Most of the Linux users know about the command ls which is used to list directories and files. Do you know what happens if you mistype the command ls? i.e sl instead of ls? Well,, it just says, “Command not found”. But, if you install a tiny program called sl (Steam Locomotive), it runs a …
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How to change MySQL user password in Cpanel
If you don’t have the Shell access to your server, then changing MySQL database user password within Cpanel would be a painful job. Because no option is given in Cpanel to change the MySQL user password. So you’ve to delete that user and add another user with the same name. Here I’m gonna show you …
How to extract .rar files in ubuntu
RAR (Roshal ARchive .rar) files are one of the popular data compression methods. It was developed by Eugene Roshal. RAR files may be created only with commercial software WinRAR, As WinRAR is not an open source software, support for the RAR files is not given in the Linux distributions. So …
Cool firefox tricks: Part-1
I want to introduce you some of the coolest tricks in my favorite browser – Firefox. There are so many tricks you can do in firefox. But I’ll teach you two tricks at a time. Trick 1. Open and closing the tabs. (Works both in Windows and Linux) Click on an active tab using …
How to set Windows as default OS on Ubuntu dual boot
When you install Ubuntu along side the Windows, (i.e. dual boot) you’ll notice that Ubuntu is set as default OS on the GRUB loader. You can set Windows as default OS by changing the default value in Ubuntu’s Grub configuration file. First you’ve to open the Terminal on Ubuntu (Applications –> Accessories –> Terminal), and …
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