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How to Update Firmware in Your Linux Machine - Make Tech Easier
Firmware is a type of software that provides the low level control for device specific hardware. Firmware is stored on the read only memory (ROM) of a device. It gives instructions to the hardware about how it should be operated. Firmware can’t be modified or deleted by the end-user just like other software. You need some specialized software to do so. In this article, we are going to learn, how to update firmware in your Linux machine.
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How to install Signal Desktop client on Ubuntu 22.04 | Linux Mint 21
Similar to WhatsApp and Telegram, Signal is a mobile messaging application that emphasizes security. So much so that Edward Snowden recommends it for everyday use.
Like any modern mobile messaging app, you can expect stickers, video calls, individual, and group messaging and much more.
Signal has good support for Linux, adding an excellent desktop client where you can use it for your daily communications on a computer.
So let’s install it and use it.
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How to Trap Errors in Bash Scripts on Linux
By default, a Bash script on Linux will report an error but keep running. We show you how to handle errors yourself so that you can decide what needs to happen next.
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How to install Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server
Steps and commands to install and configure Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish to cache data for PHP or Python-based applications.
Memcached is a BSD-licensed published cache server used by many organizations and website owners to quickly retrieve data from memory. It has been used by many users to improve the overall speed and performance of their dynamic websites with database connectivity to improve performance by avoiding disk access by storing important data in memory or by minimizing the call of complex and frequently used database queries – especially SELECT statements.
Data is provided with a unique key value and stored as strings in memory whereas the connection takes place to the Memcached server via the PROTOCOLS TCP and IP. The stored data can be either permanent or temporary. Well, in the case of temporary storage, the deletion of cached data will happen automatically after the configured interval of time.
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How To Install Apache Tomcat on Linux Mint 21 - idroot
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Tomcat on Linux Mint 21. For those of you who didn’t know, Apache Tomcat is an open-source Java servlet container. Tomcat is developed and maintained by a free group of developers under the Apache Software Foundation’s auspices and is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of an Apache Tomcat on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa).