Thursday, 31 December 2020

Hostname Command Examples in Unix / Linux

Hostname is the name of the system or server you are logged into. The hostname can also refer to the sitename or computer name. As an example, if an organization domain name is "google.com" and a specific computer name in that doman is "unix-box", then the hostname of...

Tuesday, 29 December 2020

By our community, for our community

In its 20th year, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has turned a major corner. It’s restructured to be more accountable to our global community of open source professionals. With the launch of the Membership Program we’re now ready for the next step -- giving Members direct say in LPI’s...

Thursday, 24 December 2020

Linux Virtualization – Chroot Jail

What is a chroot Jail?A chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children. The programs that run in this modified environment cannot access the files outside the designated directory tree. This essentially limits their...

Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Linux Professional Institute LPIC-3 Enterprise Mixed Environment

The LPIC-3 certification is the culmination of the multi-level professional certification program of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). LPIC-3 is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. Three separate LPIC-3 specialty certifications are available. Passing any...

Saturday, 19 December 2020

Linux Professional Institute LPIC-3 Enterprise Security

The LPIC-3 certification is the culmination of the multi-level professional certification program of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). LPIC-3 is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. Three separate LPIC-3 specialty certifications are available. Passing any...

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Linux Professional Institute LPIC-3 Enterprise Virtualization and High Availability

The LPIC-3 certification is the culmination of the multi-level professional certification program of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). LPIC-3 is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. Three separate LPIC-3 specialty certifications are available. Passing any...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

cmp Command in Linux with examples

cmp command in Linux/UNIX is used to compare the two files byte by byte and helps you to find out whether the two files are identical or not.Read More: LPI Certifications ◈ When cmp is used for comparison between two files, it reports the location of the first...

Sunday, 13 December 2020

The Linux Kernel

The main purpose of a computer is to run a predefined sequence of instructions, known as a program. A program under execution is often referred to as a process. Now, most special purpose computers are meant to run a single process, but in a sophisticated system such a...

Saturday, 12 December 2020

Introduction to Linux Operating System

Linux is a community of open-source Unix like operating systems that are based on the Linux Kernel. It was initially released by Linus Torvalds on September 17, 1991. It is a free and open-source operating system and the source code can be modified and distributed to anyone commercially...

Thursday, 10 December 2020

The experience of taking an LPI exam online

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) recently announced that the LPIC-1 exams are available in Japanese online, along with the Linux Essentials exam. You can use Pearson’s OnVUE platform to take these exams. In this posting, I’ll describe what I experienced taking a test through OnVUE. My experience may be...

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

The .lpi command

The .lpi command sets the number of lines per inch for output. If the printer does not support the specified number of lines per inch, this command has no affect. Note: It may be necessary to change the term setting to get the required number of lines to...

Friday, 4 December 2020

Open source careers: How Alejandro switched an education center over to using Linux

In 2016 I was working at CEA Noroeste, an Adult Education Center in Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia (Spain). I remember having a lot of fun there, as my work combined two of my passions: languages and computers. My daily tasks fortuitously included both teaching English and maintaining...

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Right-to-Left Scripts and other Translation Challenges

There are many learning materials about Linux and other free technologies on the Web, free of charge and accessible around the world. But one big barrier keeps many people from reading them: most are written in English, which billions of people do not know or aren’t comfortable with....

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