How to List All Upgradable Packages in Ubuntu, Debian & Mint
A .deb is a software package file containing application files of a particular software and metadata file about its dependencies and versions. The software can be installed from the deb file using dpkg...
View ArticleGetting Started with VirtualBox in Linux – Part 1
LinuxShellTips is happy to present a series on oracle VirtualBox, the most popular open-source (GPL V2) cross-platform hosted hypervisor in the market that supports X86, AMD/Intel virtualization. In...
View ArticleHow to Install VirtualBox in Different Linux Distributions
Before installing Virtualbox, check if virtualization is enabled in BIOS. During bootup press the bios key and navigate through the bios option to enable/disable virtualization. Depending upon your...
View ArticleHow to Host a Website on an Apache Web Server
The Apache HTTP Server (commonly referred to simply as Apache), is a free and open-source web server software brought to you by the Apache Software Foundation. Apache has been around for more than 2...
View ArticleHow to Host a Website on NGINX Web Server
NGINX (pronounced as Engine-X) is a free and open-source web server software, load balancer, and reverse proxy optimized for very high performance and stability. NGINX offers low memory usage and high...
View ArticleHow to Set or Change Hostname in Debian Linux
Setting up hostname is an important task for any system administrator or anyone who uses Linux. It is tedious to remember a machine by IP address. Hostname helps humans to remember the machine name...
View ArticleHow to Create and Restore VM Snapshots in VirtualBox
Let’s say you have set up a fully functional Centos 7 machine for your development work. You have installed development tools, Linux packages, build-essentials as part of your work. Down the line, you...
View ArticleLearn Different Networking Options in VirtualBox
Setting up networking is quite a difficult task in VirtualBox compared to other operations. Configuring networking can be done in a few clicks but understanding what are different network modes...
View ArticleHow to Clone Virtual Machine in VirtualBox
Installing a fresh operating system on VirtualBox is easy and can be done in a short time. After that, there are so many steps like installing packages, hardening the OS, updating drivers, configuring...
View ArticleDebian 11 Bullseye Released – Download DVD ISO Images
The Debian Linux operating system distribution is in the limelight for another significant stride. As of August 14th, 2021, it has successfully transitioned from Debian 10 Buster to the new and...
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