zstd – A Fast Data Compression Algorithm Used By Facebook

Zstandard (also known as zstd) is a free open source, fast real-time data compression program with better compression ratios, developed by Facebook. It is a lossless compression algorithm written in... Read more

WebHostingPad Review

In a Nutshell  For over a decade, Webhostingpad.com has been in the business of providing reliable, full-featured hosting at a price point that just about anybody can afford. The company... Read more

How to Use ‘cat’ and ‘tac’ Commands with Examples in Linux

This article is a part of our Linux Tricks and Tips series, in this article we will cover some basic usage of cat command (most frequently used command in Linux)... Read more

How to Upgrade to Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to Upgrade to Debian 7 (Wheezy) Deprecated This guide has been deprecated and is no longer being maintained. Debian 7 (Wheezy) was released in May 2013. This guide explains... Read more

How to Find Out What Version of Linux You Are Running

There are several ways of knowing the version of Linux you are running on your machine as well as your distribution name and kernel version plus some extra information that... Read more

Translate rwx Permissions into Octal Format in Linux

Sometimes you may find it useful to display the access rights of files or directories in octal form instead of rwx or perhaps you want to display both. Instead of... Read more

How to Sync Files/Directories Using Rsync with Non-standard SSH Port

Today, we will be discussing about how to sync files using rsync with non-standard SSH port. You might wonder why do we need to use non-standard SSH port? It is... Read more

How to create Sudo users in CentOS 7

Introduction Sudo is the abbreviation of Super User Do. It is a command that enables programs to be implemented as a root user. Sudo runs commands provided to it with... Read more

SSL Certificates with Apache 2 on Fedora 14

SSL Certificates with Apache 2 on Fedora 14 Deprecated This guide has been deprecated and is no longer being maintained. This guide will assist you with enabling SSL for websites... Read more

Install YouTube-DL – A Command Line Video Download Tool for Linux

youtube-dl is a Python based small command-line tool that allows to download videos from YouTube.com, Dailymotion, Google Video, Photobucket, Facebook, Yahoo, Metacafe, Depositfiles and few more similar sites. It written... Read more