileged access to your Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver will be required.
The objective is to show how to change timezone on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
The objective is to install Kylin desktop as an alternative desktop environment. Kylin is a customized Ubuntu desktop version for Chinese users.
See also our article: The 8 Best Ubuntu Desktop Environments (18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux) for more desktop environment choices.
Administrative root/sudo permissions.
The objective is to enable UFW firewall, deny all incoming ports however only allow HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443 on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Privileged access to your Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver will be required.