How to Install, Update, and Remove Google Chrome on Linux

Google Chrome has remained a favorite among internet users for over a decade, even as other browsers have come and gone without gaining much traction. The popularity might stem from Google’s support and heavy investments in laptop and mobile companies, allowing them to maintain Google

How to Clear Buffer and Cache Memory in Linux

Linux provides a robust way for memory management by providing an advanced mechanism like buffering and caching to hold repeating data once in memory rather than directly serving it on demand. In the future, when the data is demanded, it will be taken from memory

Understanding Buffer vs. Cache in Linux Memory

🚀 Quick Overview They are not that easy to comprehend in one sentence, but for simplicity, you can think of buffers as a way to store file metadata (permissions, location, etc.) during I/O operations for efficient transfer. While cache is used for storing actual file

How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL-Based Distributions

💭 Scenario Picture multiple computers or systems communicating by sending messages, which could be updates, notifications, or data. Instead of each computer directly communicating with the others, they use Kafka as an intermediary to simplify the process. What is Apache Kafka? Apache Kafka is an

How to Use Apt-Offline to Install Debian or Ubuntu Packages

💭 Scenario You have one computer that’s connected to the internet (online system) and another computer that’s not connected to the internet (offline system), but you want to install or update software on the offline system. Here comes the Apt-Offline utility as a solution. What

Resolving the Permission Denied and Missing Binary Errors in LXD

When you install the LXD using the following command in your Ubuntu or Debian-based distributions: And try to begin your LXD journey with the following commands: You might end up with the following “permission denied” and “missing binary” errors in LXD: Output: Reason for Permission

How to Use AppImage in Linux (A Complete Beginner’s Guide)

🚀 Quick Overview This article focuses on explaining different software packaging concepts, highlighting what AppImage is, its installation, and its removal from your Linux system. Traditionally, the software packages are shipped in DEB packages for Debian or Ubuntu-based distributions and RPM packages for RHEL and

Installing NASM and Writing Your First Assembly Program on Linux

Assembly language is one of the most popular topics in the coding community as it offers you the ability to work at a low level that is closely tied to a computer’s architecture and hardware. It provides a human-readable representation of machine code instructions, allowing

Installing WPS Office on Linux (a free MS Office alternative)

WPS Office is an office suite software program that is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. It was developed by the Chinese company Kingsoft Corporation in Zhuhai. Just a heads up before we continue: I’d like to emphasize two important points: firstly, it’s

Installing OnlyOffice on Linux (Your Microsoft Office Alternative)

OnlyOffice stands out as a leading Linux alternative to Microsoft Office, offering a very similar interface, so if you are migrating from a Windows to Linux environment, then this will suit you better than LibreOffice. It provides a range of office productivity tools for creating,

How to Install Scratch on Linux for Fun Coding Adventures

Scratch is an amazing visual programming language and online community aimed at teaching coding concepts and terminology to children and beginners in a fun and interactive way. You can imagine its popularity from the fact that it isn’t considered a mainstream programming language like C/C++,

How to Install and Use Pipx on Linux

In Python, ensuring package isolation is crucial to prevent conflicts with one another, and to achieve this goal, there are several tools available, including virtualenv, pipenv, and pipx (our topic for today). Before going more in-depth on pipx, let’s first address the differences among virtualenv,