Posts by Guoan Xiao (Admin)

install smplayer on ubuntu

Install SMPlayer on Ubuntu OpenSUSE Arch Linux and Fedora

This tutorial shows how to install SMPlayer on Ubuntu, OpenSUSE Leap, Arch Linux and Fedora. SMPlayer and VLC are two…

Install Virtualbox on Fedora

Install Virtualbox on Fedora 23 From Official Oracle Repository

Virtualbox is not included in Fedora repository. We can install it from official Oracle repository or the RPM fusion repository.…

list installed linux kernels

List Installed Linux Kernels and Remove Old ones on Fedora/CentOS

This brief tutorial shows you how to list all installed Linux kernels on Fedora/CentOS and how to remove old ones.…

install kodi debian ubuntu arch linux opensuse

Install Kodi on Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux & OpenSUSE Leap

Kodi, formerly XBMC (Xbox Media Center), is a free and open-source media player software licensed under GPLv2. It can run…

install latest virtualbox on ubuntu

Install Latest Virtualbox on Ubuntu Via Official Repository

Ubuntu users can easily and quickly install the open-source Oracle Virtualbox from the Ubuntu repository. However, you are not likely…

How To Install CentOS 7 Linux on Your Computer

CentOS is a free alternative to Red hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Red hat requires you to pay a monthly subscription…

How To Manually Install Firefox Browser on Linux

How To Manually Install Firefox Browser on Linux

This brief tutorial shows you how to manually install Firefox Web Browser on Linux. First go to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ to download…

How to Install WordPress.com Desktop App on Linux

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install the open source WordPress.com desktop app on Linux. WordPress.com desktop…

Setup OwnCloud 9 Server with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP7 on Debian

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to set up ownCloud personal cloud storage on a Debian 8…

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a start job is running for dev-disk-by

Recently, I encountered a strange problem when booting up my Linux OS. a start job is running for dev-disk-by uuid…

yaourt

How To Use Yaourt to Install AUR Packages on Arch Linux

AUR, which stands for Arch User Repository, is one of the best features of Arch Linux because it contains a…

Build Your Own Email Server on Ubuntu Basic Postfix Setup

Build Your Own Email Server on Ubuntu: Basic Postfix Setup

Why run your own email server? Perhaps you have a website, which needs to send emails to users, or maybe…

change hostname

3 Methods To Change the Hostname of Your Linux Machine

This tutorial explains 3 methods to change the hostname of your Linux machine. Check the current hostname You can use…

Install Arch Linux in Virtualbox with UEFI Firmware

Install Arch Linux in Virtualbox with UEFI Firmware in 2019

Hello and welcome. Arch Linux is one of my favourite Linux distros. It’s a rolling release, which means there’s no…

MariaDB Master-Slave Replication

How to Set up MariaDB Master-Slave Replication on Debian 8

In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up a simple MariaDB master-slave replication. By simple I mean…

How To Compile PHP7 From Source on Raspbian Jessie

How To Compile PHP7 From Source on Raspbian Jessie

This tutorial explains how to compile PHP7 from source and installing it to Raspbian Jessie OS. I’m using the low…

compile mariadb from source on Raspbian Jessie

How to Compile MariaDB From Source on Raspbian Jessie

This tutorial explains how to compile MariaDB from source on Raspbian Jessie and how to use Systemd to manage MariaDB…

compile Nginx from source

How To Compile Nginx From Source and Install on Raspbian Jessie

In this tutorial we are going to look at how to compile Nginx mainline version (1.9.12 at the time of…

Install LEMP Stack on OpenSUE Leap

Install LEMP stack (Nginx, MariaDB, PHP) on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install the LEMP stack (Nginx, MariaDB and PHP) on OpenSUSE…

Install PhpStorm on Ubuntu

An IDE For PHP: Install PhpStorm on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

For those of you who don’t know, PhpStorm is a cool, lightning-smart IDE for PHP developers. It’s a commercial and cross-platform…