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Create beautiful ASCII text banners in Linux

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 12, 2017 | Modified: June 19, 2020

Learn how to use two utilities called figlet and toilet to create beautiful ASCII text banners in the Linux terminal. Stylize your terminal!

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Hollywood movie MATRIX like desktop in Linux terminal

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 11, 2017 | Modified: June 19, 2020

cmatrix: One of the command to have fun in a Linux terminal. It will turn your terminal into the Hollywood movie “MATRIX” like a cool desktop.

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Understanding package naming convention (rpm & deb)

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 10, 2017 | Modified: June 29, 2020

This article will help you understand the package naming convention followed while naming RPM or DEB packages. It helps while you work on package management.

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Package removal in Linux (YUM & APT)

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 9, 2017 | Modified: June 29, 2020

Different types of package removal in Linux explained with examples. Learn package removal or uninstall on a yum or apt-based system.

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How to open port on AWS EC2 Linux server

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 9, 2017 | Modified: June 29, 2020

Small tutorial with screenshots that show how to open port on the AWS EC2 Linux server. This will help you to manage port-specific services on the EC2 server.

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How to download the package using YUM or APT

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 7, 2017 | Modified: December 16, 2020

Learn how to download packages from YUM or APT repository. The standalone package can be used to install on another server that has no YUM or APT configured.

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Package installation in Linux (YUM,APT & zypper)

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 6, 2017 | Modified: June 29, 2020

Different type of package installations in Linux explained with examples. Learn package installation on yum or apt based system.

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YUM automatic updates! Save your valuable time!

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 5, 2017 | Modified: June 29, 2020

Learn how to schedule YUM automatic updates to upgrade all system packages to the available latest version in the background without manual intervention!

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4 tools to download any file using the command line in Linux

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 5, 2017 | Modified: June 1, 2020

Learn how to download any file using the command line from the internet or FTP servers to your Linux server. Get files in your server in seconds!

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How to upgrade package using YUM in RHEL

By Shrikant Lavhate | Published: March 5, 2017 | Modified: June 1, 2020

Learn step by step to upgrade the package using YUM on the RHEL system. Insights of how the package upgrade process takes place in the background.

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