Tasksel is a tool found in Ubuntu and other Debian operating systems. It provides a wizard like interface which can be used to install multiple packages required for several predefined server ‘tasks’. ‘tasksel’ is often…
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When troubleshooting hardware and software issues in a linux environment, identifying the distribution name (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora), release number and codename can be invaluable. A ‘quick google’ for an error message without including such…
NANO is a text editor for use in linux terminals (on a server machine, or over SSH connection). Unlike some of the other options, NANO doesn’t require that you know a host of key combinations…
The following guide serves to assist with connecting (or re-connecting) your PHP web application running on a LAMP server with an MSSQL database. The following has been tested on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS with MSSQL 2008…
Particularly when working with remote servers and virtual machines it can be useful to check your RAM levels and availability. This can be easily achieved by running the following commands from a terminal: $watch -n…
