There are many reasons to want to monitor your CPU maybe if you are over-clocking(making sure your CPU hasn’t caught fire after running Prime95), or you might just be interested to look at your CPU temps, there are lots of different reasons and this is a post to show you how. For both of these […]
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Ubuntu: Changing the stripe size of a striped LVM volume
Question: How can we change the stripe size of an existing logical volume? The logical volume (LV) must be converted to type RAID5 and then back to type striped to change the stripe size. An example is shown on how to change the stripe size of a logical volume with a default stripe size of […]
How to Reduce an LVM volume on Ubuntu
Question: How can I shrink an existing LVM volume to free up some space on my Ubuntu Machine? Backup existing data Before modifying any system, it is always recommended to create a backup first as there is an elevated risk of data corruption with reducing an LVM size. In most cases, the lvreduce command warns […]
How to Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux enables Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) by default. However, in certain situations, some users may find it desirable to disable IPv6 support or to re-enable it after it has been disabled. Disabling IPv6 support (Permanently) Disable ipv6 built-in kernel module. 1. Edit /etc/default/grub and append ipv6.disable=1 to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT […]
How to Install an Configure MASTER PDF EDITOR IN UBUNTU
Introduction In this article we are going to learn How to install master PDF editor in Ubuntu 16.04. master PDF editor is a open source free PDF editor application for Linux. It’s a light weight and user friendly application to use. This application is not only a PDF editor but more than that, you can […]
How to configure apache virtual host on ubuntu
In this tutorial, we will guide you to configure the apache virtual host or vhost on ubuntu 16.04. Using virtual host allow the administrator to use one server to host multiple domains or sites off of a single interface or IP by using a matching mechanism. Basically, you can you one IP address to server […]
How to install git on ubuntu 16.04
This small howto post covers the installation and configuration of Git client on your ubuntu 16.04. We will install git version 2.9.3 that comes with a large number of updates versus previous release 2.8. Git is a version control system that is used for software development and other version control tasks. This post assumes you […]