Operating System

Linux booting is a complex process as compared to booting processes in any other distribution. The Linux Kernel accepts a lot of parameters at booting, in command-line. This command-Line boot... Read more

A port is a logical entity which represents an endpoint of communication and is associated with a given process or service in an operating system. In previous articles, we explained... Read more

The Nmap aka Network Mapper is an open source and a very versatile tool for Linux system/network administrators. Nmap is used for exploring networks, perform security scans, network audit and... Read more

Advanced-Copy is a powerful command line program which is very much similar, but little modified version of original cp command. This modified version of cp command adds a progress bar... Read more

Do you occasionally share your Linux desktop machine with family members, friends or perhaps with colleagues at your workplace, then you have a reason to hide certain private files as... Read more

7-Zip is a free open source, cross-platform, powerful, and fully-featured file archiver with a high compression ratio, for Windows. It has a powerful command line version that has been ported... Read more

For some people around the globe, a web browser that render text along with graphics is important since it gives an easy to use and attractive interface, glossy look, nice... Read more

ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a command line version of the most popular “du command“. It is based on ncurses and provides a fastest way to analyse and track what... Read more

sudo is a powerful command line tool that enables a “permitted user” to run a command as another user (the superuser by default), as defined by a security policy. On... Read more

mysqladmin is a command-line utility the comes with MySQL server and it is used by Database Administrators to perform some basic MySQL tasks easily such as setting root password, changing... Read more