sSmtp is an extremely simple, resource conserving, SMTP server that will allow your desktop or server to send email. In this article we are going to use sSMTP to send email through Gmail.

Keep a list of installed packages so you can restore all of your applications with one command.

Sync important nix config files across multiple computers for a consistent and easy to manage set of systems.

Understand the effects of a symbolic and hard link and how they differ.

Discover how to install and configure an SSH server with security in mind.

The fstab is one of the first configuration files new Linux users get their hands on. Fstab stands for File System Table. It is basically a config file that will tell your computer which devices (or virtual devices) to use on boot.

The Linux operating system has already been proven to be very reliable and secure. It is often the most popular operating system found on web servers largely accredited to its track record in security, but can it be improved?

Discover the basics of viewing/searching through common Linux log files on command line as well as through a GUI and discover one of the coolest visualizations for apache log files.

Learn how to find files effectively in Linux using tools like slocate, find, which, and whereis.

Whether you like Ubuntu or not it is here to stay. Ubuntu has contributed a lot to the Linux community and it’s influence spreads to more than 20 Ubuntu derivatives.