We always need to check the speed of the Internet connection at home and office. What do we do about this? Go to websites like Speedtest.net and begin the test. It loads JavaScript in the web browser and then selects the best server based upon ping and outputs the result. It also uses a Flash
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How to Limit Network Bandwidth Usage in Linux Using Trickle
Have you ever encountered situations where one application dominated your all network bandwidth? If you have ever been in a situation where one application ate all your traffic, then you will value the role of the trickle bandwidth shaper application. Either you are a system admin or just a Linux user, you need to learn
How to Migrate from CentOS 8 to AlmaLinux 8.4
In our earlier guide, we walked you through the installation of AlmaLinux 8.4. If you have CentOS 8 installed, an automated migration script is available to help you migrate seamlessly to the latest version of AlmaLinux 8.4 without uninstalling and performing a fresh installation. In this guide, we will walk you through the migration of
How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Debian 10
Fail2ban is an open-source tool which is used to protect your Linux system from Brute Force and DDoS other automated attacks. It blocks the client which are repeatedly fail to authenticate correctly with the services configured for it. Actually, it monitoring the logs of services for malicious activity and identify the automated attacks. This article
How to Install a Lightweight Bodhi Linux 6.0
Bodhi GNU/Linux is a Ubuntu-based distribution designed especially for Desktop computing and is best known for its elegant and lightweight nature. The Distribution philosophy is to provide a minimal base system that can be populated with the applications as per the user’s choice. The Base System only include those applications which are essentially required viz.,
AlmaLinux 8.4 Released – Download DVD ISO Images
Built by CloudLinux to fill in the huge gap left by CentOS 8, AlmaLinux is a fresh breath of life for production workloads after RedHat steered the CentOS project in a different direction. By now, you are aware of the unsettling decision made by RedHat to drop the CentOS project for CentOS Stream, a developer
How to Do Security Auditing of Linux System Using Lynis Tool
Lynis is an open-source and much powerful auditing tool for Unix/Linux-like operating systems. It scans the system for security information, general system information, installed and available software information, configuration mistakes, security issues, user accounts without a password, wrong file permissions, firewall auditing, etc. Lynis is one of the most trusted automated auditing tools for software
How to Install AlmaLinux 8.4 Step by Step
As CentOS 8 draws steadily to End of Life on December 31st, 2021, efforts have been made to come up with centos alternative distributions which will fill in the big shoes left by CentOS 8. This comes following RedHat’s decision to dump CentOS 8 in favor of CentOS Stream, something which has elicited mixed reactions.
LFCA: Learn the Basic Concepts of DevOps – Part 21
DevOps has been a trending topic for quite a while now and has managed to draw the attention of technology professionals and enterprises alike. As a beginner, it can be challenging wrapping your head around the concept of DevOps, and in this topic, we will flesh out the basic concepts of this internet buzzword. To
How to Install Gitea on Ubuntu 20.04
Gitea is an open source, lightweight and self-hosted git platform written in Go. It’s similar to Gitlab, but probably the easiest, fastest, and straightforward to setting up. It includes rich features like issues and time tracking, repository branching, file locking and tagging, merging, and much more. In this article, we will show you how to