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This video demonstrates how to install WordPress on Ubuntu. WordPress runs on the LAMP stack, which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. This video will cover how to install all of those components as well. If you want to take it a step further and learn how to set up a highly available and … Read more
If you find yourself wanting a desktop environment after you have installed Ubuntu server you can easily add it. Pick your favorite desktop environment from the list below and run the associated command. Remember that installation software requires root privileges so use “sudo” or switch to the root user before you begin the installation. Unity … Read more
If you are looking to gain some experience as a Linux system administrator, check out the list of ideas below. For each project on the list you could do it on multiple Linux distributions. You could also start about by learning the bare minimum necessary to complete one of these projects, then take it to … Read more
What is an Alias? If you find yourself typing the same command over and over again, you can create a shortcut for it called an alias. An alias can be thought of as a text expander. Creating aliases for commands that are really long is also a common practice. For example, if you type ls … Read more
Displaying private IP addresses You can determine the IP address or addresses of your Linux system by using the hostname, ifconfig, or ip commands. To display the IP addresses using the hostname command, use the -I option. In this example the IP address is 192.168.122.236. The ifconfig command can also be used to display the … Read more