How to install Ubuntu server and setup a simple LAMP instance.

Installing Ubuntu server is quite straightforward. Firstly, choose the language. Then the user needs to choose what country they are in. And choose what keyboard layout you are using. After this is out of the way, we get to the main installation tasks. We need to choose a hostname for our server instance. Now we … Read more

Best Software to Protect Your PC

I’m sure most everyone has had the following scenario happen once or twice during there lifetime of owning a computer, or an email for that matter. You log-in to your email account to catch up on work, personal emails, etc.  The first email you see is from your mom.  The subject line is a little weird but … Read more

A simple shell script to create a new Linux user account.

This simple script will help create new user accounts on a Linux system. This is very useful when administering a Linux machine and it is necessary to create a few user accounts. #!/bin/bash   clear   trap "" SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM SIGTSTP   # Get username, check if its taken, and if it is the … Read more

Simple Linux commands to get information about your system.

This simple command will print the remaining free space on your hard disk. root@ip-172-31-20-16:~# df -Hla Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/xvda1 32G 9.6G 21G 32% / proc 0 0 0 – /proc sysfs 0 0 0 – /sys none 4.1k 0 4.1k 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 0 0 0 – /sys/fs/fuse/connections none 0 … Read more

Why you should always turn off WPS on your wireless network.

Many people are using wireless networks with WPS turned on. This allows a user to enter a pin or press a button to allow a new device to connect. But this approach will fall easily to brute force attacks unless the router has rate limiting enabled, this prevents brute forcing the WIFI, although even this … Read more

Some awesome Android or Apple wallpapers for your phone.

Sun shining through grapes on the vine: Wallpaper. Black and white brick wall wallpaper: Wallpaper. Amanita mushrooms and glowing butterflies: Wallpaper. Concrete texture 1080p: Wallpaper. Old Ford car dashboard: Wallpaper. Rocky Mountains mobile wallpaper 1080p: Wallpaper. Railroad tracks glowing in afternoon light: Wallpaper. Push for the end mobile wallpaper: Wallpaper. More HD mobile wallpapers: http://mwp4.me/1080×1920/. … Read more

Linux command line in Mr Robot. Showing some accurate Linux usage.

Linux command line in Mr Robot. This directory listing is showing a few files under the /opt/2/task/2/fd1info directory. The fsociety file is the one he was looking for. This file is only 4096 bytes in size, so does not contain too much juicy information. Or does it? The screenshot below, shows a computer store in … Read more