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Learn how to backup and restore Brave Browser profile data on Linux, including settings, bookmarks, session files, cache, profile paths, tar archives, checksums, and safe restore steps.

Learn how to install a specific package version with apt or apt-get on Ubuntu and Debian, list available versions, simulate installs safely, handle dependency conflicts, and hold or unhold package versions.

Learn how to add a Linux user to the sudo group on Ubuntu and Debian, use the wheel group on RHEL-based systems, verify sudo access, and avoid confusing group-based sudo with custom sudoers file rules.

Learn how to add a user to sudoers safely with visudo, sudoers.d drop-in files, command-specific rules, NOPASSWD examples, syntax checks, aliases, and tested sudo -l verification output.

Learn how to check Linux kernel version with tested uname, hostnamectl, procfs, journalctl, dmesg, boot image, dpkg, and apt commands, and understand the difference between the running kernel and installed kernel …

Learn how to list disks in Linux and check disk type, HDD or SSD status, transport interface, model, serial number, partition table, and filesystem details with tested lsblk, sysfs, udevadm, lspci, lshw, fdisk, parted, …

Tested Linux commands to check thread count per process using proc task directories, proc status, ps NLWP/LWP, ps -T, top -H and pstree, plus system thread limits.

Tested Linux commands to show hidden files with ls, list only hidden files, find hidden files recursively, and check hidden file or directory size with du.

Learn how to list groups in Linux and check user group membership using commands like groups, id, getent, compgen, and /etc/group. This guide explains how to view all groups, list groups for a user, and display users …

Step by Step instructions to install yarn on Linux and WIndows. Installation on Ubuntu (Debian based) and Rocky Linux (Red hat based) and Windows.

Learn when and how to restart crontab in Linux. See cron restart and reload commands for Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, CentOS—and when a restart is NOT required.

commands to copy file from one server to another in Linux or Unix with examples using sftp scp rsync sshfs nfs. copy using shell script between two machine

How to update crond using a shell script? Schedule cron job using command line bash shell script in Linux? Create cron job using crontab shell script Unix

How to extract/unpack/uncompress the contents of the initramfs image on RHEL7 and RHEL8? How do I list initramfs image file content? How do I modify the contents of an initrd or initramfs? How do I view an initrd or …

In this article we learned how to properly perform a curl POST request with practical examples

There are two different versions of pip which you can install to solve the error i.e. pip command not found in Ubuntu 20.04 Linux. Step by Step instructions to fix pip command not found error.

To create custom ISO in RHEL/CentOS 8, create a kickstart file and modify the isolinux.cfg for boot menu. You can also minimze the package list and update repodata

Steps to backup partition in LInux, clone your partition or hard drive, logical volume using fsarchiver Exclude files and directories encrypt backup

Learn how to check internet connectivity from the Linux command line using tested ping, curl, wget, DNS, route, netcat, telnet, and Bash script examples with sample output.

This tutorial will guide you through step by step instructions to install ImageMagick on Ubuntu, covering various methods like APT and compiling from source. We'll also explore basic usage, including image conversion and …

Learn how to install XFCE on Ubuntu using multiple methods including minimal XFCE installation, full Xubuntu desktop setup, and GUI installation on Ubuntu Server. This guide also explains how to switch desktop …

Discover how to add user to group in Linux using various methods like usermod, gpasswd, and adduser. Efficiently manage permissions and access control with these essential techniques.

When managing files and directories in Linux operating systems, there may be a need to know how many files are in a given directory. For example:

If you have not integrated Linux servers into a central user authentication such as LDAP/Active Directory, you will have to create local users many times.

Step by step instructions to remove dot in Linux permission section for file and directory. What is the meaning of having dot (.) in the end of Linux permission field.

Step by Step tutorial to configure samba active directory domain controller in CentOS 8 Linux. Install Windows AD alternative in Linux. Free domain controller software in Linux

How to use tar --strip-components and zip --junk-paths with examples to strip absolute path in Linux and Unix. Force unzip / zip not to create a subdirectory

Step by Step NFS configuration Guide to install and configure NFS server in RHEL/CentOS 7/8. NFS server tutorial. How to check NFS status in Linux. setup nfs server

What is Unix or Linux Sticky Bit special permission. How to apply sticky bit for directories and files. What is the difference between small 't' and capital "T"

Learn about tar incremental backup with examples in Linux. You can use tar incremental backup script to automate tasks for backup and recovery in Linux/Unix