CentOS

Linux Distros Part 2

This is the continuation of our previous article, where we list some of the most popular Linux Distros. You can read the first part here.   Linux Distros Part 2  1. Slackware For many people, Slackware is considered the… Hackers distribution. It is the oldest Linux Distro that managed to “survive” until today, and no, it’s not the first Linux Distro as many people believe. It’s very strong and stable since 1993.

How to configure SFTP server on Centos

In this article we’re going to see how to configure SFTP server on Centos. What is SFTPServer? Secure File Transfer Protocol(SFTP) is barely used to encrypt connections between the client and the FTP server. SFTP can provide file transfers, file management and file accessover SSH tunnels. It also allows you to provide isolation between different SFTP users.  SFTP server on Centos  First you must install the following :

How to install VirtualBox 5.1 to RHEL/CentOS and Fedora

VirtualBox is a software that created for virtualization and it is open source x-platform. It is possible to be installed in all operating systems and give to user the capability to install and run a lot of “guest” operating systems in the same machine. A simple example is that if you install it in your Linux machine, then, you can ran Windows OS as a GuestOS and also the opposite. Same concept applies to more OS, which means that you can compine more than 2 with only limitation is your hard drive capacity and ofcourse your systems memory.

Vim 8.0 released, Install on Ubuntu 16.04

Vim 8.0 released after more than a year since it was last released. This release gives you interesting new features, such as channels, JSON, Jobs, Timers, Partials, Lambdas, Closures, Packages and more. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. Vim 8.0 Update Jobs DirectX support for Microsoft users Support for asynchronous I/O, channels, JSON New style testing Lambdas and Closures Partials Packages estamp Timers (asynchronous) Support for GTK+ 3 Viminfo merged by tim See changelog for complete lists

CentOS 7 Linux now runs on ARM64 (AArch64) hardware

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QupZilla 1.8.6 released

added TabManager and FlashCookieManager plugins added CTRL+L shortcut to clear download list in download manager allow closing Download Manager and Browsing Library with Ctrl+W revert option to disable SSLv3, it is now correctly handled by Qt fix issue with tabs with empty url were removed from session fix zoom shortcuts with +/-/0 on numeric block fix hiding iframes that have completely blocked contents in AdBlock fix showing navigation bar when typing into locationbar in fullscreen fix visual issues with FTP listing with RTL layouts fix removing profiles from preferences fix crash when moving bookmarks on FreeBSD

Darktable 1.6.2 released

Please note that this release is a new stable point release, no big new features added. The general improvements made in this release are: Better names for key accels (no more ) Local gallery export limited to useful web formats (JPEG/PNG/WebP) Add a way to control the brush size with keys Default X-Trans Demosaic to markesteijn (single pass) get full release notes details

Wine 1.7.35 released

Wine 1.7.35 has been released and this comes various bug fixes including support for OpenGL core contexts, initial support for glyph placement in DirectWrite and some more WBEM objects. Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) as we already know is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines. Wine 1.7.35 update Multiplayer crashes Heroes 4 Screen corruption in Evernote 1.1 3DMark 2001: Nature Test (#4) renders incorrectly around 40th second ProntoEdit NG 2.

SMPlayer 14.9.0.6672 released

SMPlayer 14.9.0.6672recently released, intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. Notable feature of SMPlayer is, it remembers the settings of all files you play. When you watch a movie and leave, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume.

Percona Server 5.6.22-71.0 released

<ul> <li> Queries will run faster and more consistently </li> <li> You can consolidate servers on powerful hardware </li> <li> Sharding is delayed or avoided entirely </li> <li> You can save money on hosting fees and power </li> <li> You can spend less time tuning and administering </li> <li> You can achieve higher uptime </li> <li> Troubleshooting does not require guesswork </li> </ul> <p> <a href="http://www.percona.com/downloads/Percona-Server-5.6/" target="_blank">Download Percona Server 5.6.22-71.0</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div>

Keep An Eye On Your System With Glances Monitor

[code language=”js”]# yum install glances[/code] [code language=”js”] $ sudo apt-get install python-pip build-essential python-dev $ sudo pip install Glances $ sudo pip install PySensors [/code] <span style="color: #00ff00;">GREEN</span>: the statistic is “<span style="color: #00ff00;">OK</span>” <span style="color: #0000ff;">BLUE</span> : the statistic is “<span style="color: #0000ff;">CAREFUL</span>” (to watch) <span style="color: #842dce;">VIOLET</span> : the statistic is “<span style="color: #842dce;">WARNING</span>” (alert) <span style="color: #ff0000;">RED</span> : the statistic is “<span style="color: #ff0000;">CRITICAL</span>” (critical) c: Sort processes by CPU% m: Sort processes by MEM% p: Sort processes by name i: Sort processes by IO Rate d: Show/hide disk I/O stats f: Show/hide file system stats n: Show/hide network stats s: Show/hide sensors stats b: Bit/s or Byte/s for network IO w: Delete warning logs x: Delete warning and critical logs 1: Global CPU or Per Core stats h: Show/hide this help message q: Quit (Esc and Ctrl-C also work) l: Show/hide log messages

Install latest Firefox on CentOS 6.5

[code language=”js”]# yum list firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# wget Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm # rpm -Uvh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm[/code] [code language=”js”]# wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm # rpm -Uvh remi-release-6.rpm[/code] [code language=”js”]# yum –enablerepo=remi list firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# yum –enablerepo=remi update firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# firefox[/code]

Install Adobe Flash Player 11.2 on CentOS/RHEL 6.5

[code language=”sql”]# rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm # rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux[/code] [code language=”sql”]# rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm # rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux[/code] [code language=”sql”]# yum check-update[/code] [code language=”sql”]# yum -y install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl[/code]

Install Xfce desktop environment on CentOS/RHEL 6

[code language=”js”]# yum install wget[/code] [code language=”js”] # wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm [/code] [code language=”js”] # wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm [/code] [code language=”js”]# yum -y groupinstall Xfce[/code]  [code language=”js”]# yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-misc[/code] [code language=”js”]# /sbin/telinit 5[/code] [code language=”js”]startxfce4[/code]

Installing Google Chrome 32 on CentOS 6.5

[code language=”js”]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo[/code] [code language=”js”] [google-chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub [/code] [code language=”js”]# yum update -y[/code] [code language=”js”]# wget http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/install_chrome.sh # chmod u+x install_chrome.sh[/code] [code language=”js”]# ./install_chrome.sh[/code]

Set KDE as CentOS 6.5 default desktop

[code language=”js”]# vi /etc/sysconfig/desktop[/code] [code language=”js”]DESKTOP=“KDE” DISPLAYMANAGER=“KDE”[/code]

Install K Desktop Environment on CentOS 6.5

[code language=”js”]# yum -y groupinstall “KDE desktop” “X Window System” “Fonts”[/code] [code language=”js”]# vi /etc/inittab[/code] [code language=”js”]# init 6[/code]

Installing GNOME GUI on CentOS 6.5

 <pre># yum -y groupinstall "FTP server"</pre> <p> <em><span style="color: #000080;">Any questions, please feel free to ask 🙂</span></em> </p>

Installing Zabbix 2.0 package from EPEL on CentOS 6.4

[code lang=”js”] vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables -A INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 10050 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 10051 -j ACCEPT [/code] [code lang=”js”]service iptables restart[/code]

Installing CentOS 6.4 on VirtualBox

– Lets quickly configure the networking by clicking on Configure Network, highlight appropriate network if you have more than one adapter enabled and click on Edit…