FTP The file transfer protocol is a set of rules that are used to access files on servers located on private computer networks or the Internet. FTP allows you to access the files on your server exactly as you browse through the files on your computer. Over the years, FTP-based programs have evolved, delivering today’s useful and advanced features such as: 1.Upload / Download multiple remote...
A LAMP stack is a set of open source software that can be used to create web sites and web apps. LAMP is an acronym for a web hosting platform consisting of free and open source components. The abbreviation comes from the initials of the app names initially used: 1. Linux – Operating System 2. Apache – HTTP Server 3. MySQL or MariaDB – Database 4. PHP, Perl, or Python –...
JavaScript is a fully developed and dynamic programming language that, when used with an HTML document, can provide dynamic site interactivity. It was invented by Brendan Eich, one of the founders for Mozilla project, Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation. JavaScript is a scripting language generally used as a client-side scripting language for web applications. JavaScript can be used within...
After a thorough analysis and some well laid-out plans, we are proud to announce to our customers that we have expanded our operations in a new European country, more exactly, The Netherlands. Home to one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world, AMS-IX, a data center neutral IXP, with a maximum throughput of more than 5.5 Tbit/s. This allows us to provide excellent connectivity with a wide...
VestaCP is a partially free web panel used to manage Linux servers. It is an easy to use hosting panel with which you can install a web server, a DNS server, a database server, FTP server, mail server, firewall and many more. If you are looking for a panel that is free, simple and safe, this is one of the best options. It is all you need to manage a server, be it VPS or dedicated efficiently. It...
After creating the partitions on a hard disk (using GParted, fdisk or gdisk), we have to prepare them for use. The process is called formatting and involves creating file systems. Regular filesystems in Linux Linux supports several different file systems, some native, and others created for different operating systems. Some file systems, from the second category we just mentioned, do not work in...
Xubuntu is an official Ubuntu-based distribution that is using the Xfce graphical system. Xubuntu is designed for less powerful computers, or for users who need a powerful graphics system on high-performance computers. Ubuntu uses GNOME graphical system as well as GNOME applications. Xubuntu uses Xfce and little system resources. Xubuntu mainly uses GTK+ applications designed to use fewer...
In the previous article, we talked about the most common folders and locations where to find 3rd party software logs, kernel logs, and system logs, along with default software and hardware logs, for two of the most popular Linux distributions out there, Debian and CentOS. In today’s article, we will tackle the topic of how to interpret and analyze log files, but also to check and recognize...
Besides the official distributions Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu you can also find Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, UbuntuStudio, Mythbuntu and Edubuntu. Ubuntu MATE Ubuntu MATE uses MATE desktop software, which is a GNOME2 bifurcation. The MATE desktop environment was born after many users disagreed with the new GNOME3 interface. For those users who have not very strong hardware systems...
Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol that allows data to be transferred using a secure channel between digital devices. Primarily used in Linux and Unix multi-user operating systems, SSH has been developed as a replacement for Telnet and other insecure remote access protocols that send unencrypted information, notably passwords, making them vulnerable to discovery through...